CurriculumVitae

Organizational Affiliations and Positions

Lung Cancer Canada

  • Patient Partner in several research projects
  • featured twice in "Faces of Lung Cancer" publication
  • Give a Breath 5K run - 2021,2022, 2023,2024
  • Give A Breath Remarks - https://youtu.be/exLyk7YuLCo?si=LCJwJHVXhp7IkF1D

BC Cancer

Canadian Cancer Society

Lung Health Foundation

  • Member of the Lung Cancer Patient Advisory group (2019 - 2021)
  • Participant in the "Wrong Question" https://thewrongquestion.ca/Campaign 

Canadian Cancer Research Alliance ()

  • Patient Involvement Program (PIP) - 2021
  • CoChair of 2021 Conference session.
  • Patient Involvement Program (PIP) - 2023
  • Presented updated "If I had a Billion Dollars" poster at CCRA 2023
  • CoChair of 2023 Conference session.

BioCanRx

  • Immunotherapy Summit Learning Institute

American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR)

  • Canadian scholarship to Survivor -> Scientist Program
  • Presented poster - "If I had a Billion Dollars... - Exploring Funding Gaps and Possibilities in Lung Cancer Research Funding."

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)

Canadian Medical Association - Patient Voice

  • Appointed in August 2023
  • Grant review for "Healthcare Unburdened"
  • Participated as patient at Health Summit 2023
  • Participated virtually as a patient at Canadian Conference for Physician Health 2023.

Digital Stories

Webinars

Closing the Care Gap - CCSN Webinar - https://youtu.be/g13xYGD6nos

Self Advocacy in the Time of Covid - CCSN Webinar - https://youtu.be/_Hs6G12iWiA

Podcasts

Waiting Room Revolution - Episode #40 

Lung Cancer Canada Podcast - Episode #54 - Angus Pratt - Patient Story

Lung Cancer Canada Podcast - Episode #55 - Medical Conferences as a Patient

ALSCI Podcast - Angus Pratt

Speaking Engagements

Health eMatters - Workshop - "Inspiration Porn"

Canadian Cancer Society - Keynote - "Survivorship"

Give A Breath - Inspirational Story - "Lived Experience"

Canadian Cancer Society - Board presentation - "Lived Experience"

CIBC Run for the Cure - Patient Survivor Speaker - "Male Breast Cancer (with a side dish of Lung Cancer)

Publications

We Had To Be - An Anthology by Breast Cancer Survivors, Previvors, Thrivers, & their Families -  Edited by Joely A Serino - https://www.amazon.ca/We-Had-Anthology-Survivors-Previvors

International Lung Cancer News (ILCN Connect) - Newsletter of the IASLC

Miscellaneous

Featured at Surrey Muse - August 2022 as an emerging writer 
https://www.youtube.com/live/QOF0AgFyjYI?feature=share&t=4484

Ad hoc BC based Lung Cancer Support and Advocacy Group 
  - Host biweekly on Zoom

Lower Mainland Area Meetup leader for Man Up to Cancer