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Laura Mitchell

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Laura is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the AYA Program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Laura has previous experience at Princess Margaret as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care and as an inpatient nurse in Medical/Radiation Oncology. Laura is very passionate about the care of AYA patients and focused some of her graduate work in this area.

Abha Gupta

Staff Oncologist

Abha is a staff oncologist at both The Hospital for Sick Children and Princess Margaret Hospital. She received her MD at The University of Toronto. Her research and clinical expertise focuses on AYA with cancer, sarcoma and fertility preservation.

Seline is completing an internship with the AYA Program. She is passionate about helping other AYAs become more aware of the resources available for them, taking the initiative to start this website. Her role involves collecting and adding resources to the site, website design/layout, and consulting healthcare professionals to ensure that the site will continue to address the needs of the AYA population.

Phoenix is a third year student majoring in Microbiology & Immunology and Psychology at University of Western Ontario. She enjoys her fair share of dramas, baking, and listening to music. She is interested in research in the future.

Seline Tam

Project Coordinator

Phoenix Shum

Project Coordinator

Sonja DePauw

Coordinator of the AYA Task Force

Sonja is the AYA Task Force coordinator, and a member of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. She is also the Senior Research Coordinator of Health Utilities Group (HUG).

Every year, thousands of adolescents and young adults (AYA) in Canada are diagnosed with cancer. However, there is a greater emphasis on children and adult cancer patients and survivors. Because of lack of focus on this 15 to 39 year old age group, AYA Cancer Canada aims to provide a portal of resources tailored to their needs in order to help them find comfort in their everyday lives. AYA Cancer Canada provides resources for AYA patients, survivors, health care professionals, caretakers, friends, and family members.

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Our Team

Hayley Panet

Manager of Strategic Projects and Planning

Hayley is the Manager of Strategic Projects and Planning at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and is the Project Manager for the development of the AYA Program. She has supported many quality initiatives, transformational changes, and strategic priorities across the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and UHN.