Change - It's not the what. It's the how.
Mary-Jo Murphy, an anal cancer survivor, has made it her personal mission to focus attention on HPV-related cancers, support those fighting them, and help erase the associated stigma.
The intent of her work is to correct misinformation and create a new narrative surrounding human papillomavirus (HPV).
As registered nurse and health educator, she champions the message of prevention available through the HPV vaccine, because she believes future generation should be protected from preventable cancers.
Mary-Jo serves on the board of the International (IANS) Anal Neoplasia Society, the world's first professional society devoted to the prevention and treatment of anal cancer. She
speaks at their conferences and edits their newsletter and chairs their Outreach Committee. This committee produces free patient seminars, a podcast and is tackling IANS approved patient literature. https://iansoc.org/
Mary-Jo works closely with the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, which along with the Anal Cancer Foundation funds cutting-edge HPV - cancer research and prevention. As their patient advocate, Mary-Jo speaks with each newly-diagnosed patient who contacts the foundation. She provides ongoing support in dealing with the emotional, psychological and physical aspects of the disease and its treatment.
In 2014, as the Foundation’s representative, Mary-Jo participated in the symposium about The President’s Cancer Panel Report on the HPV vaccine at American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. The report urged accelerated uptake of the HPV vaccine.
Mary-Jo also served as the Foundations’ patient survivor representative on the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Farrah Fawcett Foundation HPV translational research team, led my Ellis Reinherz, MD, and Robert Haddad, MD at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
In 2016 Mary-Jo was honored for her advocacy work by the Massachusetts General Cancer Center as one of the “100 Everyday Amazing.”
In 2021 Mary-Jo was accepted into the AACR Scientist↔Survivor Program®, a group designed to build enduring partnerships among the leaders of the scientific, cancer survivor, and patient advocacy communities worldwide.
Mary-Jo is a writer whose cancer story appeared in Coping With Cancer Magazine.
www.copingmag.com/coping-with-cancer/on-the-other-side-of-the-diagnosis
The intent of her work is to correct misinformation and create a new narrative surrounding human papillomavirus (HPV).
As registered nurse and health educator, she champions the message of prevention available through the HPV vaccine, because she believes future generation should be protected from preventable cancers.
Mary-Jo serves on the board of the International (IANS) Anal Neoplasia Society, the world's first professional society devoted to the prevention and treatment of anal cancer. She
speaks at their conferences and edits their newsletter and chairs their Outreach Committee. This committee produces free patient seminars, a podcast and is tackling IANS approved patient literature. https://iansoc.org/
Mary-Jo works closely with the Farrah Fawcett Foundation, which along with the Anal Cancer Foundation funds cutting-edge HPV - cancer research and prevention. As their patient advocate, Mary-Jo speaks with each newly-diagnosed patient who contacts the foundation. She provides ongoing support in dealing with the emotional, psychological and physical aspects of the disease and its treatment.
In 2014, as the Foundation’s representative, Mary-Jo participated in the symposium about The President’s Cancer Panel Report on the HPV vaccine at American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting. The report urged accelerated uptake of the HPV vaccine.
Mary-Jo also served as the Foundations’ patient survivor representative on the Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Farrah Fawcett Foundation HPV translational research team, led my Ellis Reinherz, MD, and Robert Haddad, MD at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
In 2016 Mary-Jo was honored for her advocacy work by the Massachusetts General Cancer Center as one of the “100 Everyday Amazing.”
In 2021 Mary-Jo was accepted into the AACR Scientist↔Survivor Program®, a group designed to build enduring partnerships among the leaders of the scientific, cancer survivor, and patient advocacy communities worldwide.
Mary-Jo is a writer whose cancer story appeared in Coping With Cancer Magazine.
www.copingmag.com/coping-with-cancer/on-the-other-side-of-the-diagnosis
