Representatives of several organizations conducted a site visit Monday of the Mississippi Network for Cancer Control & Prevention in an attempt to see if additional funding could be provided through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). From the left are Michael Jones, chief community health officer of the Mississippi Medical Center; Dr. Gordon C. Cannon, University of Southern Mississippi; Dr. Romana Hasnain Wynia, director, addressing health disparities, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; Kathy Yadrick, University of Southern Mississippi; Dr. Alfio Rausa, health officer for District III; Freddie White-Johnson, program director for the Network; Dr. Vafa Kamali; Dr. Glen Shearer, University of Southern Mississippi; Dr. Grayson Norquist, chairman of the board of governors of PCORI; and Sammy Foster, member of Men in Black and Blue Fighting Prostate Cancer.
