Club week video
About the club
Stem cell transplants represent hope, and often, a second chance at life for patients with a wide variety of hematological and metabolic diseases such as blood cancers. However, the diagnosis of blood cancer means something drastically different depending on your ethnicity or the colour of your skin. Patients are most likely to find a compatible stem cell donor who shares their ethnicity and ancestry; however, our stem cell donor registries lack diversity. 70% of the Canadian registry is Caucasian, while it is only 15% Asian, 2% Arab, 1% Black, and less than 1% Métis —greatly reducing the odds that a non-Caucasian Canadian will find a compatible stem cell donor. MSS Swab The World aims to make blood cancer a fairer fight for all Canadians by building awareness for the critical need of stem cell donors; in particular, in underrepresented ethnic groups, and recruiting informed and committed individuals to register to become stem cell donors at McGill University and in the greater Montreal community.
Contact information
| Role | Person | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Co-President | Lilly Groszman, class of 2025 | lilly.groszman@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-President | Sophie Zhu, DMD 2025 | sophie.zhu2@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Swab Talk team member | Adam Krisko | 2230358@grasset.qc.ca |
| Gatineau lead | Cariane Driad | cariane.driad@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising Team Members | Cathy Li | meng.c.li@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising team members | Eliana Zhang | eliana-ruobing.zhang@mail.mcgill.ca |
| SSMU Representative | Erica Prager | Erica.prager@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Desautels Rep | Gabriel Medvedovsky | gabriel.medvedovsky@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Nutrition Rep in Outaouais | Gülnigar Renée Pahirden | pahading.gulinigaer@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Nursing Rep | Jayme Rothstein | jayme.rothstein@mail.mcgill.ca |
| VP Finance | Jonathan Hubermann | jonathan.hubermann@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising team members | Megan Israel | megan.israel@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Dentistry Rep | Mica Buchbinder | micaela.buchbinderrubinstein@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Arts Rep | Morgan MacEachern | morgan.maceachern@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Swab Talk Lead | Noémie Laurier | noemie.laurier@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Nursing Rep | Rex Wang | rex.wang@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Interprofessional Collaboration Lead | Samantha Eisman | samantha.eisman@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising Lead | Sarah Bensemana | sarah.bensemana@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Swab Talk Lead | Sarah Mashal | sarah.mashal@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Communications Director | Sascha Azoulay | sascha.azoulay@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Communications team member | Stella Maria Predoiu | stella.predoiu@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Neuroscience Rep | Zoe Harrington | zoe.harrington@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Nursing Rep | Rose Séguin | rose-marie.seguin@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Swab Talk Lead | Yaman Zarour | yaman.zarour@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Gatineau lead | Shuang Wang | shuang.wang2@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Communications Director | Jennifer Merariu | jennifer.merariu@mail.mcgill.ca |
| High School/CEGEP Talk Members | Verina Takla | verina.takla@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Swab Talk Director | Thalia Nguyen | thalia.nguyen@mail.mcgill.ca |
| High school, cegep talk members | Gulraaj Kaur | gulraaj.kaur@mail.mcgill.ca |
| High school/CEGEP Talk Member | Matthew Homa | matthew.homa@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Donor/Recipient Coordinator | Han Halyssa Ho | han.ho@mail.mcgill.ca |
| High School/CEGEP Talk Members | Boaz Laor | boaz.laor@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising Team Members | Taylor Kravitz | taylor.kravitz@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Communications Team Member | Sophie Wang | sophie.wang3@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Swab Talk Team | Alessio Cusmano | alessio.cusmano@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Swab Talk Team Member | Teodora Marginean | teodora.marginean@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Communications team member | Seoyoung Park | seoyoung.park3@mail.mcgill.ca |