Marc Mendonca in green was the panel chair. He moved the reviews along at a good pace and in a jovial manner. He had the difficult task of summarizing the reviews for each grant. Diane Bender (sleeveless pink) was my mentor as a consumer reviewer. It was fun to hang out with them after dinner, talking about natural disasters and their family origins.
Nina Burford(next to me) is a retired school teacher from Canada who was diganosed with breast cancer many, many years ago. I forgot when, but I'll always remember the story of her surgeon. She had the awful experience of going into surgery expecting a biopsy and came out with mastectomy. I had only heard of such things, but never met anyone who went through it. The surgeon didn't contact her until a week later and released her from the hospital earlier than expected. She made a complaint against the surgeon with the medical review board. She didn't want his license taken away, but wanted the board to review all his surgeries for a year. This was done, and in the end, the surgeon thanked her for allowing him to keep his license.
Carole in white was the other consumer reviewer and is a pediatric oncology nurse. Barbara DeVinney was the scientific review officer, who asked scientists to be on the panel and noted budget issues with the grants.
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