Ellen V. Sigal
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Ellen V. Sigal, Ph.D.
, is Chairperson and Founder of Friends of Cancer Research
, a non-profit organization based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
She is Vice Chair of the inaugural board of directors of the Reagan-Udall Foundation. Also she serves on the National Institutes of Health Foundation Board chairing its Public-Private Partnerships Committee, and the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation Board. She was recently appointed to the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Advocate Advisory Council and she is one of two Council members nominated to the SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee.
She holds an honorary position on the Duke University Cancer Center Board of Overseers. She serves on the C-Change Research Committee, the Entertainment Industry Foundation Oversight Committee for the Biomarker Discovery Project, and the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies Cancer Clinical Trials & National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Program Committee.
She served on the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors from 2003-2009 and the National Institutes of Health prestigious Director’s Council of Public Representatives from 2003−2006. She was a Presidential Appointee to the National Cancer Advisory Board from 1992–1998, where she chaired the Budget and Planning Committee that oversees the federal cancer budget. In 1998, Dr. Sigal was named Vice Chairman of the Board of The March, a national grassroots advocacy group that brought thousands of volunteers to Washington to liaise with Congress and to set a new advocacy agenda for cancer research and treatment. She is a past member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Board. Dr. Sigal has also been instrumental in harnessing the energies of Hollywood on behalf of cancer research, serving as President of The Creative Community Task Force for Cancer Research.
Special Citations and Awards
●2008 Food and Drug Administration Commissioner’s Special Citation
●2008 American Association for Cancer Research Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research
●2004 Association of American Cancer Institutes Public Service Award
●2004 Honored by Research!America; George Washington University Cancer Institute; International Spirit of Life Foundation; and Washingtonian magazine as a Washingtonian of the Year
●2002 American Society of Clinical Oncology Special Recognition Award
●1999 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center National Leadership Award
●1998 American Association for Cancer Research National Leadership Award
Dr. Sigal received her PhD from Rutgers University
in Russian History
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, is Chairperson and Founder of Friends of Cancer Research
Friends of Cancer Research
Friends of Cancer Research Friends of Cancer Research is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the nation’s progress toward prevention and treatment of cancer by mobilizing public support for cancer research funding and providing education on key public policy issues.-Mission:Friends...
, a non-profit organization based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
She is Vice Chair of the inaugural board of directors of the Reagan-Udall Foundation. Also she serves on the National Institutes of Health Foundation Board chairing its Public-Private Partnerships Committee, and the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation Board. She was recently appointed to the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Advocate Advisory Council and she is one of two Council members nominated to the SU2C Scientific Advisory Committee.
She holds an honorary position on the Duke University Cancer Center Board of Overseers. She serves on the C-Change Research Committee, the Entertainment Industry Foundation Oversight Committee for the Biomarker Discovery Project, and the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies Cancer Clinical Trials & National Cancer Institute Cooperative Group Program Committee.
She served on the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors from 2003-2009 and the National Institutes of Health prestigious Director’s Council of Public Representatives from 2003−2006. She was a Presidential Appointee to the National Cancer Advisory Board from 1992–1998, where she chaired the Budget and Planning Committee that oversees the federal cancer budget. In 1998, Dr. Sigal was named Vice Chairman of the Board of The March, a national grassroots advocacy group that brought thousands of volunteers to Washington to liaise with Congress and to set a new advocacy agenda for cancer research and treatment. She is a past member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation Board. Dr. Sigal has also been instrumental in harnessing the energies of Hollywood on behalf of cancer research, serving as President of The Creative Community Task Force for Cancer Research.
Special Citations and Awards
●2008 Food and Drug Administration Commissioner’s Special Citation
●2008 American Association for Cancer Research Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research
●2004 Association of American Cancer Institutes Public Service Award
●2004 Honored by Research!America; George Washington University Cancer Institute; International Spirit of Life Foundation; and Washingtonian magazine as a Washingtonian of the Year
●2002 American Society of Clinical Oncology Special Recognition Award
●1999 Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center National Leadership Award
●1998 American Association for Cancer Research National Leadership Award
Dr. Sigal received her PhD from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in Russian History