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 | lilly.groszman@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-President | Sophie Zhu | sophie.zhu2@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Vice-President | Matthew Homa | matthew.homa@mail.mcgill.ca |
| VP Finance & SIS Rep | Jonathan Hubermann | jonathan.hubermann@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Communications Director | Sascha Azoulay | sascha.azoulay@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Communications Director | Seoyoung Park | seoyoung.park3@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Communications Team Member | Sophie Wang | sophie.wang3@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Communications Team Member | Aaron Samuels | aaron.samuels@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-High School / CÉGEP Talk Lead | Noémie Laurier | noemie.laurier@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-High School / CÉGEP Talk Lead | Boaz Loar | boaz.laor@mail.mcgill.ca |
| High School/CEGEP Talk Members | Gulraaj Kaur | gulraaj.kaur@mail.mcgill.ca |
| High School/CEGEP Talk Members | Verina Takla | verina.takla@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Swab Talk Lead | Sarah Mashal | sarah.mashal@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Arts Rep | Morgan MacEachern | morgan.maceachern@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Swab Talk Team Member | Adam Krisko | kriskoadam13@gmail.com |
| Swab Talk Team Member | Gabriel Trottenberg | gabriel.trottenberg@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising Lead | Sarah Bensemana | sarah.bensemana@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising Team Member | Megan Israel | megan.israel@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Fundraising Team Member | Taylor Kravitz | taylor.kravitz@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Interprofessional Collaboration Lead | Andrea Rizk-Flores | andrea.rizk-flores@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Co-Interprofessional Collaboration Lead | Raquel Suissa | raquel.suissa@mcgill.ca |
| Arts Rep | Morgan MacEachern | morgan.maceachern@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Dentistry Rep | Micaela Buchbinder | micaela.buchbinderrubinstein@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Med-P Rep | Nicolas Demers | nicolas.p.demers@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Neuroscience Rep | Zoe Harrington | zoe.harrington@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Nursing Rep | Jayme Rothstein | jayme.rothstein@mail.mcgill.ca |
| SSMU Rep | Elysa Xu | yixuan.xu3@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Graduate Student Outreach | Alessio Cusmano | alessio.cusmano@mail.mcgill.ca |
| Donor/Recipient Coordinator | Han Halyssa Ho | han.ho@mail.mcgill.ca |