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.
Valérie Braidi-Ketter
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
Belinda Bihari
Public Fundraising
belinda.bihari@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
Lisa Boje
Officer of the board / Communications
lisa.boje@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
Katharina Stemann
Project assistant
katharina.stemann@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.
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
Evelyne Betticher
Self-help French-speaking Switzerland
Affected mother
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
Heinz Hengartner, MD
Paediatric Oncology
Senior physician for paediatrics and adolescent medicine, specialising in paediatric haematology & oncology at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland
Anja Flury
Follow-up
Childhood cancer survivor
Jacqueline Burckhardt Bertossa
Division Law
Advocate and notary public
Thomas Guhl
Economist
Manuela Weichelt
Politics
Member of the National Council