Policy Briefs
April 3, 2026
CDC Opens Nominations for Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has opened a new nomination cycle for its Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW). The ACBCYW is made up of 15 experts, who serve for four-year terms, advising HHS on evidence-based prevention, risk reduction and early detection for young women. In the announcement, the CDC encourages people with the following areas of expertise to apply:
- Lived Experience: Survivors under 45 and their caregivers/families;
- Clinical Expertise: Breast health and breast cancer;
- Disease prevention and early detection;
- Genetics and hereditary breast cancer;
- Survivorship, including for metastatic breast cancer;
- Public health and risk reduction.