Emily K. Drake: I am the Atlantic Canada winner of this inaugural PhD award from the Canadian Cancer Society

Emily K. Drake shared a post by Canadian Cancer Society, on LinkedIn, adding:

“I am thrilled to share that I am the Atlantic Canada winner of this inaugural PhD award from the Canadian Cancer Society.”

Quoting Canadian Cancer Society’s post:

“We are proud to announce the recipients of our inaugural Research Training Awards for master’s and PhD students! This funding program supports the next generation of cancer researchers across Canada.

Thanks to our donors and partners, we’re investing $3.3 million to support 33 master’s and PhD trainees conducting cancer-related research. We’re also creating opportunities to bring these researchers together to exchange knowledge, learn new skills and receive mentorship.

We are happy to partner with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Cancer Research Society, The Terry Fox Research Institute, CancerCare Manitoba and Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) to support the work of these promising researchers.

Congratulations to everyone! Thank you to our donors, partners and reviewers who have made these grants possible.

Read more: here.”

Sources: Emily K. Drake/LinkedIn and Canadian Cancer Society/LinkedIn

Emily K. Drake is a cancer researcher, co-founder of #AYACSM and adolescent & 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.