Mentorship Networking Event
Date: Friday, June 26
Time: 13:30 – 16:30
Are you a student, trainee, or early-career professional? Sign up for the Mentorship Networking Event to meet one-on-one with a senior mentor in the field of supportive care who can provide career advice and more.
Sign up by June 12, 2026 and submit your preferred mentors and meeting times. If we are able to schedule you an appointment with your selected mentor(s), you will receive a confirmation email the week before the Annual Meeting.
Meet Our Mentors
Sonal Admane
Profession: Academic Physician/Faculty at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Connect With Me On: Palliative care, artificial intelligence, digital health
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Connect With Me On: Palliative care, artificial intelligence, digital health
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Dr. Mounir Bachouchi
Profession: Medical Oncologist, President of MoASCC
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approaches in oncology, disparities, cancer stigmas
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approaches in oncology, disparities, cancer stigmas
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Dori Beeler, PhD
Profession: Research Scientist
Connect With Me On: Cancer-related fatigue, qualitative research methods, mixed research methods, pragmatic clinical trials, patient reported outcome measures, recruitment solutions
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Cancer-related fatigue, qualitative research methods, mixed research methods, pragmatic clinical trials, patient reported outcome measures, recruitment solutions
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Alex Chan
Profession: Pharmacist / Researcher
Connect With Me On: Collaborating on research, survivorship, publishing a manuscript
Availability: 15:30 - 16:00
Connect With Me On: Collaborating on research, survivorship, publishing a manuscript
Availability: 15:30 - 16:00
Dr. David Dean
Profession: Oral medicine specialist
Connect With Me On: Clinical and research aspects of acute and long-term oral complications of cancer and/or cancer therapy
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Clinical and research aspects of acute and long-term oral complications of cancer and/or cancer therapy
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Susan Dent, MD, FRCPC, FICOS
Profession: Medical Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Survivorship, cardio-oncology, academic career
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Survivorship, cardio-oncology, academic career
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Dr. Kristen Haase
Profession: Nursing
Connect With Me On: Geriatrics, ageism, health services research, navigation, career advice
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Geriatrics, ageism, health services research, navigation, career advice
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
David Hui
Profession: Palliative care, medical oncology
Connect With Me On: Supportive / palliative care, symptom management, research at MASCC, clinical trials, career advice, publishing a manuscript
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Connect With Me On: Supportive / palliative care, symptom management, research at MASCC, clinical trials, career advice, publishing a manuscript
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Prof. Dorothy Keefe
Profession: CEO, Cancer Australia
Connect With Me On: Medical oncology, supportive care, cancer leadership, cancer policy, global oncology, oncology-diplomacy
Availability: Any
Connect With Me On: Medical oncology, supportive care, cancer leadership, cancer policy, global oncology, oncology-diplomacy
Availability: Any
Kord M. Kober, PhD
Profession: Associate Professor
Connect With Me On: Omics (genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics), biomarkers, prediction modeling, data science, multidisciplinary approach in oncology symptom research, survivorship, biospecimen collection, career advice, publishing a manuscript, designing a study, airplanes, and hiking
Availability: 14:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Omics (genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics), biomarkers, prediction modeling, data science, multidisciplinary approach in oncology symptom research, survivorship, biospecimen collection, career advice, publishing a manuscript, designing a study, airplanes, and hiking
Availability: 14:30 - 16:30
Prof. Bogda Koczwara, AM
Profession: Survivorship researcher and medical oncologist
Connect With Me On: Cancer survivorship, implementation research, bioethics
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Cancer survivorship, implementation research, bioethics
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Tateaki Naito
Profession: MD, PhD, thoracic oncologist, supportive care specialist, Medical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Journal editor, clinical researcher
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approach in nutritional supportive care in oncology, cachexia research, publishing supportive care manuscripts, possible collaboration with MASCC Nutrition & Cachexia Study Group or Japanese cachexia research community.
