
Anjee Davis
Meet Anjee, a member of the Advocacy Panel
Anjelica (“Anjee”) Davis serves as President of Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC), a national patient-empowerment organization founded in 2005. Fight CRC’s mission is to fight colorectal cancer and serve as relentless champions of hope for all affected by this disease through informed patient support, impactful policy change, and breakthrough research endeavours.
With nearly two decades of experience in research advocacy, and a passion to ensure patient voices are heard, she continues to fight tirelessly for patients’ access to care and research advancements. She has led national awareness efforts and has accelerated research by convening international researchers to tackle dropping the screening age to 45 to unpacking concerning trends impacting early-age onset colorectal patients.
In 2019, Anjee was appointed as chair of National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Council of Research Advocates (NCRA), and as a member of NCI’s Clinical Trials and Translational Research Advisory Committee (CTAC). In 2020, she joined the colorectal cancer subcommittee of the President's Cancer Panel, informing the report on colorectal cancer specific activities for the National Cancer Program.
Anjee is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed February 2020.