Barbara J. Hatcher
President, CEO, Health Equity Consultant
Article
Triple Positive
Badass” survivor Ricki Fairley ’78 drives national fight against a rare form of breast cancer
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CEO - TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
Ricki Fairley is an award-winning, seasoned marketing veteran that has transformed her strategic acumen into breast cancer advocacy
Ricki Fairley Bio
Ricki Fairley is an award-winning, seasoned marketing veteran that has transformed her strategic acumen into breast cancer advocacy. Ricki co-founded and serves as CEO of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance to reduce the mortality rate for Black Women. She is a stage 3A triple-negative breast cancer survivor/ thrived. Ms. Fairley founded and serves as co-host for “The Doctor Is In,” a weekly live web series on BlackDoctor.org. She is a founding member of #BlackDataMatters, in partnership with Breastcancer.org, Ciitizen, The Center for Health Care Innovation, Morehouse School of Medicine, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation to encourage and elevate the importance of Black women participating in clinical trial research. She founded Breast Cancer United, a global movement garnering the collective strength of over 60 leading breast cancer organizations around the world. She writes regularly for the Black press including BlackDoctor.org, Black Health Matters, and The Cincinnati Herald.
Ricki Fairley
Portfolio
ArticleOn a Mission to Improve Breast Cancer Care for Black Women
Ricki founded her advocacy organization not only to support Black people with breast cancer, but also as a catalyst for changing the conversation around how the disease is treated in women of color.
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PodcastThe Black Cancer Alliance
Join us for our talk with Ricki Fairley, founder of TOUCH Black Breast Cancer Alliance – who is one of those incredible early stage advocates working so hard to make a difference for Black breast cancer and for everyone in the MBC Community.
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PodcastAdvocating for Diverse Representation in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials test the safety and benefits of new treatments as well as new combinations (or new doses) of standard treatments. They can also study other parts of care including risk reduction, diagnosis and screening.
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ArticleTriple-Negative Breast Cancer: One Woman’s Experience
Ricki Fairley was told she had 2 years to live. That was 8 years ago. And now that doctor calls Ricki her miracle.
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