Claire Snyman is an author, blogger and advocate for patient and healthcare collaboration. She is passionate about inspiring people to put their health in their own hands. Since being diagnosed in 2010 with a non-malignant brain tumor and brain surgery in 2012, she realized the importance of partnering with her healthcare team and becoming her body’s own advocate. She co-authored a collaborative study between patients and neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins University: The impact of surgical resection on headache disability and quality of life in patients with colloid cyst (Cephalalgia, May 10, 2016). She presented this work at MedX-Ed in April 2017: Patient and health care professional collaborations – shaping the future. She recently initiated a new study focused on quality of life in patients with glioblastoma muiltforme, keen to ensure more information is available about this aggressive form of brain cancer. Her key focus is looking for ways to guide people to put their health in their hands and work with their healthcare partners to achieve better outcomes. She currently volunteers with the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada as the chair of the BrainWAVE BC program. She can be found at www.twosteps.ca.