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    CEO Roundtable on Cancer Celebrates Employers marking Ten-Year CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ Anniversary

    2020-06-29T00:00:00-05:00June 29, 2020|

    (June 29, 2020) – The CEO Cancer Gold Standard™, the employer-led health and wellness accreditation program of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, is now helping more than seven million employees and their family members prevent and address cancer through workplace-based programming. This year, 18 Gold Standard employers mark their ten-year anniversary as Gold Standard employers, having maintained a strong commitment to the health of their employees and satisfying the latest, comprehensive requirements of the Gold Standard. 

    CEO Roundtable on Cancer Appoints Andrew Crighton Chief Executive Officer and Announces New Role for Founding CEO, Martin Murphy

    2019-12-10T00:00:00-06:00December 10, 2019|

    The CEO Roundtable on Cancer (CEORT) today announced the appointment of K. Andrew Crighton, MD to serve as chief executive officer, beginning in January 2020.  Dr. Crighton will succeed founding CEO, Martin J. Murphy, DMedSc, PhD, who will remain with the organization as a member of the board of directors and leader of several vital projects.

    CEO Roundtable on Cancer Presents Dr. Charles A. Sanders Life Sciences Award to Jean Becker, Ken Lee and Phil Porter

    2018-11-19T00:00:00-06:00November 19, 2018|

    The CEO Roundtable on Cancer Inc. honored Jean BeckerKen Lee and Phil Porter, three leaders dedicated to cancer prevention and to speeding cancer research, with the 2018 Dr. Charles A. Sanders Life Sciences Award in recognition of their extraordinary collaboration with the CEO Roundtable on Cancer’s Life Sciences Consortium and its Project Data Sphere, LLC.

    Aura Biosciences Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation

    2018-06-12T00:00:00-05:00June 12, 2018|

    The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited Aura Biosciences of Cambridge, MA — a biotechnology company developing a new class of therapies to target and selectively destroy cancer cells — with the CEO Cancer Gold StandardTM recognizing its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family members.

    CEO Roundtable on Cancer recognizes the University of North Dakota for ten years of leadership; lauds Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for supporting university-led, employer wellness initiative

    2017-05-30T00:00:00-05:00May 30, 2017|

    CARY, NC (May 30, 2017) – The University of North Dakota has earned CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ re-accreditation for maintaining a strong commitment to the health of its employees and satisfying the comprehensive requirements of the Gold Standard for the past ten years.

    CVS Health Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard™ Accreditation

    2017-02-13T00:00:00-06:00February 13, 2017|

    The CEO Roundtable on Cancer has accredited CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), the nation’s largest pharmacy innovation company, with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard, recognizing its efforts to reduce the risk of cancer for its employees and covered family members. The company earned the distinguished Gold Standard accreditation for taking actions in five key areas of health and wellness to fight cancer in the workplace, including: discouraging tobacco use; encouraging physical activity; promoting healthy diet and nutrition; detecting cancer at its earliest stages; and providing access to quality care.

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