The Research Evangelist

I keep going back to that phrase. Now more than ever. As a research evangelist, patient advocate and lung cancer survivor, these things define who I am and shape everything I do and every project I am involved with to bring impact on the world. As a champion for research, I want to share positive stories about the people in research labs and life science companies who do brilliant things. Though I am but one voice, my voice comes from a perspective of a patient who survived cancer living a life full of gratitude and building trust. I believe now, more than ever, the world needs to appreciate the work of the life science industry and the people who work there. This community, and biopharma companies in particular, often gets criticized for high drug prices and being greedy, but doesn't get the credit it deserves for all the good it does. Now more than ever the people who work in this community deserve to be praised for the good things they do. Many people and organizations in the li...

Ever since my lung cancer experience, I've been on a journey to try to be more grateful. To me living a life of gratitude means appreciating everything more and expressing that to people that I care about. I'm far from perfect at doing this, but I try my best to express my gratitude to others, to let them know that when they do things to help me, it means a lot to me. This gratitude journey started with my wife Missi and our three boys after my lobectomy and follow up treatment. It also has led me to find interesting people in my work life. People that go out of their way to volunteer to help me even when they are super busy with things in their own lives. People like Keith Spiro . I've never met anyone quite like him. What is amazing about him is that he's one of those guys that has so much going on behind the scenes you don't even realize how talented he is until he literally just shows you. He's the one who named me the Research Evangelist. And he's the o...