Patient Advocacy Voices

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Going Beyond Awareness to Build Trust and Inspire action: Leadership Lessons from 30 Years of Effective Vaccine Advocacy

2026-08-3149:28

What can decades of successful vaccine advocacy teach every patient organization? Effective advocacy goes beyond raising awareness. It builds trust, removes barriers, collaborates with many partners, and empowers patients to make informed decisions. In this episode, host Eric Racine and co-host Courtney Fahey of Sanofi are joined by Amy Pisani, CEO of Vaccinate Your Family. Drawing from more than 30 years of leadership in vaccine advocacy, Amy shares lessons on how to combine sci...

From Patient Experience to Policy Action: Bringing Patient and Provider Voices Into the Decisions That Shape Healthcare

2026-08-0542:16

Who gets to define value in healthcare? Although policymakers, payers, and healthcare professionals all play a role, patient advocacy leaders know that value must also be defined by the experiences of patients and the clinicians who care for them. In this episode of Patient Advocacy Voices, we explore how advocacy organizations can help ensure healthcare policies are shaped by the people most affected, and why proactively engaging patients is essential to protecting access to care. Host Eric ...

Leading Change in Rare Disease: What We Can Learn from the GBS-CIDP Foundation

2026-07-0237:41

Patient advocacy leaders work every day to make sure patient voices do more than get heard. They want those voices to shape decisions, improve care, guide research, and advance policies that affect patients’ lives. In this episode of Patient Advocacy Voices, we hear from an organization doing exactly that. Host Eric Racine is joined by co-host Melissa Dupont, Global Public Affairs Lead, Neurology at Sanofi, for a conversation with Lisa Butler, President and CEO of the GBS-CIDP Foundatio...

Inside the Alliance for Aging Research: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and Patient Access

2026-05-2839:27

What does it take to make sure innovation, policy, and public health actually work for older adults? Too often, patients and caregivers face a hard path from diagnosis to treatment, shaped by Medicare complexity, out-of-pocket costs, communication gaps, and administrative barriers that get in the way of care. In this episode of Patient Advocacy Voices, host Eric Racine is joined by co-host Katie Oppenheim, Head of US Government Relations at Sanofi, for a conversation with Sue Peschin, Preside...

The “Last Mile” in Cancer Care: What It Takes to Turn Innovation Into Access

2026-04-2937:59

When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the expectation is that care begins quickly and smoothly. In reality, many patients and caregivers find themselves navigating a complicated system, juggling access barriers, approvals, and logistics before treatment even begins. In this episode of Patient Advocacy Voices, host Eric Racine is joined by Meagan O’Neill, Executive Director of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC), alongside co-host Rachel Solomon of Sanofi. Together, they explore how...

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