Emily K. Drake: I officially became Dr. Drake!
Emily K. Drake shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Today I officially became Dr. Drake!
Passed unanimously without revisions!
Thank you to my supervisor (Dr. Lori Weeks), my committee (Dr. Michael van Manen and Dr. Janet Curran), my citizen partners (Ian Ricci and Dani Taylor MSW RSW BA), my participants, family, colleagues, friends, external examiner (Dr. John Salsman), the AYACSM community and so many more who supported me along the way!”
Source: Emily K. Drake/LinkedIn
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.
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