Overview
Save the date: Tuesday, September 15 - Thursday, September 17, 2026
The 14th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research will be held virtually September 15-17, 2026. The objectives of ASGCR are to:
- Create opportunities for researchers and program implementers from low resource settings to share their work.
- Provide a venue for the global oncology research community to exchange information and identify potential areas for collaboration.
- Share science-based initiatives that are reducing the burden of cancer in low resource settings.
The call for proposals and nominations for the Rachel Pearline Award will open soon.
Follow this link to the Archive of ASGCR 2025.
Scientific Steering Committee
Frédéric Biemar, Ph.D., Vice President, Education, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Eduardo Cazap, M.D., Ph.D., FASCO, Founder and First President, Sociedad Latino Americana y del Caribe De Oncología Médica; Editor-in-Chief, ecancer; Co-chair, RINC-SLACOM, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laura Esfeller, M.A., Patient Advisory Board member, KCCure; Patient Advocate, SWOG Cancer Research Group, San Bernardino, CA, USA
Edith Grynszpancholc, President, Fundación Natalí Dafne Flexer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Benda Kithaka, Founder and Executive Director, KILELE Health, Nairobi, Kenya
Racquel Kelly Kohler, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Chair, Global Cancer Research Special Interest Group, American Society of Preventive Oncology; Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Behavior, Society and Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Tendai Kwaramba, M.D., M.Sc., Representative, Academic Global Oncology Task Force, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA[MC2]
Keith Martin, M.D., PC, Executive Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC, USA
C S Pramesh, M.S., FRCS, Convener, National Cancer Grid of India; Director, Tata Memorial Hospital; Professor, Thoracic Surgery (Surgical Oncology), Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India
Belmira Rodrigues, Managing Director, African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer, Cape Town, South Africa
Rakiya Saidu, Ph.D., M.P.H., Chair, Research Committee, African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer; Senior Clinical Research Officer, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Viji Venkatesh, B.A., Region Head (India & South Asia), The Max Foundation; Managing Trustee - Friends of Max; Trustee, Being Human The Salman Khan Foundation, Mumbai, India
National Cancer Institute, US
Mishka Kohli Cira, M.P.H., Public Health Advisor, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Kalina Duncan, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Branch Director, Partnerships and Dissemination, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Linsey Eldridge, M.P.H., Public Health Analyst, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Nina Ghanem, M.Ed., Communications Director, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Paul Pearlman, Ph.D., Program Director, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Sudha Sivaram, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Program Director, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Disclaimer
The ASGCR Scientific Steering Committee is comprised of internal and external members, working across a variety of research and clinical settings around the world, and with a wide range of subject matter expertise. External Steering Committee members participate in the process of reviewing proposed content for scientific and abstract sessions. External Steering Committee members are independent from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and do not function as formal NCI members.
Final presentation selection is based on the information provided at the time of abstract submission. The views, opinions, and conclusions expressed by presenters at ASGCR are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), or the United States government (USG). Inclusion of a commercial product or organization does not imply endorsement by the NCI, NIH, HHIS or USG.