Taisiya Savchuk-Polishchuk

Honorary Patron and Ambassador of the NAA of Ukraine in 2022-2023

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Taisiya Savchuk-Polishchuk

Honorary Patron and Ambassador of the NAA of Ukraine in 2022-2023
Position: President of The Aleksandr Savchuk Foundation

    Philanthropist

    PhD in Economics and International Finance

Taisiya Savchuk-Polishchuk is a philanthropist for culture, healthcare and the environment, President of The Aleksandr Savchuk Foundation and an art connoisseur.
Passionate about contemporary art, she studied at Maison Christie's in 2007 and opened her own gallery in 2008. As an ambassador of Ukrainian contemporary art, she participated in the Art Paris exhibition at the Grand Palais for 5 years, developing the Ukrainian pavilion.
In 2013, she moved to the Principality of Monaco, where she founded the Aleksandr Savchuk Foundation. The Foundation is a private non-profit organisation that provides support to cancer patients, rewards and encourages leading medical and scientific professionals, and promotes innovative prevention projects through a unique combination of knowledge, skills and decisive action.
Taisiya is convinced of the important mission of art and its healing effect on human health. She implements educational and environmental protection projects, encourages professionals in the field and promotes environmental awareness for future generations (Milky Way choreographic and video project in Casein, 2021; Project in partnership with the Monaco Science Center as part of the Human Health and the Ocean event).
Impressed by the Palais de Tokyo in 2022, she is joining the Art and Society discussion circle to raise public awareness of innovative and integrative approaches to treatment, including art therapy.

Selected Research Projects

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Liquid Biopsy Project for Cancer Monitoring

The project involves screening for certain types of cancer using a simple blood test. Dr Catherine Alix-Panabieres and a team of European researchers from the University Hospital of Montpellier are working on the project. The project is a more reliable and less invasive method of personalizing treatment and providing the right care to the person in need at the right time.

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The Project Developed by Dr Swain

The Aleksandr Savchuk Foundation, headed by Taisiya Savchuk-Polischuk, supports the work of Dr Swain and his team at Georgetown University in the United States of America. The work is aimed, in particular, at studying the genes of breast cancer in nearly 300 patients. The results of the study will allow considering new treatment methods.

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Проєкт, розроблений Центром Рафаеля

Фонд Олександра Савчука під керівництвом Таісії Савчук-Поліщук підтримує проєкт Центру Рафаеля: «Використання математики та цифрових технологій для прогнозування рецидивів раку та кращого моніторингу пацієнтів» - створення інноваційних дослідницьких моделей і нових цифрових інструментів.

Selected Art, Culture and Social Projects

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No Finish Line

The Aleksandr Savchuk Foundation, led by Taisiya Savchuk-Polishchuk, took part in 2017 No Finish Line: Sports and Art Unite to Help. 

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"Art and Society"

The Foundation, headed by Taisiya Savchuk-Polischuk, joined the event at the Palais de Tokyo and supported the discussion on mental and physical well-being due to art. 

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Арт-терапія 2022

Арт-терапія в Центрі Антуана Лакассаня (Ніцца), що полягає у проведенні раз на місяць майстер-класів для дітей і дорослих, які лікуються в Середземноморському інституті протонотерапії.