Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Lou Weisbach tells us about his plan to raise $750 billion for the American Center for Cures
Conversation with The Cancer Letter

Lou Weisbach tells us about his plan to raise $750 billion for the American Center for Cures

For nearly 25 years, business executive Lou Weisbach and urologist Richard J. Boxer have argued that finding the money to finance the cures for devastating diseases is not as difficult as it appears. To start finding the cures, the U.S. Department of the Treasury needs to issue some bonds—$750 billion worth. Next, you hire CEOs—one […]
By Otis W. Brawley and Paul Goldberg
Shearwood McClelland III: “When you stand for something, you’re always going to be attacked.”
Black History MonthConversation with The Cancer Letter

Shearwood McClelland III: “When you stand for something, you’re always going to be attacked.”

Shearwood McClelland III’s grandfather was a ditchdigger who dreamed that his six Black daughters would become doctors. McClelland’s mother did not disappoint—she became the first Black woman board-certified in maternal fetal medicine in the history of the United States.  Now, McClelland is the chief medical officer of Cancer Health Equity at the University of Oklahoma... […]
By Jacquelyn Cobb