Hackathons for patients

For Cancer Patients with Complex Treatment Decisions

Our Mission

To help cancer patients with complex treatment problems find their best options.

The Challenge

Some frontline treatments are not curative and patients run out of options. They’re beyond the standard of care and clinical trials, and have ‘hit a wall’. Everyone is unique, which means that for many people the “standard of care” process doesn’t work. They need to search for their own unique solutions, which can feel lonely and overwhelming.

Who We are & What We Do

We are a virtual (global) collaborative community helping patients and caregivers resolve complex cancer problems.

The patient hackathons are led by a team of four:

Brad Power, Head Hacker, Founder of CancerHacker Lab
Erika Brown, Founder/Chief Builder, One Cancer Place
Randy Broad, Founder, C-Sessions
Bryce Olson, Health and Life Sciences Strategist, Precision Medicine Pioneer

We host Cancer Hackathons – which are curated online communities of brilliant patients, researchers, and bioinformaticians who have come together to solve each patient’s unique problem.

Takeaways from Previous Hackathons

“There is power in the collective thinking of the medical community and scientists/researchers/entrepreneurial companies coming together to find solutions and treatment options.”

“Great work! I look forward to seeing more patients become a part of this.”

“I love that you have put together these hackathons. I truly feel this is very needed and hope it can grow to become more of the norm in the care of cancer patients. Everyone working together for one common goal, the well-being of the patient.”

“I consider the Kasey Altman Hackathon an example of best practice in patient/family centred clinical care. It was a masterclass in cooperative learning through interdisciplinary practice to create capability.”

“The power of patient engagement.”

“The quality of decisions about clinical care depends on ensuring that multi- disciplinary, multi-level expertise, including patient and families, is mobilised to address a complex problem for which there are no clear cut answers.”

current Hackathons

Prostate Cancer Lab: For patients exploring a deep analysis of their metastatic prostate cancer

Previous Hackathons

Bryce Olson

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Shirley Pepke

Kasey Altman

Linnea Olson

Who Participates

Patients, caregivers, patient advocates
Research oncologists
Bioinformaticians, diagnosticians

Benefits of Participating and Sponsoring

Make a Difference

Help people who are facing a life-threatening situation with scientific evidence – research that is still in the lab and data that is hard to access

Promote Patient Leadership

Contribute to an effort that is bending the health system to serve an individual patient — demonstrating true “patient centricity”
Support and celebrate pioneering role models

Learn

Access cutting edge diagnostic data and research in treatment innovation.
Develop a deeper understanding of patient problems and potential solutions.
Expand the lessons for one patient to broader insights and for those who follow

Build Relationships

Meet leaders from a variety of disciplines with shared interests
Showcase what you can do through your contributions

Please contact us with any questions.