Lance Armstrong and David Agus at TEDMED2011
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Lance and David in conversation at TEDMED2011.
LANCE ARMSTRONG
Chairman & Founder, The Lance Armstrong Foundation
One of the world’s best cyclists by the age of 25, Lance Armstrong’s competitive nature helped him confront late stage testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain. In 1997, he established the Lance Armstrong Foundation, now known by its powerful brand – LIVESTRONG® – to serve people and families affected by cancer. He returned to cycling and became the record-holding seven-time winner of the Tour de France.
A leading advocate for cancer survivors, Lance was appointed to serve on the President’s Cancer Panel, an advisory group that reports directly to the President, and represented cancer survivors worldwide at the United Nations this September.
Under Lance’s leadership, LIVESTRONG has raised more than 0 million for survivor services and advocacy and was instrumental in the passage of Proposition 15 in Texas, an initiative that allocated billion for the fight against cancer and created the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Lance is a father of five and splits his time between Austin and Aspen.
DAVID AGUS
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
David B. Agus is a Professor of Medicine and Engineering at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering and heads USC’s Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. His research focuses on the application of proteomics and genomics for the study of disease and the development of new therapeutics for cancer. Dr. Agus is an international leader in new technologies and approaches for personalized healthcare. Dr. Agus received various honors and awards, including the 2009 GQ Magazine Rockstar of Science Award. He is the founder of Oncology.com, the largest cancer internet resource/community, Applied Proteomics, and of Navigenics, a genomic health care technology and wellness company. Dr. Agus’ book called “The End of Illness” is due out in December from the Free Press division of Simon and Schuster.
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