In Work Package 2 – Intervention Co-Creation, Refinement, and Technical Validation, Josephine and her team are ensuring that survivors and care partners are not just participants, but co-designers of the solution.

🎥 Watch Josephine’s full perspective in our latest video.

🌍 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.” Prof. Josephine Hegarty, School of Nursing & Midwifery, UCC

Her motivation is simple, yet powerful
“𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆."

Watch Ida share why survivor voices are at the heart of TRANSCEND-XR and how small changes can transform lives.

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#QualityOfLife

“𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅.”

By gathering the voices of survivors across Europe, Ida hopes to highlight challenges that too often go unseen and to shape interventions that meet people where they are.

🎯 𝐀𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏 𝐈𝐝𝐚 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐠𝐞 - 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, Erasmus MC, and her team are starting from the ground up.They are listening to survivors' needs to understand what is really bothering them about the late effects of cancer and in which areas they want more support.

🌐 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐃-𝐗𝐑 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
Today, on 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒚, we’re taking a small but meaningful step: launching the official website of TRANSCEND-XR.
Our website is the starting point for:
✔️ Learning more about the project
✔️ Meeting the team
✔️ Discovering how to get involved

From tech demos and VR headset trials to brainstorming sessions, partner presentations, a UCC campus tour, and of course great conversation over Cork’s finest coffee and a brilliant group dinner at Isaac’s - this event marked the beginning of something truly collaborative.

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Last week, we welcomed 15 partner organisations from 12 countries to University College Cork for our official kick-off event. It was an incredible two days of collaboration, creativity, and shared purpose - and we're so proud to share this behind-the-scenes overview of how it began.

What if extended reality could become a lifeline for young cancer survivors?

That’s the mission behind TRANSCEND‑XR - a Horizon Europe–funded project aiming to co-create a powerful digital platform for adolescents and young adults recovering from testicular cancer.

🌍 Across Europe, 15 partners are working together to transform cancer survivorship

TRANSCEND-XR brings together experts in clinical care, research, XR and advocacy — united to support young testicular cancer survivors.

#HorizonEU #DigitalHealth #TRANSCEND-XR

Hello Bluesky!

We are #TRANSCEND-XR, a Horizon Europe project exploring how XR can support young testicular cancer survivors.

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🚀Introducing TRANSCEND-XR
✨A new EU-funded project supporting adolescents and young adults who’ve survived testicular cancer.
🌍With 15 partners in 12 countries, we’re working to improve quality of life and set new standards for digital health in cancer survivorship.
#EUHealth #XR #CancerSupport #AYA