Norman Coleman, associate director of NCI’s Radiation Research Program and Gay Crawford, founding director of Cancer CAREpoint, were named recipients of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship’s Ellen L. Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care.
Named for longtime CEO of NCCS and three-time cancer survivor Ellen Stovall, who died in 2016, the award aims to honor her memory and advocacy by annually recognizing individuals, organizations, or other entities that are innovators in improving cancer care.
Coleman has been affiliated with NCCS since working with Stovall on the NCAB/Senate Subcommittee to Evaluate the National Cancer Program in 1993. He helped form the New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship while at Harvard. He is senior scientific advisor to the International Cancer Expert Corps, a non-government organization focusing on global disparities in cancer care.
Crawford has counseled thousands of patients and families over the past 44 years. Some of the programs she helped found include: Hospice of the Valley, the second non-profit hospice in California; Courageous Kids, an American Cancer Society program for children with cancer; the California Cancer Registry; the Colon Cancer Free Zone, advocating for colon cancer screening; and was successful in lobbying the insurance industry to pay for breast reconstructions for patients.
In 2011, she was invited to serve as the first chair of Stanford’s new South Bay Cancer Center Patient and Family Advisory Council, helping to develop the program and keep the focus on patient-focused care. In 2013, Crawford founded Cancer CAREpoint, a Silicon Valley based nonprofit organization.
