Colorado Cancer Coalition Announces 2008 Leadership Award
Winners
Sept. 29, 2008 - DENVER - The Colorado Cancer
Coalition has announced the winners of its annual leadership
awards for outstanding contributions by organizations and
individuals in the field of cancer prevention and control in
the state. The awards will be presented at the eighth annual
Colorado Cancer Summit: Tools for Survivorship, Monday, Oct.
6, at St. Mary’s Cancer Center in Grand Junction.
For more information about the conference, which is open
to the public, visit
www.coloradocancercoalition.org/conference/conference_index.aspx.
The 2008 award winners are listed below:
Outstanding Community Health Educator/Advocate - This
award honors an individual or organization that has
exemplified outstanding outreach, navigation of and
education to underserved communities in the area of cancer
prevention and control.
Southwestern Colorado - Durango
BJ Boucher, coordinator, Women's Wellness Connection,
970-259-3527,
BJBoucher@cancer.org
Boucher was instrumental in starting the Women's Health
Coaliton of southwest Colorado, which advocates community
cancer education and support to women and men undergoing
cancer treatment.
Western Slope - Grand Junction
Mary Kuhn, former regional coordinator, Women's Wellness
Connection, 719-241-4923,
mmkuhn@hotmail.com
As a community outreach coordinator, Kuhn’s
responsibilities were to recruit and refer eligible women to
the program through marketing, media and one-on-one
education of eligible women 40 to 64 years of age.
Northern Colorado - Fort Collins
Lupe Harbison, health care coordinator, Women's Resource
Center, 970-484-1902,
lharbison@womens-resource.org
For the past eight years, Harbison has worked to provide
low-income women in Larimer County with access to services
for breast, cervical and ovarian cancer screenings,
diagnostics and treatment.
Southeastern Colorado - Pueblo
Tracy Samora, Colorado Colorectal Cancer coordinator, St.
Mary-Corwin Medical Center, 719-557-4547,
tracysamora@centura.org
Samora currently is the leading coordinator for the
American Cancer Society’s statewide initiative, screening
the underserved population for colorectal cancers.
Outstanding Innovative Project - This award is given to a
project that has used innovative approaches to promote
healthy communities by developing information and services
to help patients cope with cancer while improving the
quality of their lives and/or using research or technology
to make an impact on the well-being of Colorado citizens.
Denver
Jane Hajovsky, executive director, Colorado Cancer
Research Program, 303-777-2663,
jhajovsky@co-cancerresearch.org
Hajovsky created a community outreach program for
indigent oncology patients diagnosed at the Exempla Saint
Joseph Hospital-Caritas Clinic.
Outstanding Researcher/Research Project - This award is
presented to a researcher or research project that has made
significant strides in addressing the cancer burden as
articulated in the Colorado Cancer Plan.
Denver
Dr. Matthew Wiener, chief executive officer, Pharmatech,
Inc., Denver, 720-917-8400,
mattw@pharmatech.com
Wiener is the founder of Pharmatech Inc. and is a
clinical research pharmacist, who, during his tenure at
Pharmatech, conducted trials in many major therapeutic
areas, most recently in the oncology sector, managing Phase
I, II, III and IV studies.
For more information about the awards program and
winners, contact John Romero Campbell with the Comprehensive
Cancer Coalition at the Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment at 303-692-2506.
The Colorado Cancer Coalition consists of organizations
and individuals involved in the prevention and control of
cancer in Colorado. The coalition dedicates itself to
achieving increased prevention, research, early detection
and improved treatment of cancer for Coloradans in the
coming decade. Coalition members sponsoring this year’s
event include the American Cancer Society; Rocky Mountain
Cancer Centers; the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment's Colorado Women's Wellness Connection,
Comprehensive Cancer Program and the State Tobacco Education
and Prevention Partnership; Susan G. Komen for the Cure;
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and University
of Colorado Denver. For more information, visit
www.coloradocancercoalition.org.
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