ScienceMountaineer takes cancer research and quality of life to new heights — 8,000 metres

Delano D’Souza welcomes Dr Shauna Burke, an associate professor of exercise and health psychology at the University of Leeds. After first summiting Mount Everest in 2005, Burke returned to the world’s highest mountain earlier this year following a stage-four breast cancer diagnosis. She now aims to climb the other 13 peaks above 8,000 metres.