New articles for Forbes.com - July Highlights
Spotlight on Women in Science Event - Ontario Science Centre Sunday 8th July
Vicky was one of several featured speakers highlighting the work of women scientists in Ontario at the Ontario Science Centre.
Picture credits: Ontario Science Centre
New articles for Forbes.com
Great to cover some exciting new research in the area of immunotherapy this month and cover some breaking news from the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting held in Chicago.
New Immunotherapy Treatment Removes All Tumors In Woman With Advanced Metastatic Breast Cancer
First Major Trial Of Keytruda For Prostate Cancer Shows It Works, But Only For A Minority Of Men
RawTalk Podcast Live - It's not you, it's the Scituation. Toronto, May 30th
Wonderful to be a panelist for RawTalk Live at JLabs, Toronto last week discussing the current state and future of science communication and public engagement in Canada.
Check out their podcasts here: http://www.rawtalkpodcast.com/
Photos by Louise Pei. Instagram: @_louloulemon
Royal Canadian Institute for Science - Annual Round Table event, Steamwhistle Brewery
Honored to be invited to the Royal Canadian Institute for Science 'Science Roundhouse' event as a table host. I discussed cancer survivorship and how global healthcare systems have to change in order to better care for growing numbers of survivors.
New articles for Forbes.com
I'm pleased to say that I'm now writing more articles per month for Forbes, so I won't be posting every single one here. However, I'd like to highlight a few that I particularly enjoyed writing recently:
The Deadly Viruses Being Used To Combat Incurable Cancers
Researchers Uncover Gut Bacteria's Potential Role In Multiple Sclerosis
Preventing Childhood Leukemia May Eventually Be Possible. As A Survivor Myself, I'm Hopeful
New articles for Forbes.com
Article for Cancer Knowledge Network
I wrote an article for Cancer Knowledge Network, featuring an interview with Dr Ellen van der Plas on the neurocognitive impact of childhood leukemia treatment.
Article for Contact Magazine
I wrote an article for the wonderful Contact Magazine (Produced by Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group) - for the parents of children with cancer in the UK.
Download the magazine for free here.
New Article for Forbes
TED talk live on the TED Archive
I'm pleased to announce that you can now see my TED talk from TED Global in Tanzania in August 2017 on the TED Archive!
ScienceSlam at Glad Day Bookshop, Toronto. Organised by ScicommTO and IdeaMosaic
Vicky was one of the speakers at ScienceSlam Toronto on Tuesday 20th February. Her talk was about stem cells, organoids and science journalism.
February 2018 - New articles on Forbes.com
New article on Forbes.com
New article on Forbes.com
New article on Forbes.com featuring research from the recent American Society of Hematology conference.
New article on Forbes.com
Articles on Forbes.com
I am delighted to announce that I am a new contributor to Forbes.com. I'll be writing principally about cancer and related topics. Please find links to my first two articles below:
'Lab-Grown Mini Organs Could Speed Up Drug Discovery'
'Smoking Can Increase Risk Of Breast Cancer By Over A Third'
BBC News interview
I recently did an interview with the BBC regarding my own cancer experience and research into childhood cancer side effects. Click here to see the interview.
