40 years, 40 stories: Episode 6

Time for a premiere: As part of the celebratory season for the
40th Anniversary of EWMD, we are hosting the 2nd every english
episode of "She did it".
Over a span of ten episodes, Ariane Bischoff and Simone Lersch
will talk to 40 EWMD members about their personal stories, what
brought them to EWMD and what they value especially in the
network. By doing so, we will collect 40 unique EWMD stories
right in time for the big 40 year celebration in October of
24.
This episode is hosted by Ariane and she welcomes four wonderful
guests from Italy and Spain: Beatrice Lusetti, Adriana
Albini⁠, Mayte Valverde Elices and Mihaela Chelaru⁠.


Beatrice Lusetti makes sure that EWMD is functioning
properly. She runs the EWMD International Office since 2020 and
has become a rock for the entire association and its members.
Beatrice share her outside-in perspective on EWMD with us
describing her experience as a non-member working amongst EWMD
members on a daily basis.

Adriana Albinia is Scientific Collaborator of the Directorate
of European Institute for Oncology-IEO in Milan and also Member
of the Board of Directors of AACR American Association for Cancer
Research to name just 2 of her key positions. And next to her
career, Adriana is a very active member of EWMD Italy in a
leading position.

Mayte Valverde Elices lives in Madrid and is founding member
of the newly established EWMD chapter Madrid. Mayte is Talent
& Culture Global Manager at the Bank Santander developing
e-learning platforms for all countries in Santander. We learn
about her first point of contact with EWMD, why she became a
member and what drives her to put in the extra effort to set up a
new chapter. 



Mihaela Chelaru attended in 2018 the 'Digital Women' event in
Reggio Emilia organized by the EWMD ReggioModena Chapter and
became EWMD member a few years later. Today she is Director
Digital and belongs to the EWMD Internation board. Mihaela shares
her motivation to become EWMD member as an Italian  women
working in research in the Netherlands.