Your Advocacy in Action in 2023 Every year, NBTS advocates for changes to public policy that would help get us closer to our vision: to conquer and cure brain tumors — once and for all. Thousands of volunteer advocates, like you, from all fifty states and D.C. are powerful and influential by urging elected officials to support NBTS’s policy agenda. You […] January 10, 2024
Neuro-oncologist Advocates for Brain Tumor Community at Head to the Hill After three years of attending Head to the Hill virtually due to the pandemic, neuro-oncologist Dr. Nicholas Blondin is counting down the days to the event’s return in person to Capitol Hill this May 8-9. As a neuro-oncologist and the lead principal investigator of GBM AGILE at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, Dr. […] March 27, 2023
Son Advocates on Capitol Hill to Honor Mother Nearly one year after losing his mom to glioblastoma (GBM), Shawn joined his brother and father in D.C. for Head to the Hill 2019. Their experience would prove to be powerful and energizing for their grieving family. “Attending Head to the Hill our first year was all about sharing my mom’s story after she passed […] February 16, 2023
Advocate Pushes for Improved Quality of Life and Increased Research Funding A busy working mom, Jyothi was no stranger to shuttling her two boys around for school and extracurricular activities. Her youngest son, Nitin, began complaining of headaches after playing tennis and also started to experience difficulties blowing to play his clarinet. A pediatrician suggested a CT scan to rule out anything more serious. “It was […] January 31, 2023
Breakthroughs Ahead: Holly Gibbons Three months after delivering a baby boy, Holly returned to the same hospital where they discovered a brain tumor — grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. This 2016 diagnosis led her family to join National Brain Tumor Society events like Race for Hope DC and Head to the Hill to fundraise and advocate for increased funding for […] December 12, 2022