OCRA is the voice for the ovarian cancer community.
OCRA’s Center for Public Policy drives action at local, state, and federal levels to advance research, improve access to care, and strengthen support for everyone affected by ovarian and all gynecologic cancers. By uniting advocates, experts, and policymakers, we turn the priorities of the gynecologic cancer community into meaningful, lasting change.
Chad Ramsey, OCRA’s Vice President of Policy, writes a monthly update with behind-the-scenes reports to keep you current on the latest news from our Advocate Leaders and policy team.
It’s imperative for us to unite in the fight for gynecologic cancer research. As an OCRA Advocate Leader, I will continue to educate the community. We don’t have the time to remain quiet.
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Written by Chad Ramsey, Vice President, Policy, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Federal Update: Government Shutdown Ends — What It Means for the Cancer Community As you are no doubt aware, after 43 days, the federal government shutdown officially ended. On November 12, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed the temporary funding bill passed by Congress, reopening … Continued
OCRA joined more than 400 patient advocates, providers and researchers at the Rally for Medical Research Hill Day on September 18th to call on Congress to increase critical funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Fiscal Year 2026. Dozens of organizations, including the event’s founding organizer American Association for Cancer Research, met with … Continued
On September 16, 2025, OCRA’s Vice President of Policy, Chad Ramsey, spoke at the Denmark Embassy in Washington, DC, about how international collaboration and cross-sector partnerships can advance research progress and improve patient outcomes. Ramsey joined Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in sharing insights with key stakeholders in the gynecologic cancer space at this event hosted … Continued
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