Manager of Patient Programs, Research and Advocacy, Lymphoma Canada

Kaitlyn is the Manager of Patient Programs, Research and Advocacy with Lymphoma Canada, Canada’s only national charity focused solely on lymphoma. Lymphoma affects many people, from patients, family and caregivers, to medical professionals and researchers. Lymphoma Canada connects and empowers this community. Together we are promoting early detection, finding new and better treatments, helping patients access those treatments, learning lymphoma’s causes, and finding a cure. We work to empower the lymphoma community through education, support, advocacy and research to fulfill our vision of a life unlimited by lymphoma.

Kaitlyn’s role at Lymphoma Canada involves managing numerous patient educational events and the creation of educational resources for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals; hosting and promoting lymphoma support groups across the country; responsible for submitting patient and clinician feedback to support funding and access to innovative therapies in Canada; and manages the annual research grant awards to fund Canadian research on lymphoproliferative malignancies.