Our Team
The ActioN Study is led by Dr. Tulin Cil and Dr. Funmilola Wuraola
Our team boasts a dynamic and diverse partnership of oncology leaders from West Africa and North America with experience in practice-changing oncology research. Our core group of allied health professionals includes surgical oncologists, geneticists, and education experts bolstered by research staff in both countries. We have already integrated our ongoing work into the African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO), a network of 38 academic centers in Nigeria and North America.
Principal Investigators
Dr Tulin Cil
Breast Surgical Oncologist
MD, MEd, FRCS(C), FACS
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Dr Funmilola Wuraola
Consultant Breast Surgeon
MBBS, ChM, FWACS
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
Project Management
Emma Reel
Clinical Research Manager
MSW
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Jenine Ramruthan
Clinical research assistant
MSc
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Co-Investigators
Larissa Peck
Genetic Counsellor
MSc, CGC
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Emily Thain
Genetic Counsellor
MSc, CGC
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Dr Janet Papadakos
Health Literacy and Health Communication Researcher
PhD, MEd
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Dr Michelle Jacobson
Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and Menopause specialist
MD, MHSc, FRCSC
Women's College Hospital, Toronto
Canada
Dr Colleen Kerrigan
Clinical Associate in Breast Surgical Oncology
MD
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Dr Andrea Covelli
Breast Surgical Oncologist & & Qualitative Research Expert
MD, PhD, FRCSC
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Canada
Dr Danielle Rodin
Radiation Oncologist & Global health expert
MD, MPH, FRCPC
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto
Canada
Dr Anna Dare
Surgical Oncologist & Global health expert
MBChB, PhD, FRCSC
University of Toronto, Toronto
Canada
Dr Victoria L. Mango
Radiologist,
Assistant Director, Global Cancer Research and Training
MD, FSBI
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Dr T. Peter Kingham
Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon,
Director of Global Cancer Disparity Initiatives
MD, FACS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Site Leads
Prof Olusegun Isaac Alatise
Surgical oncologist
MBChB, MSc, FWACS
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
Dr Olalekan Olasehinde
Surgical oncologist
MBChB, MS, FWACS, FMCS
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife,
Nigeria
Dr Nneka Sunday-Nweke
Surgical oncologist
MBBS, FWACS
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Abakaliki,
Nigeria
Prof Olayide Sulaiman Agodirin
Surgical oncologist
MBChB, MSc, FWACS
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin,
Nigeria