Thursday, June 13
10:00 am – 11:30 am Eastern Time (US/New York)
Poster #1:
Poster author Jasmine Sukumar, M.D. will attend
Poster #2:
Poster author Debra Lundquist, Ph.D., R.N. will attend this session
Mentor: Christine Hodgdon, M.S.
Christine Hodgdon, a former conservation biologist, was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in 2015. She co-founded GRASP in 2019 in honor of a dear friend who passed from MBC. To address the unmet needs of patients living with brain metastases, she created the BCBM Initiative: Marina Kaplan Project and co-developed MBCBrainMets.org. Christine serves as the Johns Hopkins patient advocate representative for the TBCRC and co-leads the Hopkins INSPIRE Research Advocacy Program.
Twitter: @christeeny513; Bluesky: @christeeny513
Scientist: Tarah Ballinger, M.D.
Dr. Tarah Ballinger’s practice philosophy is to empower her patients to engage in a shared decision-making process with honest discussions at each step of treatment. She feels it is important to individualize care and to focus on the impact of cancer care on a patient as a whole person. Her clinical interests include high-risk and survivor breast oncology, particularly the role of physical activity and exercise. Aside from medicine, Dr. Ballinger enjoys spending time with her family and friends, running and cycling.
Twitter: @TarahBallinger
