RG President Jimmy Lin Selected as PCORI Advisory Panel Member

RG President Dr. Jimmy Lin has been selected as a member of the Patient-Centered Research Outcomes Institute (PCORI) patient engagement panel. On the panel, Dr. Lin will work to prioritize PCORI’s research questions and develop meaningful patient and stakeholder engagement efforts.

PCORI is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, authorized by Congress in the 2010 Affordable Care Act. PCORI funds research aimed at improving patient care and outcomes through patient-centered clinical effectiveness research, or CER. The goal of PCORI’s work is to determine which healthcare options available to patients work best in particular circumstances.

Click here for more information on PCORI and Dr. Lin’s role.

RGI Featured at TEDxBaltimore

On January 30 in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Jimmy Lin, President of the Rare Genomics Institute, and director of a cancer research lab, will be giving a TED talk on cancer therapies. Inspired by the experiences of several friends who have suffered from cancer, Jimmy will go over strategies for how non-experts can take advantage of the latest advances in cancer treatment, through the four “Ds”:

1. New treatments that use DNA sequencing to target cancer without harming healthy cells
2. Getting into drug trials early in treatment, instead of viewing them as a last resort
3. Searching for multiple doctors who specialize in your specific type of cancer
4. Researching the latest discoveries for treatment of your type of cancer

For more information on how to attend this talk and others at TEDx Baltimore, please click here.

January 24, 2015