Ad industry veteran Rachael Lonergan launches cancer support app, CanDo

March 2, 2018 10:37

Twenty-year ad industry veteran and head of strategy at media agency Foundation, Rachael Lonergan, has launched the CanDo app to help people going through treatment for serious illness.

Developed in collaboration with the Garvan Research Foundation after Lonergan’s own experience with breast cancer, CanDo is designed to make it easier for patients and their carers to ask their networks for help and support when living with a serious illness.

“There’s something everyone can do:” CanDo founder Rachel Lonergan

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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Ad industry veteran Rachael Lonergan launches cancer support app, CanDo

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