It’s with heavy hearts that we share the passing of an unbelievable member of our neighborhood, Ivy Elkins. The affect that Ivy has had on the lung most cancers neighborhood can’t be adequately expressed in phrases. She touched so many individuals’s lives, each immediately and not directly, by means of her tireless advocacy for sufferers.
Whether or not by means of her official capability as co-founder of the EGFR Resisters, or by means of her illustration of lung most cancers sufferers with the Division of Protection CDRMP, the NIH, and numerous advocacy teams, Ivy was in a position to join with others in a manner that introduced hope to the fore. She was instrumental in spearheading quite a few fundraisers for lung most cancers analysis. Ivy was additionally one of many folks we counted on to host discussions that helped tie lung most cancers analysis to its affect on folks. She helped to forge connections between researchers and the beneficiaries of the analysis, all the time centered on the human aspect of developments being made.
Her affect on lung most cancers analysis and the lung most cancers neighborhood shall be felt for years to return. She shall be sorely missed by us all.