IPOS News

Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT (click here for time conversion)

Featuring:

• Prof Raymond Chan (RN, BNurs, MAppSc, PhD, FACN, GAICD), Dean of Research, Caring Futures Institute Director, and Matthew Flinders Professor of Cancer Nursing, Flinders University.

Dean (Research), Caring Futures Institute Director and Matthew Flinders Professor of Cancer Nursing, Flinders University. Prof Chan’s research program focuses on optimising models of care and health services’ responses to address the needs of people affected by cancer. Prof Chan has published >210 peer-reviewed articles and 2 book chapters. In total, he has attracted >$36 million AUD of research funding as Chief Investigator. Prof Chan holds/has held a range of international and national leadership roles including Executive Board Director (Secretary) of Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC); Board Director for the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) In 2021, Prof Chan was appointed by the Australian Minister for Health to serve on the NHMRC Research Committee (Triennium 2021-24).

Moderated by: 

• Savita Goswami (India), Chair of the IPOS Survivorship SIG Education Committee.
• Isabel Centeno (Mexico) Member of IPOS Survivorship SIG Education Committee.

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Thanks to all the nominees for the 2023-2025 IPOS Board of Directors. Thanks also to all the IPOS eligible voting members. We had a record-breaking voter response.

The below will be the official board of directors as of September 2 (IPOS AGM in Milan) for 2023-2025:

• President: Wendy Wing Tak Lam (Hong Kong)
• Past President: Thomas Hack (Canada)
• Vice President: Chioma Asuzu (Nigeria)
• Secretary: Csaba László Dégi (Romania)
• Treasurer: Melissa Henry (Canada)

Directors:

• Ozan Bahcivan (Turkey)
• Cristiane Decat Bergerot (Brazil)
• Daisuke Fujisawa (Japan)
• Gil Goldzweig (Israel)
• Carmen Loiselle (Canada)
• Ursula Sansom-Daly (Australia)
• Early Career Director: Amanda Balakirsky (USA)

As committee member of the Chinese Psychosoical Oncology Society of Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CPOS), my practice is to promote the concept of clinical psychological care, to carry out hospice services and to benefit patients with advanced cancer in China. Under the chronic disease management mode, I try to carry out comprehensive symptom management and psychological science education for cancer patients. And routine psychological assessment is carried out. Also, I give oral presentations in IPOS 2021 and 2022. I get publications in Psycho-oncology, Front Public Health, BMJ Support Palliat Care, Scientific Report. “The prevalence of psychological disorders among cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-analysis” has been published in Psycho-oncology.

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I work with an interdisciplinary team that provides comprehensive care to cancer patients and their families, under the Mental Health and Addictions Observatory of the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre of the National University of Rosario. This team carries out inter-institutional activities with different types of organisations, providing the community with workshops, informative talks and psychological care, all free of charge. Thanks to the fact that many activities are online, people from all over Latin America have access to them. I really enjoy all these activities, because they are always carried out in an atmosphere of joy, hope and mutual support. I started studying at the age of 38 without having much idea of what to expect, I found this team when I was about to finish my degree and from that moment on I started to train with them and to participate in all the activities they propose, and once I graduated I was able to start working as a psychologist for the community of patients who come to the team. I'm very glad to join with IPOS, thank you very much!

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Emma Rheel, Ph.D., obtained a Master's degree in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy in 2017 at Ghent University, Belgium. In Oct 2018 she started working as a PhD student within the Pain in Motion (PAIN) research group, Dept. of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, and the Ghent Health Psychology Lab, Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology,  Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Her PhD research focused on the role of robot-led distraction, pain science education and parental responses in understanding alterations of pain-related outcomes in children with (chronic) pain. Emma defended her PhD titled “Pediatric pain – the impact of parental responses and pain science education upon pain-related outcomes” on October 5, 2022. Currently, Emma has a part-time postdoc position at the VUB in the Pain in Motion (PAIN) research group, in combination with a part-time position at the Dept. Education and Student affairs (educational innovation) at the VUB. Emma was introduced to IPOS in 2021 by IPOS members Prof. Dr. Lauren Heathcote (member of IPOS Editorial Board) and Prof. Dr. Fiona Schulte, through collaborating on a pediatric psycho-oncology topical review. She is very much looking forward to her first IPOS World Congress in Milan from August 31 to September 3, 2023.

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Qiuping Li, RN, PhD, FAAN, is a professor of Jiangnan University and Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University (Jiangsu province, China). Prof. Li is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and an Active Member of International Psycho-Oncology Society. Prof. Li has a strong background in cancer-related research and clinical practice in cancer care. With her strong commitment to research and collaborative spirit, Prof. Li has published numerous journal papers, and books / chapters, and has received many awards throughout her career for her excellent contributions in nursing education and research. Prof. Li is one of the first researchers to draw attention to the needs of both cancer patients and the family caregivers in China. Her conceptualization of the ‘Live with Love Conceptual Framework’ has played a key role in guiding the development of interventions to care for couples experiencing cancer. Through various funded research projects, her work in academic literature has been used as evidence to formulate healthcare policies, contributing to the professional practice in healthcare. Being a nurse scientist, Prof. Li works closely with the nursing communities in the region to promote nursing research and foster social and professional network.

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I am a medical school graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. I completed my family physician and palliative care training and successfully defended my PhD thesis on Dignity Therapy in 2014. My daily activity and passion are divided into palliative care clinical practice, research and teaching. Married to a beautiful, honest, intelligent and outstanding woman, and father of two beautiful, kind, funny and sweet sons. Family is the most important part of my life and my most difficult and responsible profession. I love art in general, classical music, opera, ballet, painting, sculpture, literature, and poetry. I rode horses for many years and love horses. I like dogs. I love Bonsai trees and grew many during my adolescence. I do not intend to be consensual, I never did. I want to keep doing things for passion, fun and usefulness. 

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I am Melba D’Souza, registered nurse and a nurse educator at Nursing and Population Health, Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia. My program of research addresses decision-making, public policy, and health promotion for improving the health and well-being of people living with cancer and diabetes mellitus among immigrants, refugees, the elderly, and 2SLGBTQ+ in rural communities. My inspiration to work is promoting healthy public policy and practices which promote human rights, sovereignty, and social justice to be examined beyond the distribution of resources to include the recognition of differences and inclusion of voices of non-dominant groups in society to move toward greater equity, diversity, inclusivity and healthy policies for people. I have applied an intersectionality lens to promote inclusion, social justice, critical cultural analysis, examining access to healthcare, and use of healthcare resources to reduce health disparities, which is aligned with the work of the International Psycho-Oncology Society and Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology. My research in psychosocial oncology is focused on social, gender, and cultural issues facing people affected with an illness spectrum, and the need for continuity for developing better coordination of healthcare services and reducing the impacts of environmental health on psychosocial, emotional, and mental health outcomes.

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Hi all, I am currently a clinical fellow of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NY, USA. After doing my medical school in India I finished my Psychiatry residency from SUNY Downstate Medical Center and then came onto this 1 year clinical fellowship.

My primary interest in Psycho-Oncology grew from a reading of Dr. Viktor Frankl's works, and then was further strengthened by witnessing Dr. William Breitbart's application of Frankl's meaning centered approach to the psychological symptoms in Cancer. At present, I feel Psycho-Oncology is still a nascent field, yet an extremely promising one. The IPOS is serving as a global scaffold for people who would be eager to learn from each other about this fascinating field. Would like to contribute in any way possible. 

Interesting fact: I am an avid reader and a history buff, in particular WW2. Also play amateur guitar.

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