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Edinburgh Members Meeting

April 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

This Thursday members’ meeting will take the form of an online webinar meeting until such time as it is safe for members to gather together in person. Members will be sent joining instructions prior to the meeting.

Tonight, our speaker is Dr Helen Rippon, CEO of Worldwide Cancer Research, whose subject is the history and current work of WCR with particular reference to prostate cancer. Worldwide Cancer Research was established in 1979, is Scotland’s only cancer research charity and has awarded over £180 million in research grants in 34 different countries. A small charity with a big reach, it funds’discovery research’ (also called early stage research) worldwide that aims to lay the groundwork for cures for cancer.

Our second speaker is Amie Willson, a project manager with Macmillan.
Amie will be introducing  the extension into the Edinburgh area of the successful Macmillan project  ‘Improving the Cancer Journey (ICJ)’. This project is already live in Dundee and Fife and focusses on the non-clinical issues encountered by those affected by cancer.

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Date:
April 8, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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