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Krebill,
MSW, BSN, RN
Executive Director
Masonic Cancer Alliance
Ms. Krebill is the Executive Director of the Masonic Cancer Alliance (MCA), the outreach network of The University of Kansas Cancer Center. The MCA extends clinical trials, patient programs, and professional education to hospitals across the State of Kansas and western Missouri. Ms. Krebill supports PIVOT: Patient and Investigator Voices Organizing Together, a patient research advocacy initiative. She has extensive experience in collaborating with community partners to develop and deliver evidence-based public health interventions that address health equity, with over 25 years of combined experience in cancer control, research, program management, and evaluation of programs.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Basic scientists conducting biomedical research are generally not provided the skills or experiences needed to engage in meaningful patient engagement and effective community collaboration. The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s (KUCC) Community Outreach and Engagement program developed an innovative strengths-based training model, Patient and Investigator Voices Organizing Together (PIVOT) Across the Translational Research Continuum, pairing basic scientists with research-trained cancer survivors/co-survivors to bring the voices and experiences of patients and families into the research…