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Kathy Giusti          

Founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Founding Co-Chair of the HBS Precision Medicine Accelerator; Author of "Fatal to Fearless: 12 Steps to Beating Cancer in a Broken Medical System"

Kathy Giusti is a two-time cancer survivor, business leader, and healthcare disrupter. Named as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People and Fortune Magazine’s World's 50 Greatest Leaders, Giusti is recognized as a pioneer in precision medicine.

She founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), co-chaired the Harvard Business School (HBS) Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator, and has worked with three U.S. presidents to fight and cure cancer.

Giusti works to push for change where it’s needed most, fix what is broken so others may heal, and simplify the journey for others, so they can heal themselves.

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How to reduce racial disparities in cancer
Underrepresentation of racial minorities in clinical trials for cancer and other diseases isn’t new; there has been a significant dearth in the representation of minorities in oncology trials for years. There is a strong consensus among all key stakeholders about the importance of addressing the problem of inadequate representation of minority patients in clinical trials and an urgent desire to develop sustainable solutions, as demonstrated at a recent American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting. Participants included leaders from across the cancer ecosystem: patient organizations, industry, government, researchers, academic medical centers and community-based organizations.
How One Woman Used Her Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis to Fuel the Search for a Cure
(Health Magazine) – After being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, Kathy Giusti started the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), a nonprofit organization, to help accelerate the search for a cure.

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