Two major awards are presented at each Reach to Recovery International Conference:

Terese Lasser award

Terese Lasser was the first-ever Reach to Recovery volunteer. The Terese Lasser award is conferred on a RRI volunteer who has introduced, initiated, or contributed to the development of a new Reach to Recovery programme in an exceptional way.

Health professional medal

Conferred on outstanding health professionals who have facilitated voluntary breast cancer support programmes, encouraged and supported volunteers, aided recognition of volunteers by their communities, and supported volunteers’ endeavours to spread their activities to new communities.

Past Therese Lasser Award Recipients

• Margot Genoa, Romania
• Lea Marador, Israel
• Denise Escudier, France
• Luisa Marse, Belgium
• Helega Flatauer, Brazil
• Terttu Mertanen, Finland
• Francoise Van Schuylenbergh, Belgium
• Takako Watt, Japan (2000)
• Henriette Nesbitt de Almeida, Portugal (2003)
• Ann Steyn, South Africa (2005)
• Maria Cunha Matos, Portugal (2007)
• Gloria Lin, Taiwan (2009)

Past Health Professional Medal Recipients

• Prof P Denoix, France
• Dr O Jallut, Switzerland
• Dr A Holleb, USA
• Raymond Barmont, French Cancer League
• Dr Eugeny Demin and Valentina Chulkora, Russia
• Dr Vegelji Pirc, Ljubljana
• Graeme Brien, Australia
• Krystyna Mika, Poland
• Mary Murray, Ireland (2000)
• Dr Rajendra A Badwe, India (2003)
• Tom Hudson, Ireland (2005)
• Olwyn Ryan, Ireland (2007)
• Prof Cheng Har Yip, Malaysia (2009)