Cancer Survivorship: the Physical and Psycho-Social Legacies

Alexander is focused on ensuring successful global launches for several key pipeline assets of Sanofi across multiple indications and tumor types. In addition, Alexander is focusing on strengthening the Oncology pipeline and building a best in class organization. Alexander has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare strategic marketing, commercial leadership and general management roles at the country and global level. A purpose-driven people leader, he is passionate about making a difference for patients with cancer.

Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Psychology and Head of Psychosocial Oncology, Medical Sociology at the University Medical Center, University of Leipzig, Germany. In 2005, she completed her PhD on posttraumatic stress disorder in breast cancer and worked at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NYC, as a postdoctoral research fellow (2007-2008). In 2010, she completed her Habilitation thesis at the University of Hamburg as well as her training as a licenced psychological psychotherapist in 2013. She has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers, several books and holds editorial positions for journals such as Psycho-Oncology, Journal of Cancer Survivorship and Frontiers Psycho-Oncology. Her academic interests include studies of mental distress in cancer, cancer survivorship and psychotherapy trials for patients with cancer. Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf was awarded the German Cancer Award in 2016 for her research achievements in psychooncology.

Dr. Csaba L. Dégi is Board Member, at the European Cancer Organisation and Survivorship and Quality of Life Network Co-Chair, an Associate Professor with habilitation and researcher at the Babeș - Bolyai University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work in Cluj Napoca, Romania. He is Executive Secretary at the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and involved with the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW), from the USA. He is a member of the Research Board of the National College of Social Workers from Romania and was a member of the Committee for Social Work and Support in Oncology at the Romanian Ministry of Health. Since 2001, he has been working with cancer patients, professionals, and oncology institutions. Based on this experience, he has developed the APSCO® research project – www.psychooncology.ro. APSCO - Assessment of Psycho-Social and Communication needs in Oncology – is the first multi-center study on psychosocial aspects of cancer in Romania. He is the founder and president of APSCO, the Romanian Association for Services and Communication in Oncology.