Segment 09: The President’s Panel and Post Retirement Activities
Title
Segment 09 : The President’s Panel and Post Retirement Activities
Interviewee
Kripke, Margaret
Interviewer
Rosolowski, Tacey Ann
Coding Structure
A: The Interview Subject's Story A: Professional Service beyond MD Anderson
Coding
A: Overview A: Career and Accomplishments B: Beyond the Institution B: MD Anderson and Government B: Information for Patients and the Public C: Professional Practice C: The Professional at Work A: Post Retirement Activities
File Type
Interview Segment
Abstract
In this segment , Dr . Kripke discusses the “great and unexpected honor” of serving for two terms on the President’s Cancer Panel (2003 and 2006 , appointed by George Bush) . This experience , she says , taught her that cancer research does not necessarily serve patients , a discovery (after a career in research labs) that turned her into an advocate for changing the balance of how research is funded . She believes that the Panel’s report on cancer survivorship (’03 term) helped to bring attention to the need for follow up plans when patients leave the hospital , as well as the necessity of providing them with complete medical records . She would like to see the Panel address issues of cancer prevention , noting that the most important report she contributed to was on the effects of the environment on cancer (’06 term) and how little we know about the cancer causing properties of agents in our food and environment and how agents banned in other countries are still in use in the U.S . She notes that “the government doesn’t want to deal with it” and this kind of study has lagged behind everything else . The Panel took a lot of criticism for its “strongly worded report” (including from the American Cancer Society) . She explains why the Cancer Panel elected to focus on environmental factors , given that only 6% of cancers are attributable to the environment . Dr . Kripke then turns to her post-retirement activities . She first talks about serving as Special Assistant to Provost Dr . Raymond DuBois to ease him into the culture and institution . She also served as ad interim department chair at the Smithville remote facility when the head stepped down . She also explains how she came to serve on the Mayor’s Advisory Council on Health and Environment for the city of Houston (one project on the CEO Roundtable ; one developing a resolution on obesity) .
Interview Date
March 29, 2012
Format
XML
Original Format
WAV
Identifier
Kripke,M_02_20120329_S09
Collection
Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection
Language
English
Repository
Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Margaret Kripke, PhD, Oral History Interview, March 29, 2012, Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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