Overview
The 9th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research will be held virtually March 10-11, 2021 as a satellite meeting to the 12th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Conference. This year’s theme is Global Cancer Research and Control: Looking Back and Charting a Path Forward. The two-day event includes 29 speakers from 12 countries, including opening remarks by NCI Director Dr. Ned Sharpless, ASCO’s recently named Chief Medical Officer Dr. Julie Gralow, and the Mozambique Ministry of Health National Cancer Program Director Dr. Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni. Scientific panels will focus on building resilience and equity in global oncology. The Symposium will feature a rapid fire scientific abstract session with 10 of the top scoring scientific abstracts pulled from 101 accepted abstracts presenting research from 40+ countries. The event will be rounded out by the presentation of the Rachel Pearline Award in recognition of outstanding professionals for their excellence in global cancer research and practice focused on low- and middle-income countries.
The Symposium convenes individuals working in global oncology to discuss trends in global cancer research and control and map out collaborative efforts to move the field forward. The event is organized through a collaboration with the NCI Center for Global Health(CGH), CUGH, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), and the international collaborators of these institutions from the Ministry of Health in Mozambique, Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Tulane Health Offices for Latin America.
For questions, please email mishka.cira@nih.gov
Scientific Steering Committee
Carl E. Allen, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Histiocytosis Program, Co-Director, Lymphoma Program, Director of Research, Global Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Excellence (HOPE), Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Sharmila Anandasabapathy, MD
Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology, Director, Baylor Global Initiatives, Director, Baylor Global Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Ellen Baker, MD
Director, Project ECHO, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Frédéric Biemar, PhD
Director, International Affairs, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
María Teresa Bourlon, MD, MSc
Representative, Academic Global Oncology Task Force, American Society of Clinical Oncology;
Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Mishka K. Cira, MPH
Public Health Advisor, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Kalina Duncan, DrPH [c], MPH
Branch Chief, Partnerships and Dissemination, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Linsey Eldridge, MPH
Cancer Research Training Award Fellow, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Suzanne A.W. Fuqua, PhD
Professor, Breast Center – Fuqua, Co-Associate Director of Education, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Elise M. Garton, MS
Presidential Management Fellow, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Shubhra Ghosh, MD
Project Manager, Global Programs, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Satish Gopal, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Rashieda J. Hatcher, PhD
Academic Administrator, Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Catherine Hidalgo
Program Analyst, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, MD, PhD
Head, Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health, Republic of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique
Keith Martin, MD, PC
Executive Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC, USA
Miriam Mutebi, MD
Breast Surgical Oncologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Dalal Najjar Cobb
Deputy Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC, USA
Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCO
Chief, Breast Surgical Oncology Programs, Weill Cornell Medicine - New York Presbyterian Hospital Network, New York, NY, USA
Valerie A. Paz-Soldan, PhD, MPH
Director of Tulane Health Offices for Latin America, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Lima, Peru
Paul Pearlman, PhD
Program Director; Lead, Global Health Technology, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Laura Prakash, MPH
Data Analyst, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research with support to Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Anne F. Rositch, MSPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kathleen Schmeler, MD
Professor, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, Division of Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jenna Smith
Events and Memberships Manager, Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Melissa Lopez Varon, MS
Partner Liaison, Project ECHO, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
