GLOBAL HEALTH 2
Global Cancer Health Forum

The Global Cancer Health Forum series offers remote participation through Zoom. We have launched this series to provide a forum for global cancer researchers to present and discuss current cancer research in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This seminar series will be broadcast to clinicians, researchers, advocates, and others around the globe and recorded for subsequent viewing. The series runs on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 10 AM EST.

2023

September 25 - Presentation Title: Awaiting

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November 27 - Presentation Title: Awaiting

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2023

May 22 - Toward Ending Cancer As We Know It Everywhere At The NCI Center For Global Health

  • SATISH GOPAL, MD, MPH,
    SATISH GOPAL, MD, MPH,

    Director, NCI-Center for Global Health

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February 27 - Global Radiation Oncology - Ascent & Applications

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2022

April 14 - Information: The Beating Heart of Global Health Care and Research

  • WILLIAM TIERNEY, MD, FACMI, FIAHSI
    WILLIAM TIERNEY, MD, FACMI, FIAHSI

    Professor of Global Health and Associate Dean for Population Health & Health Outcomes at Indiana University’s Fairbanks School of Public Health’s

March 10 - Delivering Cancer Care in India - Personal Experience in Closing the Care Gap

  • Dr. Bhawna Sirohi MBBS, FRCP
    DR. BHAWNA SIROHI MBBS, FRCP

    Director of Medical Oncology at Max Cancer Centre, New Delhi, India

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February 10 - Cancer Control in the Time of Conflict

  • Prof. Richard Sullivan MD PhD
    PROF. RICHARD SULLIVAN MD PHD

    Institute of Cancer Policy, Global Oncology Group Conflict & Health Research Group, King’s College London

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2021

December 9 - Ethical Issues in Genomic Research in Africa: Perspectives from the H3Africa Research

  • BEGE DAUDA, PHD
    BEGE DAUDA, PHD

    Penn Center for Global Genomics and Health Equity, University of Pennsylvania

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September 9 - Nutrition and Cancer in Africa

  • Ellen Kampman, PhD
    ELLEN KAMPMAN, PHD

    Professor in Nutrition and Disease, Wageningen University & Research

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July 22 - Untangling the link between Falciparum infection and endemic burkitt lymphoma: new evidence from emblem study

  • Sam Mbulaiteye, MBChB, M.Phil., M.Med
    SAM MBULAITEYE, MBCHB, M.PHIL., M.MED

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June 24 - Screening for Prostate Cancer

  • Professor Frank Chinegwundoh MBE
    PROFESSOR FRANK CHINEGWUNDOH MBE

    Honorary Visiting Professor in Health Sciences at City University London; Consultant Urological Surgeon

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May 27 - Underrepresented Cancer Research Areas in Africa

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May 13 - Cancer Surveillance in Africa: The African Cancer Registry Network

  • Max Parkin, MD
    MAX PARKIN, MD

    Coordinator, African Cancer Registry Network



  • Yvonne Joko Walburga Fru MD,MSc
    YVONNE JOKO WALBURGA FRU MD,MSC

    Researcher, African Cancer Registry Network

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April 22- Impact of a Structured Training Program Utilizing a Novel Mobile Health Intervention on Improving Community Health Worker Breast Cancer Knowledge and the Referral Process for Women With Breast Symptoms In Nigeria

  • Elima E Jedy-Agba MD MSc. Ph.D.
    ELIMA E JEDY-AGBA MD MSC. PH.D.

    Head of Evaluation and Coordinator, International Research Center of Excellence

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April 8 - The Affordable Cancer Technologies Program and Other Support for Global Health Technology Research at the NCI

  • Paul Pearlman, Ph.D
    PAUL PEARLMAN, PH.D

    Program Director/ Lead, Global Health Technology,  NCI Center for Global Health

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March 25 - Improving the Prioritization of Limited Radiotherapy Resources: Results and Lessons Learned from a Mixed Methods Study in Rwanda

  • Rebecca Deboer, MD, MA
    REBECCA DEBOER, MD, MA

    Assistant Professor

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March 11 - HIV and Cancer: Mechanisms and Approaches to the Leading Cause of Death Among People Living with HIV

  • SCOTT DRYDEN-PETERSON, MD
    SCOTT DRYDEN-PETERSON, MD

    Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School

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February 11 - Genetic counseling and Testing in Ibadan, Nigeria

  • Prof. Prisca O. Adejumo
    PROF. PRISCA O. ADEJUMO

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January 28 - The role of Genomics in Global Cancer Prevention

  • Ophira Ginsburg MSc, MD, FRCPC
    OPHIRA GINSBURG MSC, MD, FRCPC

    Director, High-Risk Cancer Genetics Program, Perlmutter Cancer Center

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January 14 - Breadth Versus Depth: Pathology Interventions in Global Health

  • Dan Milner, MD, MSc (Epi), MBA, FASCP
    DAN MILNER, MD, MSC (EPI), MBA, FASCP

    Chief Medical Officer, ASCP

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2020

December 18 - Cancer Genetics, Genomics & Global Health: The Way Forward

  • Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP
    OLUFUNMILAYO I. OLOPADE, MD, FACP

    Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health

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November 19 - NCI Center for Global Health Update

  • Satish Gopal, M.D., M.P.H.
    SATISH GOPAL, M.D., M.P.H.

    Director, Center for Global Health

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October 15 - Facilitating Earlier Diagnosis of Breast Cancer In Resource-Limited Settings

  • Lydia E.W. Pace, MD, MPH
    LYDIA E.W. PACE, MD, MPH

    Women's Health, Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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August 20 - Making Survivors & Patients Your Partners In Clinical Trials: A Patient Perspective

  • Mary (Dicey) Jackson Scroggins
    MARY (DICEY) JACKSON SCROGGINS

    International Gynecologic Cancer Society; Pinkie Hugs, LLC; AORTIC Advocacy Special Interest Group

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July 16 - African Access Initiative (AAI): A Holistic, Multi-Sector Approach to Mitigating Africa's Cancer Crisis

  • Daniel Seymour
    DANIEL SEYMOUR

    Program Manager, BIO Ventures for Global Health

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June 19 - African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO)

  • Isaac Alatise, MD, WACS
    ISAAC ALATISE, MD, WACS

    Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital



  • T. Peter Kingham, MD, FACS
    T. PETER KINGHAM, MD, FACS

    Director, Global Cancer Disparity Initiatives, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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May - Developing Prostate Cancer Research Capacity in Africa: The Men of African Descent and Carcinoma of the Prostate (MADCAP) Study

  • Vincent L. Gregory, Jr. Professor of Cancer Prevention
    VINCENT L. GREGORY, JR. PROFESSOR OF CANCER PREVENTION

    Timothy R. Rebbeck, PhD

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April 16 - The African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC)

  • Michael Machiro
    MICHAEL MACHIRO

    Tenwek Hospital



  • Sandy Dawsey
    SANDY DAWSEY

    US National Cancer Institute

The African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC)
The African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC)
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For more information about this seminar series, email: Brian Fortier at brian_fortier@dfci.harvard.edu