About CancerAsia.AI
Built by Those Who Understand
We’ve been through cancer ourselves, as patients and caregivers. So we understand not just what information people need, but how it needs to be given. That lived experience shapes how CancerAsia.AI explains complex information, asks follow-up questions and helps people make sense of what comes next.
Our Team
Meet the Team
Jo Olivia Lee
Startup entrepreneur and cancer survivor, diagnosed at 36, with a career spanning international banking and building multimillion-dollar businesses.
Lance Quek
Venture investor with a biotechnology background and one of Asia’s youngest founders of a VC firm.
Jill Alphonso
Former journalist, wellness advocate and cancer survivor focused on translating complex cancer information into clear, human communication.
Simran Panaech
Journalist and content strategist with extensive media experience and firsthand insight into the cancer caregiver journey.
Advisors
Dr. Pamela Lim
Psychologist Advisor
Psychologist and mindfulness practitioner advising CancerAsia.AI on emotional wellbeing, resilience and supportive care for patients and caregivers across the cancer journey.
Sharon Teo
Counselling Advisor
Founder and Principal Psychotherapist (Starfish Stories Psychotherapy) with an integrative therapy approach. Provides in-person and online counselling across addiction, career, military, relationship, youth and sexual health & wellness, plus crisis support and mental health workshops. Clinical Member & Registered Counsellor (SAC), Level 3 Practitioner (APC), Allied Member (SPS) and Registered Member (ASE).
Why we built this
Cancer can make information feel overwhelming, isolating and hard to access. We’re building CancerAsia.AI to help patients, caregivers and survivors find clearer answers, guide them to ask better questions of their doctors and find more confidence in what comes next.