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Barro to Lead Feist-Weiller Cancer Center Community Advisory Board

December 3, 2008

Gregory J. Barro was elected to serve a two-year term as president of the Community Advisory Board for Feist-Weiller Center Center at LSU Health Sciences Center.

A practicing attorney, Barro served as a Louisiana State Senator from 1991-1995, during which time the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce ranked Barro as a Top Area Legislator and the Victims and Citizens Against Crime named Barro as “Outstanding” Legislator.

Jay Mitchell, Director of Sales at Clarkes Jewelers, was elected Vice President, and community volunteer Lee Clifton Davis, was elected Vice President for Development.

Two new members were appointed to the Community Advisory Board: Jim Kihneman and Jeanny Mitchell.

The Community Advisory Board serves as a voice to the community at large.

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Cancer Research Building to Expedite Cancer Treatment and Research

Exciting plans are underway for a cancer research building on the campus of the LSU Health Sciences Center. Conceptually a 5 or 6 story building, it will provide laboratory space for 36 research laboratories. It is expected that 24 of these laboratories will be filled with scientists who are currently working throughout the LSUHSC complex. Cancer research is multidisciplinary and requires collaborative teams of basic researchers and clinical investigators. The campus needs additional research space. The new cancer research building will provide the synergistic environment for physicians and scientists to develop, test and patent innovative therapies for the treatment and prevention of cancer.

The Feist endowment is dedicated to cancer research and can be used to expand the FWCC faculty. Jonathan Glass, MD, knows several well-funded scientists of national repute who would like to join our faculty, but no space is available for them on the campus at this time. Each laboratory is a small business with 5-8 high-end jobs. Scientists that occupy FWCC laboratories presently account for more than $5 million each year in research grants, a relatively large percentage of the approximately $25 million in grants LSUHSC receives annually. Additional faculty researchers would contribute to a significantly larger sum of cancer research grants.

The Smith Group, an award-winning architecture, engineering, interiors and planning firm, has been chosen to develop the plans for the cancer research building. FWCC expects the planning stage to continue until the end of 2008. Naming opportunities for the building, individual laboratories, project groups and other areas will be available. Contact Anne Higdon at (318) 813-1423 to discuss how you can be a part of this effort.

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Transportation Fund

Feist-Weiller Cancer Center is beginning a Transportation Fund to help patients who travel large distances for treatment. Radiation and chemotherapy often require patients to undergo multiple treatments within a short period of time, making it necessary to travel to FWCC several times a month or even a week. With the rising cost of gas, this has been an increasingly expensive proposition. More than one-third of FWCC patients travel 100 miles or more.

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Ray A. Barlow Scientific Symosium Presents Nature's Pharmacy: Natural Products as Anti-Cancer Agents Friday, April 11, 2008

Spring Community Cancer Awareness Luncheon March 28, 2008

Free Yul-Brynner Head & Neck Cancer Screeing April 25, 2008

Lilly Oncology on Canvas “Expressions of a Cancer Journey” 5 - 9 May 2008