Treehouse undergraduate researcher Molly McCabe just visited Washington, D.C. to advocate for kids with cancer as part of Kids v. Cancer’s “Climb the Hill” event.
Molly and a group of seven other young advocates went to Washington, D.C. to meet with senators and advocate for the Give Kids a Chance Act. This act is a bipartisan amendment to the RACE for Children Act that would allow the FDA to require pediatric clinical trials for companies researching combination therapy for adult cancers. Pediatric cancers are understudied compared to adult cancers, and this act could help find vital treatments and even cures for children.
Molly’s group had meetings with thirteen different senators and their staff. Molly lost her mother to cancer when she was a teenager and her brother is a pediatric cancer survivor. The other members of her group had either had pediatric cancer or had a relative with pediatric cancer, and they all shared their stories and talked about the Give Kids a Chance Act with senators.
“It was truly inspiring to hear the kids’ experience and to see their strength in sharing with the Senators,” Molly said. “It also felt so empowering to talk about my mom and brother, and how I was dedicated to defeating cancer. I also spoke about the Vaske lab and how I was working toward becoming a pediatric oncologist.”
Molly and other participants in the Kids v. Cancer’s “Climb the Hill” event visited Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office (photographed here) as well as Senator Deb Fischer (NE), Mike Braun (IN), Lindsay Graham (SC), Krysten Sinema (AZ), Shelly Capito (WV) and John Hickenlooper (CO)’s offices.
Thank you Molly and Kids V. Cancer for advocating for cancer research!
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