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Neil Ranasinghe: Congratulations to Trijn Israels for SIOP – Global Health Network – Award Session Winner

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Oct 22, 2024, 12:30

Neil Ranasinghe: Congratulations to Trijn Israels for SIOP – Global Health Network – Award Session Winner

Neil Ranasinghe, Lead Technical Author at London Stock Exchange, shared on LinkedIn:

“Congratulations to Trijn Israels and the team for International Society of Paediatric Oncology – SIOP – Global Health Network – Award Session Winner at the SIOP Congress. CANCaRe Africa’s Zero Abandonment from Start to Finish is really helping reduce treatment abandonment for children with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, this isn’t just an academic exercise. A huge thank for the great work being done by other teams and individuals in the Global Health Network. ”

SIOP

SIOP Award Session Winners:

Trijn Israels | “Global Health Network”

Cost Effectiveness of family support cash incentives to sustainably prevent treatment abandonment in Sub-Sharan Africa

Laura Botta | “Clinical Trials”

The BENCHISTA Project: International benchmarking of stage at diagnosis for six Childhood Solid Tumours – Results of a population-based, retrospective cohort study (ID 1185)

Julie Geyer | “Basic and Translational Science”

Real-time genomic characterization of acute lymphoblastic leukemia using adaptive sampling

More posts featuring SIOP 2024 Congress on oncodaily.com

Neil Ranasinghe (BA) is the parent of a childhood cancer survivor. He has volunteered his writing and leadership skills to global and UK-based cancer organizations since 2004. Neil co-founded the Pediatric Oncology Reference Team (PORT), who review pediatric oncology clinical trial documentation for parents and patients. This parent-clinician collaboration improves trial design and ultimately increases clinical trial participation.

Neil is also lay representative for some clinical trials. Neil is active in the International Society of Pediatric Oncology, which advocates for children with cancer in low- or middle-income countries, and is a Global Mapping Program committee member. Neil is a Lead Technical Author at the London Stock Exchange Group and Columnist at OncoDaily London Bureau.

Trijn Israels is the Project Leader for “Zero Abandonment from Start to Finish” at CANCaRe Africa, a role she has held since January 2023. She has been the Chair of CANCaRe Africa since July 2017, focusing on collaborative efforts in childhood cancer care and research across Africa. Additionally, she chairs the Wilms Africa Project, which she has led since April 2014.

Dr. Israels serves as a Pediatric Oncologist at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Blantyre, Malawi, since July 2021. Prior to this, she coordinated clinical research in Sub-Saharan Africa for the Outreach Programme Academy at the Prinses Máxima Centrum voor kinderoncologie from February 2018 to July 2021. Her earlier experience includes pediatrician roles at Amphia Ziekenhuis and Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2018.