Cathy Collet

Cathy Collet's career has led her down some paths that have also informed her approach to patient advocacy.  After working for Eli Lilly and Company for 18 years, she became one of the founders of a small consulting practice specializing in benchmarking studies.  She recently retired from that role after 23 years.  Cathy's degrees are from Saint Mary's College (BS. Math) and from the University of Notre Dame (MS. Math).  When her Mom died from ALS in 1997, she thought that it was outrageous that the prognosis was the same that Lou and Eleanor Gehrig faced in 1939.  Her passion is to improve public policy and clinical research to change that prognosis for others.  She has testified at the FDA multiple times and has also been a MedX e-patient scholar.  Cathy volunteers for several ALS organizations.  She is one of the founders of www.MoreThanOurStories.org and is on the selection committee for the ALS MND Symposium Patient Fellows Program. She recently received the Humanitas Award from Saint Mary's College for her ALS advocacy work. You can always find her independent voice on twitter as @ALSadvocacy or on her blog at ALS-Advocacy.blogspot.com.