Profiles
“I Live for Two”: Isabel’s Daydreaming World Between Grief and Light
When Isabel Deprince, a formerly successful model, describes the moments she feels most like herself, she doesn’t mention spotlights or runways. She talks about being alone in her studio, sleeves rolled up, paint drying on her hands. Painting, she says,…
Minister Robert Troy: “Because I Wanted to Be a Voice for Others” Leading Ireland’s Right to Be Forgotten Reform
I expected to meet a Minister defined by data, evidence and pragmatism. And I did. What I did not anticipate was the depth of empathy behind those qualities, or the disarming honesty of someone who describes himself, with a smile,…
The Person Behind the Legend: The Portrait of Professor Andrea Ferrari
When I started my fellowship in Italy, I knew I would meet Professor Andrea Ferrari, the Legend whose work I had studied line by line. I thought I was prepared. I had read his papers… But nothing in the literature…
Robert A. Weinberg: The Architect of Modern Cancer Biology
If you ask Robert Weinberg how his career began, he will not tell you a story of grand plans or carefully plotted ambition. He will tell you it was “a series of accidents.” “Most people have a series of goals…
Umberto Veronesi and the European School Of Oncology
The idea of creating a "European School of Oncology" came to Umberto Veronesi in the mid-1970s, when the Americans announced the effective implementation of the strategic plan against cancer signed by President Nixon in 1973, the National Cancer Act. He…
Princess Ghida: Where Hope Wears a Crown
Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan is widely recognized as one of the Arab world’s leading voices in the fight for equitable cancer care and health justice. Born in Lebanon and shaped by the resilience forged during her…
Felicia Marie Knaul: A Researcher Shaped by Experience
Hello, Dr. Knaul, it’s a great honor to… “Please, call me Felicia,” she interrupted immediately, her warmth cutting through the formality. Felicia Marie Knaul is one of the world’s most influential voices in cancer care advocacy, a leader who doesn’t…
Paul Mischel: Calming Full Circle
It was an interview during which I simply couldn’t stop smiling, amazed by the brilliance of Prof. Paul Mischel, yet he speaks about his discoveries with such ease, clarity, and enthusiasm that you can’t help but be carried along. Here…
Fedro Peccatori Between Science and the Human Heart
When I first connected with Professor Fedro Peccatori, the line between us was anything but fixed: he was calling from a moving train between Padova to Milan, between obligations. Yet the instability of the connection seemed fitting. His entire career…
The Life Journey of Giuseppe Curigliano: From Becoming an Expert to Making Experts
From Rome to Milan to ESMO’s presidency — a story of science, courage, and mentorship. I am in Yerevan. Giuseppe Curigliano is in Milan, just back from Asia. “JSMO, CSCO, Korea, Japan, China…” he sighs, then laughs. “Too much travel?”…