Archive - Advocacy at Work

This Week in Advocacy - Vol. 19

Learning Together, Speaking Up, and Being Seen

Oct 11 • Tim McDonald

Too Young for Cancer, Too Old for Support

At 26, Mila was diagnosed with colorectal cancer after two years of being dismissed. What happened next exposed a gap in cancer care that young adults…

Oct 8 • Tim McDonald

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This Week in Advocacy - Vol. 18

Every week I sit down to write this and I think: how is it possible that people this committed exist in the world, and how did I get lucky enough to…

Oct 4 • Tim McDonald

The Finance Guy Who Became the Bridge Between Patients and Nuclear Medicine

Stage 4 neuroendocrine cancer. A clinical trial with radioligand therapy. And how one man discovered his real purpose was building trust where fear…

Oct 1 • Tim McDonald

29:57

September 2026

This Week in Advocacy - Vol. 17

Partnership, Power & Presence

Sep 28 • Tim McDonald

Linda Hurtado, news anchor and published author, using both platforms to advocate for others.

How a Broadcaster Turned Her Mom's Cancer Into 30 Years of Advocacy

Sep 24 • Tim McDonald

24:56

This Week in Advocacy - Vol. 16

Science, Access & Voice

Sep 20 • Tim McDonald

Welcome to Advocacy at Work: Where Lived Experience Becomes Better Healthcare

A conversation for patients, advocates, healthcare leaders, and organizations ready to turn lived experience into action.

Sep 20 • Tim McDonald

The AI Expert Who Became His Own Case Study

Two surgeries in 20 days. A 9-year-old daughter who needed answers. And how AI became his companion.

Sep 17 • Tim McDonald

29:07

This Week in Advocacy - Vol. 15

What changes when patients get room to lead

Sep 14 • Tim McDonald

The Outlier: How a Pancreatic Cancer Survivor Is Turning His Survival Into Science

Stage 4 pancreatic cancer at 35. Six years of treatment. And now Yann Bizien is helping find the secret to why he survived when almost everyone else…

Sep 10 • Tim McDonald

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This Week in Advocacy - Vol. 14

A new advocate, a six-year survivor, and an author on a bike. Three ways to turn a story into motion.

Sep 6 • Tim McDonald

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