Program mentors

The following mentors are helping guide our 2025 program: 

Adela Perolla
Soft skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication, Critical thinking, Networking University of Medicine
Ahmet Emre Eşkazan
oft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Leadership, Networking, Work/life balance Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine
Alessandra Romano
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Networking, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving University of Catania
Alicia Rovó
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving, Time management University Hospital Bern, Inselspital
Amin Turki
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Cultural awareness, Problem solving, Work/life balance University Hospital Bochum and University Hospital Essen
Anastasia Conti
Soft skills: Collaboration, Communication, Critical thinking, Networking, Problem solving Fondazione Telethon ETS
Annamaria Brioli
Soft skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Emotional intelligence, Leadership Hannover Medical School
Aurelio Maggio
Soft skills: Emotional intelligence, Networking, Leadership, Problem solving AOR Villa Sofia V. Cervello
Charlotte Pawlyn
Soft skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving The Institute of Cancer Research
Ciprian Tomuleasa
Soft skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication, Work/life balance Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Cristina Castilla Llorente
Soft skills: Collaboration, Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Problem solving, Work/life balance Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus
Cristina Papayannidis
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Networking, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Bologna
Elena Solomou
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Emotional intelligence, Problem solving, Communication University of Patras Medical School
Eleni Gavriilaki
Soft skills: Critical thinking, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving, Time management, Work/life balance Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Elias Mai
Soft skills: Collaboration, Communication, Critical thinking, Leadership, Networking Heidelberg University Hospital
John Gribben
Barts Cancer Institute
Jose Tomás Navarro Ferrando
Soft skills: Adaptability, Critical thinking, Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Work/life balance Catalan Institute of Oncology
Jose-Maria Ribera Santasusana
Soft skills: Communication, Critical thinking, Leadership, Networking, Presenting/pitching Catalan Institute of Oncology & Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute
Kiran Batta
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, DEI, Networking, Work/life balance University of Manchester
Laura Belver
Soft skills: Communication, Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Networking, Presenting/pitching Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute
Laura Eugenia Velazquez Medina
Soft skills: Adaptability, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural awareness, Networking U1197 INSERM
Leif Ludwig
Soft skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Cultural awareness, Problem solving Berlin Institute of Health and Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology
Livius Penter
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Leadership, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving Department of Hematology, Oncology and Cancer Immunology
Meritxell Alberich Jordà
Soft skills: Communication, Leadership, Presenting/pitching, Time management, Work/life balance Institute of Molecular Genetics
Mhairi Copland
Soft skills: Adaptability, DEI, Emotional intelligence, Networking, Problem solving School of Cancer Sciences
Mirjam Belderbos
Soft skills: Adaptability, Presenting/pitching, Work/life balance Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
Monica Rivera Franco
Soft skills: Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication, Leadership, Work/life balance Mexican Ministry of Health
Panagiotis Ntziachristos
Soft skills: Adaptability, Communication, Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Presenting/pitching Ghent University
Paolo Gallipoli
Soft skills: Collaboration, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural awareness, Problem solving Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London
Paolo Milani
Soft skills: Collaboration, Networking, Presenting/pitching University of Pavia
Renée Beekman
Soft skills: Critical thinking, Leadership, Presenting/pitching, Problem solving, Work/life balance CRG
Sebastian Vosberg
Soft skills: Collaboration, Communication, Critical thinking, Networking, Problem solving University Hospital LMU Munich
Sigrid Skanland
Soft skills: Communication, Leadership, Networking, Time management, Work/life balance Institute for Cancer Research
Simona Valletta
Soft skills: Cultural awareness, DEI, Leadership, Networking, Work/life balance University of Manchester
William Grey
Soft skills: Collaboration, Critical thinking, Cultural awareness, Leadership, Presenting/pitching University of York