Our Team

Our Team

Trustees

Karen Ruddock

Chair and Founder
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Heidrun Bien

Secretary/Treasurer

Marrika Colvin

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Oliver Neely

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Karen Ruddock

Chair and Founder

Karen was diagnosed with Stage 4 thymoma in May 2015. With the diagnosis of such a rare disease she felt isolated and wanted to be able to share experiences with other thymic cancer patients.

Heidrun Bien

Secretary & Treasurer

Alongside her wife Karen, Heidrun co-founded ThymicUK in 2018 to support patients and carers affected by thymic cancers.
 

Marrika Colvin

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Marrika is a Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She has worked in cancer care since she qualified in 1998.

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