Childhood Cancer Survivors

William (James) fronk

William (James) Fronk studies microbiology at the University of Washington. His dream job is to work as a medical lab scientist or work in the lab for hospitals. In his free time he likes to hang out with his friends online and in person and generally discuss a variety of topics from classes to politics. His ultimate goal is to one day gain a doctorate in medical lab science and go to different laboratories in the U.S. helping hospitals.

As a childhood cancer survivor myself, I wanted to research how other childhood cancer survivors around the world handle their struggles and stresses growing up as cancer survivors. This led me to quite a few expansive research papers that studied the struggles that childhood cancer survivors go through. As I read through these papers, I realized I wasn’t alone with my stresses and many people are dealing with the same situations. After I read these articles and wrote my research paper, I wanted to make a podcast that has an open discussion about childhood cancer survivorship, healthcare, and the struggles this growing community is going through. Furthermore, I wanted to make sure my guests were diverse in terms of education and personal experience. The three guests I brought on were Duncan Kemp, mathematical economics and political science, Hashim Nelson, geography, and Jeremy Woltereck-Pham, biochemistry. My goal with my variety of guests was to see their views on the research I did and possibly bring up new topics that would naturally arrive throughout the open discussion. Moreover, I wanted to bring awareness to childhood cancer survivors and the stresses they have. I also wanted any childhood cancer survivors listening to know that they are not alone with their life struggles.

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