Speakers Patient Week 2021

Mr. Räsänen is a seasoned business & IT executive working currently at Sitra in IHAN – Fair Data Economy – program.

Ella Balasa is a patient advocate and a person living with cystic fibrosis. She holds a degree in biology and has worked in an environmental microbiology lab.

Gilliosa Spurrier-Bernard was responsible for the organisation of the first WECAN SCIENCE Event for Cancer advocates in 2021

Kevin Chaney is a Senior Program Manager for the Scientific Advancement Branch within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

Patient Engagement in Research Coordinator at Sant Joan de Déu Chidren’s Hospital (Spain)

Euan Ashley BSc, MB ChB, FRCP, DPhil, FAHA, FACC, Professor of Medicine & Genetics, Associate Dean, Precision Health, Stanford University.

Rita Magenheim MD is a patient representative in the ERN-GENTURIS, the European organisation for hereditary cancer syndrome.

Anne Pariser, M.D. is the director of the Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) NIH.

Richard Ballerand is an Axolotl partner and digital engagement advocate. Passionate about patient and public involvement, he chairs the Patient and Public Voice group of the London Clinical Senate NHSEI.