Cancer Survivorship 101, 2020: COVID Kitchen with Maura Harrigan

Due to the quarantine, we had to cancel our annual in-person Cancer Survivorship 101 event that was planned for June, 2020. Instead, we created a series of video lectures presented here on our website and our YouTube page featuring the speakers that were to be highlighted at the event.

Maura Harrigan MS, RDN, CSO
Maura is certified in Adult Weight Management and is a Specialist in Oncology Nutrition through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. As part of the multidisciplinary team of the Adult Survivorship Clinic since its inception in 2006, Maura provides the nutrition counseling to cancer survivors of all diagnoses. Maura is a frequently invited speaker addressing the unique nutrition concerns of the cancer survivor. As the Project Manager of the Lifestyle Exercise and Nutrition (LEAN) Study, Maura works with the research team of Melinda Irwin, PhD, MPH and Tara Sanft, MD and provides the nutrition and exercise intervention counseling to the breast cancer participants throughout the course of their active treatment.

Survivor Journeys has been a non-profit organization since March, 2015. Its origins, began during the year-long medical quarantine Dr Jay Burton lived through after his stem cell transplant for Acute Myeloid Leukemia which ended in late October 2011. Dr Burton’s emotional and social support experiences prompted speaking engagements about cancer survivorship. The community interest generated from these talks, as well as the lack of emotional and support services for cancer survivors in our region, led to the creation of Survivor Journeys. Learn more at survivorourneys.org