New Members to the BOPA Executive Committee

Please join us in welcoming the new roles for the coming year on the BOPA Executive Committee.

 

Change of Role:

Shereen Nabhani-Gebara will take over as Vice Chair as Emma Foreman steps down from the role.

New Executive Committee Members:

Michal Sladkowski – Co-Secretary Elect

Shumi Tattersfield – Co-Treasurer Elect

Alice Tew – Symposium and Immunotherapy Specialist Advisory Group Co-Chair

Clayton Wong – Co-Secretary Elect and Independent Sector Representative

 

 

Representations from Devolved Nations, Subcommittees and Co-Opted Roles:

 

Lorna Cairns – Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICAN) Representative

Heather Dalrymple – Scottish Oncology Pharmacy Practice Group (SOPPG) Representative

Gail Povey – Wales Cancer Network SACT Medicines Management Subgroup Representative

 

Bastiaan Buijtenhuijs and Pinkie Chambers – Co-Chairs of the new AI Specialist Advisory Group

Melanie Dalby – Research Subcommittee Co-Chair

Claire Kennedy and Chandra Maraj – Pharmacy Technician Subcommittee Co-Chair (Until October)

 

Jackie Lewis – Community and Primary Care Pharmacy (CPCP) Subcommittee Co-Chair (Until October)

 

Lilia So – Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Subcommittee Co-Chair

 

New to Oncology 1-Year Co-Opted Members:

Riona Browne

Uteng (Ivan) Lai

Supaluxan Paramanathan

Nilouphar Tejrar

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