UCD researcher inspired by childhood cancer wish honoured with major award

A UCD student whose pioneering cancer research was inspired by her work with critically ill children has been honoured with a major award.

Originally from Portugal but now living in Booterstown, Romina Silva had been involved with her native country’s version of the ‘Make a Wish Foundation’ while in secondary school, an experience that set her on a path to search for cures for the disease.