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In partnership with more than 40 medical institutions from 15 countries, the St. Jude Global Euro Regional Program is working to fulfill the right of every child with cancer to receive high-quality care, have a chance for a cure and live a full and healthy life.
The program was established in 2017 and focuses on developing regional, national and international initiatives to improve childhood cancer survival rates and reduce suffering associated with catastrophic diseases in children.
Regional Initiatives
The Euro program focuses on three areas: capacity building, education and research. Through twice-a-year regional collaborative workshops, we continue to build a network of partners united by common goals and sharing the resources available through the St. Jude Global Alliance.
- The Assessing Doctors’ Attitudes on Palliative Treatment (ADAPT) project: This collaborative project with more than 400 participants from 11 countries assesses barriers, access, knowledge and perception on palliative care integration for children with cancer. The project provides country-specific reports available to inform advocacy for evidence-based palliative care education and policies. Since starting in the Euro region in 2019, the project has been implemented in more than 27 countries globally. Learn more about the project.
- SAFER Ukraine: Arising in response to the war in Ukraine, the mission of SAFER Ukraine is to aid Ukrainian children with cancer and blood disorders to enable them to receive high-quality medical care, in Ukraine or abroad, through capacity building and international collaboration. In partnership with numerous stakeholders from Ukraine, Europe and North America, SAFER Ukraine assisted over 1,000 patients and families to continue lifesaving therapy abroad when they needed to evacuate their home country.
- In collaboration with St. Jude Global transversal programs, the Euro Regional Program also facilitates implementation of hospital-based pediatric cancer registries (SJCARES) and the St. Jude Pediatric Oncology Facility Integrated Local Evaluation Tool (PrOFILE).
Our Team
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Asya Agulnik, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Global Critical Care Program, St. Jude Global
Director, Euro Regional Program, St. Jude Global
Asya Agulnik, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director, Global Critical Care Program, St. Jude Global
Director, Euro Regional Program, St. Jude Global
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Global pediatric health
- Hospital quality of care
- Critical care in pediatric oncology
- Clinical prediction scores
Contact Information
Asya Agulnik, MD, MPH
Global Pediatric Medicine
MS 721, Room S2012
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
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Taisiya Yakimkova, MD, MS
Senior Program Manager, Euro Program
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Short Biography
Taisiya Yakimkova, MD, MS, is a Program Manager, Euro Regional Program for the department of Global Pediatric Medicine. She is a pediatrician and an enthusiastic researcher from Belarus.
She joined University of Memphis in 2016 as a research team member and a graduate student. The research focused on respiratory care for premature and extremely low birthweight infants and development of new trends in nutritional support in small for gestational age infants.
Her interests include neonatology, pediatric surgery and improvement of existing pediatric nutritional and clinical guidelines. Taisiya is passionate about the improvement of medical care around the world. The mission of St. Jude Global directly aligns with her research interests and her call as a pediatrician. She is very excited about an opportunity to share her experience in pediatric health care and bilingual communication skills as part of Global Pediatric Medicine.
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Anna Sonkin, MD
Program Coordinator, Euro Regional Program
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Short Biography
Anna Sonkin, MD, is a Program Coordinator, Euro Regional Program for the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine.
Anna joined GPM as a contractor in May 2022. She managed the Virtual Command Center for SAFER Ukraine, liaised relationships with multiple stakeholders supporting the initiative, as well as coordinated research and publication efforts related to SAFER Ukraine.
Anna is a physician, medical educator, and entrepreneur fluent in Russian, specializing in pediatric palliative care and medical communication skills.
Outside of work, Anna is a lyric mezzo-soprano and studies operatic singing. She has two teenage daughters and lives in New York City.
Contact Information
Anna Sonkin, MD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Contact
To learn more about the Euro program, email euro@stjude.org.
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