MMRF CANCER FIGHTERS
Meet the MMRF staff members moving us closer to curing cancer every day...
BRITTANY
ENGLISH
Database Project Manager Signature Events Manager
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elping the MMRF to create events that are as beautiful and
elegant as they are inspirational and educational - that’s
why Brittany English energetically shows up to work every day.
As the foundation’s Signature Event’s Manager, she’s never
short on inspiration herself, “I feel so fortunate. Every day I get
to see how the things we do make a real impact in the live’s of
patients and their supporters.” Building on her prior experience
managing events for a successful entrepreneur, Brittany applies
her skills in logistics and organization with an eye for detail
and an uncanny ability to adapt quickly and bring out the best
in an event. Having lost family members to cancer herself, she
remains intensely driven, “At the MMRF, complacency is not
an option. That idea finds its way into everything we do.”
CONFERENCE ROUNDUP
16th International
Myeloma Workshop American Association for
Cancer Research American Society of
Clinical Oncology
March 1–4, New Delhi, India April 1–5, Washington DC June 2–6, Chicago, IL
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he IMW 2017 meeting brought
together the entire international
myeloma research and clinical
community to discuss the latest findings,
and the MMRF was there! Visit our
website and see our daily blog posts
for a summary of the most interesting
information for patients. To read
more, visit themmrf.org/IMW2017.
ACR is the largest yearly meeting
of cancer researchers. The MMRF
research and clinical teams were in
attendance to hear presentations on
new cancer targets and how these
might be useful for new multiple
myeloma therapies.
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ACCEL E RATO R • S U M M ER 2017
he yearly ASCO meeting in Chicago
included face-to-face meetings
with MMRF collaborators from the
CoMMpass trial, MMRC clinical sites,
and pharma partners. The MMRF also
hosted a booth in the exhibition area to
provide multiple myeloma information
for clinicians and researchers, while
MMRC members presented several
abstracts at ASCO. To read more, visit
themmrf.org/ASCO2017.
isit our website to view the IMW/AACR Meeting Highlights webinar or
the ASCO/EHA Meeting Highlights webinar: themmrf.org/webinars.
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ata is critical to the MMRF and our mission,” says
Sean Davis. “In a patient-driven organization like ours,
connecting with people starts by knowing them well and
being able to provide them with the information they need.”
Overseeing numerous database projects for the MMRF,
Sean plays an important role making sure the foundation is
communicating the right information to the right people at
the right time. He takes great satisfaction in knowing that
through his efforts, he is helping patients on their journeys:
“Like most of us here, I’ve lost loved ones to cancer. It feels
good to be able to make a difference for those still fighting.”
When he’s not elbow deep in gigabytes of data, Sean enjoys
drumming and mixed martial arts and is a big soccer fan.
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SEAN
DAVIS