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2017 SPARC Awardees
Raising patient voices in Tajikistan
Awardee: Firuza Abdullaeva
Public Organization "Avesto" (NGO)
Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Mentor: Tatiana Soldak, Director of Programs at Resource and Policy Exchange (USA)
Ignite hope
Awardee: Maria Jocelyn Kara Magsanoc Alikpala
ICANSERVE Foundation
Location: Pasig City, Philippines
Mentor: Carmen Auste, Managing Director at Cancer Warriors Foundation (Philippines)
Building community-based awareness and navigating breast cancer and palliative care
Awardee: Comfort Asoogo
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Location: Kumasi, Ghana
Mentor: Benjamin O. Anderson, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery and Global Health Medicine at University of Washington (USA)
Improving information and support for metastatic breast cancer patients in Nigeria
Awardee: Chioma Christie Asuzu
University of Ibadan
Location: Idaban, Nigeria
Mentor: Carolyn Taylor, Founder and President at Global Focus on Cancer (USA)
Assessing the needs and the quality of life of women with advanced breast cancer
Awardee: Maria Gabriela Berta
Fundación Cáncer-Fuca
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Lucy Bonazzi, Clinical Psychologist at Instituto da Mama of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
The case of Cyprus: The psychosocial needs of women living with metastatic breast cancer
Awardee: Stephanie Christodoulidou
Europa Donna Cyprus
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Mentor: Kyriacos Kyriacou, Head of the Department of Electron Microscopy/Molecular Pathology at The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics (Cyprus)
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Awardee: Craig Faucette
Canadian Breast Cancer Network
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Mentor: Karen A Gelmon MD FRCPC, Professor of Medicine at University of British Columbia (Canada)
Metastatic e-learning materials
Awardee: Louise Hamill
McGrath Foundation
Location: St. Leonards, Australia
Mentor: Fran Boyle, Professor of Medical Oncology at Sydney Medical School – Northern (Australia)
Introducing patient navigation in the Caribbean
Awardee: Melford John
Caribbean Cancer Research Initiative
Location: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Mentor: Ophira Ginsburg, Director of High-Risk Cancer Genetics Program at Perlmutter Cancer Center (USA)
Metastatic advocacy training course
Awardee: Susan Knox
Europa Donna -
The European Breast Cancer Coalition
Location: Milan, Italy
Mentor: Olivia Pagani, Clinical Director at the Institute of Oncology of Southern Switzerland (Switzerland)
Patient engagement for metastatic breast cancer patients
Awardee: Shubha Maudgal
Cancer Patients Aid Association
Location: Mumbai, India
Mentor: Jeff Dunn, Chair Social and Behavioural Sciences at Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
Improved quality of life for metastatic breast cancer patients in Romania
Awardee: Adriana Melnic
Societatea Romana de Cancer
Location: Cluj Napoca, Romania
Mentor: Julie Gralow, M.D., Jill Bennett Endowed Professor of Breast Cancer at University of Washington School of Medicine (USA)
“My alma”: A digital app supporting metastatic breast cancer patients
Awardee: Christiana Mitsi
Hellenic Association of Women with Breast Cancer "Alma Zois"
Location: Athens, Greece
Mentor: Emmanouil Saloustros MD, DSc, Assistant professor of Oncology at Faculty of Medicine of the University of Thessaly (Greece)
Palliative care initiative for Cameroonian women with metastatic breast cancer
Awardee: Blaise Nkegoum
Clinique Médicale Camassistance
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
Mentor: Dr Catherine de Souza, Consultant in Palliative Care at Oxford University Hospitals (UK)
MetaPink navigation and support group for metastatic Breast cancer patients
Awardee: Ebele Nwankwo
Run for a Cure Africa Breast Cancer Foundation
Location: Ikoyi, Nigeria
Mentor: Dorothy Gibbons, CEO and Co-founder at The Rose (USA)
National planning and policy improvement for advanced breast cancer patients in Kyrgyzstan
Awardee: Taalaigul Sabyrbekova
Public Foundation Ergene
Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Mentor: Tatiana Soldak, Director of Programs at Resource and Policy Exchange (USA)
Improving metastatic breast cancer care in Kenya using information technology
Awardee: Asim Jamal Shaikh
The Aga Khan University
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Mentor: Joan Kramer, Assistant Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine of Atlanta (USA)
Validation of CALM psycho-social therapy in metastatic breast cancer patients in Portugal
Awardee: Luzia Travado
Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e
Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Mentor: Gary Rodin MD, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Toronto (Canada)
Strengthening advanced breast cancer care in Rwanda through care coordination
Awardee: François Uwinkindi
Rwanda Biomedical Center
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Mentor: Lawrence N Shulman, Professor of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Integrative oncology techniques for young women with advanced breast cancer
Awardee: Cynthia Mayte Villarreal
Alianza Mexicana por el Cáncer, AC
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Mentor: Anna Cabanes, Ph. D., MPH, Director, Global Programs at Susan G Komen (USA)
Last update:
Friday 6 March 2020
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