2021 Winners
C2 Catalyst for Care Award
Unite for HER
Represented by Susan Weldon, CEO & Founder
Sue Weldon founded Unite for HER after discovering a lack of easily accessible patient-care resources that would complement standard medical treatments. Today, Unite for HER supports funding and delivery of integrative therapies to people with breast and ovarian cancer at no personal cost.
C2 Catalyst for Change Award
Tomma Hargraves
Lung Cancer Advocate & Volunteer, Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina
Tomma Hargraves is a lung cancer survivor and an advocate for lung cancer awareness and treatment. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina and created a gas card program that helps people travel to and access care and treatments.
C2 Catalyst for Equity Award
Equal Hope
Represented by Anne Marie Murphy, PhD, Executive Director
Equal Hope is dedicated to saving lives by eliminating health disparities in women’s cancers in Illinois. Their work has led to Chicago being a leader in the United States for reducing breast cancer deaths for African American women.
C2 Catalyst for Precision Medicine Award
Colin Pritchard, MD, PhD
Director of Clinical Diagnostics, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine of UW
Dr. Colin Pritchard’s work in advancing precision oncology has led to the development of innovative molecular diagnostics for detecting mutations that guide therapeutic decision-making for people with cancer.
President’s Award
Margaret Stauffer
Chief Mission Officer, Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area
Margaret Stauffer is a psychosocial-oncology expert and, as Chief Mission Officer for Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area, works to increase accessibility to counseling programs for all people impacted by cancer.
2021 Finalists
C2 Catalyst for Care Award
Finalists for this award bring high-quality cancer care to underserved populations. Consequently, their work drives change at the community-, neighborhood- or hospital-level that results in better cancer care for more people.
C2 Catalyst for Change Award
Finalists for this award significantly improve the cancer care experience for people with cancer and their loved ones. As a result, the work of these finalists makes a people’s experience as easy as possible during an extraordinarily difficult time.
C2 Catalyst for Equity Award
Finalists for this award have worked to overcome longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care, ensuring that all people have equitable access to quality care.
C2 Catalyst for Precision Medicine Award
Finalists for this award significantly advance precision medicine in oncology to bring new, more personalized tests or treatments to people with cancer. As such, these finalists enhance the ability to provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time.
