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The team

The team at the Childhood Cancer Switzerland office works intensively and with a lot of personal commitment and dedication for children with cancer and their families. We would be happy to answer your questions and simply be there for you.

Elena Guarnaccia

Deputy CEO & Head of Self-Help and Follow-up Care Department
elena.guarnaccia@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch

Alexandra Weber

Head of Communications
alexandra.weber@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch

Zuzana Tomášiková

Head of Survivors’ Centre
zuzana.tomasikova@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch

Gabriele Zomorodi

Fundraising
gabriele.zomorodi@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch

Lisa Boje

Assistant to the CEOs / Communications
lisa.boje@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch

The board

The board of Childhood Cancer Switzerland consists of nine members who are each responsible for a specific portfolio. They each bring with them valuable expertise in their field due to their professional and personal backgrounds.

Portrait Nicolas von der Weid

Prof. Nicolas von der Weid, MD

President
Head of Oncology / Hematology, University Children’s Hospital Basel 

Susanne Studiger 

Vice President
Self-Help German-speaking Switzerland 
Affected mother

Dr. med. Nicolas Waespe

Nicolas Waespe, MD

Research
Specialist in pediatrics (FMH), focus on pediatric oncology/hematology; researcher at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern and at the University of Geneva

Prof. Jochen Rössler, MD

Paediatric Oncology
Head of Hematology / Oncology (Pediatrics), University Clinic for Pediatrics Bern University Hospital 

Anja Flury

Anja Flury

Follow-up
Childhood cancer survivor
 

Evelyne Betticher

Evelyne Betticher

Self-help 
French-speaking Switzerland
Affected mother

Jacqueline Burckhardt Bertossa

Jacqueline Burckhardt Bertossa

Division Law
Advocate and notary public

Thomas Guhl 

Economist

Manuela Weichelt

Politics
Member of the National Council