Neuroscientist Nadia Chaudhri, who shared her journey with cancer, dies at 43

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Concordia University says Chaudhri died on Oct. 5 after a year-long battle with ovarian cancer

Chaudhri gained a large Twitter following as she openly shared the highs and lows of her journey with cancer and advocated for improvements to women’s health care and more funding for scientists.

One of her last Twitter threads detailed the symptoms she experienced during her treatment for ovarian cancer, and she urged women to seek immediate help if they feel something is wrong. Chaudhri’s posts on Twitter ranged from heartbreaking – including one in which she described preparing to tell her son she was dying – to funny.

“Although this has been the most frightening time of my life it has been filled with brightness and love,” she wrote.In a statement, Concordia president Graham Carr called Chaudhri a “force of nature.”

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