Coming up on April's episode of the Candid Connection:

Andrew and Ashley chat about the dealings in Lansing as lawmakers look to make their way back from Spring Break, we chat about:

• Oral Chemo Fairness
• Cancer and Tobacco Prevention Funding
• Could tobacco be coming to your front door?

Ashley shares some updates from Washington DC including information around 21st Century Cures 2.0, an effort sponsored by Congressman Fred Upton.

In our Karmanos / McLaren Moment we welcome Amy Legghio from Karmanos's Women Wellness Clinic. She chats with Ashley about the importance of screening, especially as people look towards their annual check ups with their doctors.

Andrew sits down with Chris Harkins, the State Budget Director for Governor Gretchen Whitmer. They chat about all things budget along with all things related to public health and prevention.

Along with some other surprises, all this and more next on the Candid Connection.

Show Links:

http://www.figthcancer.org/mi

https://www.karmanos.org/karmanos/screening-and-prevention-program

http://www.mi/gov/budget

The ACS CAN Michigan Team is excited about this new series of Candid Conversations with policy and health care leaders from around Michigan and beyond. We focus on one major topic and take a deeper look into specific areas that affect our topic.

This year's major topic is Personalized Medicine

Over the course of 2022 we will be hosting four special episodes where we dig further into these important topics:

March: Biomarker Testing

June: CAR-T Therapy

September: Innovations

November: Impacts.

It is our hope over the next year our listeners and viewers will have a better understanding of personalized medicine and why it is so important in the fight against cancer. You can view the events live on our Facebook page or our YouTube channel. 

Enjoy our March episode on Biomarker Testing. 

Coming up on this episode of the CANdid Connection:

Andrew and Ashley chat about dealings in Lansing and Washington DC reviewing actions on:

• Oral Chemotherapy Fairness Legislation
• Increased funding for Tobacco and Cancer Prevention
• Increased funding for Cancer Research.

Could tobacco products be coming directly to your doorstep? We chat about Michigan Senate Bill 720 and what dangers it brings all Michiganders.

In our Karmanos / McLaren Moment, we chat about colorectal cancer screening with Dr. Mohammed Najeeb Al Hallak, who is in the gastrointestinal neuroendocrine oncology group on screenings you should be getting, what age those should come, and other factors that my up your screening time. 

We also have a wonderful opportunity to chat with Representative Samantha Steckloff. A freshman legislator in the Michigan House, we have an opportunity to chat about her cancer journey and how that propelled her to run for office, and how that is also shaping her agenda and goals for her time in Lansing.

All this and more, next on the CANdid Connection!

Resources Links:

ACS CAN Michigan: http://www.fightcancer.org/MI

Karmanos Colorectal Screening: https://www.karmanos.org/karmanos/colon-cancer-screening

Karmanos Genetic Testing: https://www.karmanos.org/karmanos/genetic-counseling-at-karmanos

Coming up on the February episode of the CANdid Connection:

• Andrew reviews two recent events happening in Lansing that could have a major impact on our issues moving forward.
  • The Governor provides her State of the State address
  • The Governor sends her budget recommendation to the legislature.
• We review activities around ACS CAN Michigan major issues:
  • Oral Chemo Fairness
  • Funding for tobacco and cancer prevention.
• The CEO of ACS and ACS CAN along with ACS CAN's president make their way to Washington DC to restart the Cancer Moonshot.
• In our Karmanos / McLaren Moment, we welcome Kristian Wilks a genetic counselor and we chat about the importance of screenings and how genetics plays a role in that.
• We also welcome State Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. The Senate minority vice chair for the Appropriations committee, we chat with him just before the Governor's budget is presented and we get his take on what's to come.

All that and more coming up on the CANdid Connection

Show link:

Karmanos Cancer Institute Homepage: http://www.karmanos.org

ACS CAN Michigan Homepage: http://www.figthcancer.org/MI

Michigan State Budget Office: https://www.michigan.gov/budget

State of the State Address: https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_91277---,00.html

Coming up on this episode of the CANdid Connection:

• Andrew and Ashley chat a little about 2021 but look forward to 2022 by releasing the State Agenda for ACS CAN in Michigan. The agenda includes:
  • Continued work on Oral Chemotherapy Fairness
  • $10 Million increase for tobacco prevention efforts in Michigan
  • $2.8 Million for the Breast Cervical Cancer Control and Navigation program in Michigan. 
• We are also excited to start our new segment the Karmanos McLaren Moment where we chat with folks from Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care on important health information you need to know! We welcome this month:
  • Brittany Dowe and Shoma Pal from the Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement.

Websites for Resources:

• ACS CAN MI Agenda: http://www.fightcancer.org/MI
• Karmanos: https://www.karmanos.org/karmanos/office-of-community

All this and more on the first episode of 2022! 

Brought to you by Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care the largest provider of cancer care and research in the state. 

On this final episode for 2021:

• Andrew reviews the happenings in Lansing and Washington DC! We focus on:
  • Oral Chemotherapy Fairness
  • Tobacco Control issues
  • Build Back Better Act
• New Year is right around the corner, which means that New Year's resolutions are going to be top of mind. We chat with Dr. Radhika Gogoi from Karmanos' Gynological Oncology Team to chat about how screenings need to be top of mind when making your resolutions!
  • Resources:
    • Karmanos Cancer Institute: http://www.karmanos.org
    • American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
• Our guests this month are:
  • Zach Gorchow, Executive Editor, Gongwer News Service
  • Matt Resch, President, Resch Strategies
• We chat about what happened in 2021 in Lansing and talk about the future of the issues that ACS CAN is focusing on for 2022. 

More surprises to come on this final episode of the CANdid Connection, brought to you by Karmanos Cancer Insititute and McLaren Health Care, the largest provider of cancer care and research in the state. 

Coming up on this episode of the CANdid Connection

Andrew and Ashley chat about recent happening in Lansing and Washington DC including:

• Updates on Oral Chemo Fairness
• Updates on Tobacco Prevention Funding
• A tax break for big tobacco? HB 4485
• ACA subsidies and the Build Back Better Legislation

We welcome this month Angela Viviano from the Women Wellness Clinic at Karmanos Cancer Institute. Angela and Andrew chat about breast cancer prevention and wellness.

This month we also welcome Ken Fletcher from the American Lung Association and Paul Steiner from Tobacco-Free Michigan and we discuss the broader tobacco regulations efforts in Michigan.

All this and more next on the CANdid Connection!

Coming up on October's episode of the CANdid Connection:

• Andrew and Ashley chat about the latest coming out of Lansing as the legislature finalizes the budget. We also chat about the budget priorities of ACS CAN and how they faired.
• Andrew gives a brief update on all things Oral Chemo and what's new on the tobacco regulation front.
• Ashley and Andrew go over whats been happening in Washington DC, including the asks from ACS CAN's Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.

We are super excited for our guests this month as we welcome four lead volunteers from around Michigan as they speak to Leadership Summit and Lobby Day, offering their experiences and stories. 

• Sandra Westover - Michigan's 1st District
• Adrenne Meyer - Michigan's 5th District
• Cj Heisler - Michigan's 7th District
• Beth Trierweiler - Michigan's 3rd District

All this and more coming up on the CANdid Connection brought to you by McLaren Health Care and Karmanos Cancer Institute, the largest provider of cancer care and research in the state.