Judit Takacs, PhD

Judit is the Senior Manager, Partnerships and Engagement in research at the Canadian Cancer Society. Judit led the development and implementation of the Patient Engagement in Research strategy at CCS, to meaningfully engage people with lived experience of cancer in cancer research funding. She has also helped start a national Community of Practice on patient engagement in cancer research, with more than 35 members and member organizations across Canada. She is passionate about listening to, and learning from, the lived experiences of people and supporting people to co-create programs, policies and processes that are relevant and impactful to those affected by cancer. Judit holds a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine (Rehabilitation Science) at the University of British Columbia, where she first started co-creating research and programs with patients and other stakeholders.