Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT BLADDER CANCER, TO ADVANCE BLADDER CANCER RESEARCH, AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE BLADDER CANCER COMMUNITY.
RESEARCH - BCAN WORKS TO ADVANCE BLADDER CANCER RESEARCH. RECOGNIZING THE OVERWHELMING NEED FOR RESEARCH FUNDING, BCAN HAS ENGAGED A NEW GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS WITH THE YOUNG INVESTIGATOR RESEARCH AWARDS, AND IN 2019 GRANTED THREE AWARDS. IN ADDITION, BCAN SUPPORTS EXCEPTIONALLY NOVEL AND CREATIVE PROJECTS WITH GREAT POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BLADDER CANCER THROUGH ITS BLADDER CANCER RESEARCH INNOVATION AWARD, A 300,000 GRANT AWARDED OVER TWO-YEARS. ONE RESEARCH INNOVATION AWARD WAS GRANTED IN 2019. TO ENCOURAGE GREATER COLLABORATION AMONG BLADDER CANCER RESEARCHERS, BCAN LAUNCHED THE BLADDER CANCER GENOMICS CONSORTIUM (BCGC), A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN BCAN AND MAJOR MEDICAL CENTERS, WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING AN ENRICHED UNDERSTANDING OF THE GENOMIC PROFILE OF BLADDER CANCER TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL THERAPEUTICS. THE FIRST RESEARCH PROJECT IS UNDERWAY WHICH FOCUSES ON PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC DISEASE, AN AREA IN GREAT NEED OF IMPROVED TREATMENTS. BCAN HAS INVESTED 2.3 MILLION FROM PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY TO SUPPORT THE STUDY MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES, AND GENOMIC SEQUENCING REPORTING - COSTS WHICH ARE OFTEN A BARRIER TO PERSONALIZED CARE FOR PATIENTS. WITH THE LAUNCH OF BCGC, BCAN HAS NOW INVESTED MORE THAN 3 MILLION IN BLADDER CANCER RESEARCH.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION - BCAN HOSTS A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PUBLISHES PRINTED MATERIALS TO EDUCATE THOSE COPING WITH A BLADDER CANCER DIAGNOSIS. BCAN'S COMPREHENSIVE PATIENT HANDBOOK, "BLADDER CANCER BASICS FOR THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED," HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS, CAREGIVERS, UROLOGY PRACTICES, AND CANCER CENTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE PATIENT INSIGHT WEBINAR SERIES IS AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES A VARIETY OF ISSUES. THE WEBINARS FEATURE TOP EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD AND ADDRESS PATIENT CONCERNS IN AN EASY FORMAT. THE SURVIVOR 2 SURVIVOR PROGRAM CONNECTS NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENTS WITH SURVIVORS WITH A SIMILAR DIAGNOSIS.
THINK TANK - THE BLADDER CANCER THINK TANK (THINK TANK) IS THE MEDICAL SYMPOSIUM DEDICATED SOLELY TO BLADDER CANCER. THROUGH COLLABORATION UROLOGISTS, ONCOLOGISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND RESEARCHERS ARE PIONEERING NEW TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, INVESTIGATING GENETIC EXPRESSIONS, AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH THE DISEASE. THE JOHN QUALE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP SELECT RESEARCHERS PAY TRAVEL EXPENSES RELATED TO THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THE ANNUAL BLADDER CANCER THINK TANK WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH, NETWORK WITH LEADING BLADDER CANCER RESEARCHERS AND GAIN INSIGHTS FROM THE THINK TANK. 1,700 TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO EARLY CAREER PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Andrea Maddox-Smith | CEO | 40 | $237,794 |
| David Shulman | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Neal Shore | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| David Pulver | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Seth Lerner | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Cheryl Taylore Lee | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Beverly James | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Jamie Gillespie | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Mary Gushee | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Diane Zipursky Quale | CO-FOUNDER | 2 | $0 |
| Jared Sher | DIRECTOR/SEC | 2 | $0 |
| Robert Levin | DIRECTOR/TRE | 2 | $0 |
| Gerald Mcnamara | CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
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