[3][4] BJALCF provides funding for lung cancer research, early detection, education, prevention and treatment.
This Foundation was formed in response to the fact that lung cancer is under-funded and under-researched based on the amount of research dollars allocated per death.
[5][6] In 2005, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spent $204 million on breast and cervical cancer research.
The lack of funding, coupled with the complexity of the disease, has helped prevent lung cancer from making significant advances in its five-year survival rate.
Prior to starting the Foundation, she spent twenty years in the oil industry wherein she rose to a leadership role.