Episode #19. TAKES GUTS TO LIVE LIFE. Dr Fiona Simpson from small town Scotland to curing cancer. Her tribe of mentors that saved her life so she can save ours.
10/05/19 • 66 min
Dr Fiona Simpson is a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia. She grew up in the Highlands of Scotland, where she was the top of her class, at the same time, she was working 3 jobs to keep the family home afloat. Her father died at the age of 10 and left her mother clinically depressed. At the time, there was no help for a woman left to raise the kids. Fiona found herself in difficult times and angry and let this out in self-destructive ways, from addiction to violence. One night she was walking to the cliffs and not wanting to live anymore. One man, Ian McGregor, took her under his arms and showed her love and saved her life. We discuss her life experience, the beauty and love of people that care enough. This lead to a PhD in Cambridge and a prestigious fellowship to Scripps in California, United States. She has made significant scientific discoveries and now is changing the face of how we use current immunotherapies for head&neck cancer, breast and melanoma cancers. It takes a lot of guts to have the courage to face your biggest fears of being alone and exhausted and desperate. When we break through our fears, on the other side, lives glory. Dr Fiona Simpson is raising money to bring high school students to have work experience at the Translational Research Institute.
Learn more about Dr Simpson research findings: https://di.uq.edu.au/profile/1006/fiona-simpson-simpson-fraser
http://qhncc.org.au/fiona-simpson/
https://www.projectpink.org.au/news/1
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Dr Fiona Simpson is a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia. She grew up in the Highlands of Scotland, where she was the top of her class, at the same time, she was working 3 jobs to keep the family home afloat. Her father died at the age of 10 and left her mother clinically depressed. At the time, there was no help for a woman left to raise the kids. Fiona found herself in difficult times and angry and let this out in self-destructive ways, from addiction to violence. One night she was walking to the cliffs and not wanting to live anymore. One man, Ian McGregor, took her under his arms and showed her love and saved her life. We discuss her life experience, the beauty and love of people that care enough. This lead to a PhD in Cambridge and a prestigious fellowship to Scripps in California, United States. She has made significant scientific discoveries and now is changing the face of how we use current immunotherapies for head&neck cancer, breast and melanoma cancers. It takes a lot of guts to have the courage to face your biggest fears of being alone and exhausted and desperate. When we break through our fears, on the other side, lives glory. Dr Fiona Simpson is raising money to bring high school students to have work experience at the Translational Research Institute.
Learn more about Dr Simpson research findings: https://di.uq.edu.au/profile/1006/fiona-simpson-simpson-fraser
http://qhncc.org.au/fiona-simpson/
https://www.projectpink.org.au/news/1
Subscribe and support the podcast at
https://www.buzzsprout.com/367319/supporters/new
Learn more at www.profselenabartlett.com
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