Availability: 14:30 - 15:00
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approach in nutritional supportive care in oncology, cachexia research, publishing supportive care manuscripts, possible collaboration with MASCC Nutrition & Cachexia Study Group or Japanese cachexia research community.
Availability: 14:30 - 15:00
Larissa Nekhlyudov
Profession: Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, practicing internist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Clinical Director, Internal Medicine for Cancer Survivors at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Connect With Me On: Anything survivorship, writing and publishing, career advice
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Anything survivorship, writing and publishing, career advice
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Prof. Vikas Ostwal
Profession: GI Medical Oncologist
Connect With Me On: GI medical oncology , CINV, chemotherapy induced thrombocytopenia , how to conduct an investigator-initiated trial, research in oncology
Availability: Any
Connect With Me On: GI medical oncology , CINV, chemotherapy induced thrombocytopenia , how to conduct an investigator-initiated trial, research in oncology
Availability: Any
Lucy Potter, MD, MPH
Profession: Assistant Professor
Connect With Me On: Internal medicine , career advice (physicians) , cancer-related fatigue , perioperative medicine
Availability: Any
Connect With Me On: Internal medicine , career advice (physicians) , cancer-related fatigue , perioperative medicine
Availability: Any
Hope Rugo, MD
Profession: Professor
Connect With Me On: Career advice, multidisciplinary approach in breast oncology, strategies for clinical research and publishing
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Connect With Me On: Career advice, multidisciplinary approach in breast oncology, strategies for clinical research and publishing
Availability: 15:30 - 16:30
Christina H. Ruhlmann
Profession: Associate Professor, Senior Consultant Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Research possibilities focusing on immunotoxicities (clinical, epidemiological, systematic review, survey, etc)
Availability: 15:00 - 15:30
Connect With Me On: Research possibilities focusing on immunotoxicities (clinical, epidemiological, systematic review, survey, etc)
Availability: 15:00 - 15:30
Prof. Mitsue Saito, MD, Ph.D, MBA
Profession: Breast Surgical Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Leading multidisciplinary teams in oncology (including effective collaboration with patients and their families) , career development and leadership guidance for women in oncology, collaborative research in cancer supportive care with colleagues in low- and middle-income countries
Availability: Any
Connect With Me On: Leading multidisciplinary teams in oncology (including effective collaboration with patients and their families) , career development and leadership guidance for women in oncology, collaborative research in cancer supportive care with colleagues in low- and middle-income countries
Availability: Any
Prof. Cherith Semple
Profession: Professor of Clinical Cancer Nursing, Ulster University / South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, UK
Connect With Me On: Promoting post-treatment quality of life for cancer survivors, careers advice on pursing a clinical academic career, family-centred cancer care, head and neck cancer survivorship: a team approach, publishing a manuscript.
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Connect With Me On: Promoting post-treatment quality of life for cancer survivors, careers advice on pursing a clinical academic career, family-centred cancer care, head and neck cancer survivorship: a team approach, publishing a manuscript.
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Prof. Raghu S. Thota
Profession: Palliative Medicine
Connect With Me On: Intractable cancer pain, interventional cancer pain management, point of care ultrasound (PM-POCUS)
Availability: 14:30 - 15:30
Connect With Me On: Intractable cancer pain, interventional cancer pain management, point of care ultrasound (PM-POCUS)
Availability: 14:30 - 15:30
Anna Ugalde
Profession: Researcher
Connect With Me On: Research designs and methods, cancer equity, research mentoring, publishing
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
Connect With Me On: Research designs and methods, cancer equity, research mentoring, publishing
Availability: 13:30 - 14:30
A/Prof. Hannah Wardill
Profession: Research Fellow
Connect With Me On: Navigating a clinical dominated field as a basic scientist, maximising career benefits through MASCC, consumer/patient engagement
Availability: 14:30 -15:30
Connect With Me On: Navigating a clinical dominated field as a basic scientist, maximising career benefits through MASCC, consumer/patient engagement
Availability: 14:30 -15:30