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Emily K. Drake: 5 research projects improving the cancer experience for young people

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Aug 3, 2024, 00:45

Emily K. Drake: 5 research projects improving the cancer experience for young people

Emily K. Drake shared a post on LinkedIn:

”I am grateful to the Canadian Cancer Society for highlighting my doctoral work concerning palliative care and young people living with cancer in this recent story:

‘While there exists limited information on AYAs and cancer, there is even less evidence available concerning those living with an advanced illness,’ Drake says. ‘More research is needed to better understand their access to and experience with palliative care.”’

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Emily K. Drake is a cancer researcher, co-founder of AYACSM and adolescent and young adult cancer advocate. A social innovator, Emily co-founded Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Societal Movement (AYACSM) in 2013. This active, multi-disciplinary Twitter community, continues to grow and is changing the way stakeholders interact and share information regarding adolescents and young adults living with cancer on multiple social media channels. Emily currently lives in Halifax where she runs her own consulting business (EmilyDrake.ca) and is a PhD in Health candidate at Dalhousie University. She is a Killam Laureate, a Healthy Populations Institute scholar and a Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute Cancer Research Training Program trainee. Prior to this she was working with Hope & Cope at the Jewish General Hospital/McGill University as the Director of their young adult cancer support program, which offered in person and digital support services.