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Diane Heditsian is the founder and CEO of deClarity, a global life science communications consultancy. She is a trained breast cancer research and patient advocate of 14 years, whose work is informed by her two breast cancer diagnoses.

She has been volunteering as an advocate at the University of California, San Francisco’s Breast Oncology Program since 2009 and is currently serving on three clinical trials, including the PCORI-funded WISDOM study. She has a research interest in cancer survivorship and a passion for educating and empowering women to advocate for their own health care.