Science and Research Specialist at GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer

Daniel Saez is a patient advocate with GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer where he leverages his skills in science communication to help lung cancer patients and caregivers identify appropriate treatment choices based on the genetics of their tumors throughout all stages of the treatment journey. Daniel developed his interest in science communication and patient advocacy while doing translational research in neglected tropical diseases at Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina.

Jill Feldman is a lung cancer patient and advocate. When Jill was 13 years old, she lost her dad and two grandparents to lung cancer and then her mom and close aunt died of lung cancer when she was in her 20’s. She became a volunteer, an advocate and past president of LUNGevity Foundation before the unthinkable happened. In 2009, at 39 years old with four small children, Jill herself was diagnosed with EGFR positive lung cancer.

Jill continues to be involved with LUNGevity. She is also Deputy Chair of IASLC’s patient advisory board, the patient advocate on the steering committee for The National Lung Cancer Round Table, and a member of The Chicago Institute of Translational Medicine’s patient advisory board. Jill is committed to understanding and promoting patient-centered research as a member of the programmatic panel for the Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program, as a planning committee member on IASLC’s North America Conference on Lung cancer, and as a member of the ECOG-ACRIN Research Group’s patient advocate committee and thoracic committee. Jill has presented patient perspectives at conferences, including the World Conference on Lung Cancer hosted by IASLC and the virtual ASCO Education Program. She is a co-author of the ASTRO Guidelines for SBRT in early-stage lung cancer that was published in an ASCO special article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In 2017, Jill co-founded the EGFR Resisters, a grassroots, patient-driven community committed to accelerating research that will prolong and better the lives of people diagnosed with EGFRm lung cancer. Jill also continues to share her story in the media and at various events and participates in countless advocacy opportunities to shine a light on lung cancer and end the stigma associated with it.