12th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (Overview)

Overview


The 12th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (ASGCR) will be held virtually May 6 – May 9, 2024 [8AM-12PM Eastern Time each day].

The theme of ASGCR 2024 is Collaborating for Impact. The objectives of ASGCR are to:

  1. Create opportunities for researchers and program implementers from low resource settings to share their work. ​
  2. Provide a venue for the global oncology research community to exchange information and identify potential areas for collaboration. ​
  3. Share science-based initiatives that are reducing the burden of cancer in low resource settings. 

Follow this link to the Archive of ASGCR 2023.


2024 ASGCR Steering Committee

American Association for Cancer Research, US

Frédéric Biemar, PhD, Director, International Affairs, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA

African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer, South Africa

Rose Ihuoma Anorlu MBChB, FMCOG, FRCOG, FWACS, MPH, President, African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer; Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Belmira Rodrigues, Managing Director, African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer, Cape Town, South Africa

American Society of Clinical Oncology, US

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

American Society of Preventive Oncology, US

Rahma Mkuu, PhD, MPH, CPH, Chair, Global Cancer Research Special Interest Group, American Society of Preventive Oncology; Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Consortium of Universities for Global Health, US

Keith Martin, MD, PC, Executive Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC, USA

Dalal Najjar Cobb, Deputy Director, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC, USA

National Cancer Grid of India

C S Pramesh, MS, FRCS, Convener, National Cancer Grid of India; Director, Tata Memorial Hospital; Professor, Thoracic Surgery (Surgical Oncology), Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India

Red de Institutos Nacionales de Cáncer (RINC)/Sociedad Latino Americana y del Caribe De Oncología Médica (SLACOM), Argentina

Eduardo Cazap, MD, PhD, 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

National Cancer Institute – Center for Global Health

Mishka Kohli Cira, MPH, Public Health Advisor, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

Kalina Duncan, DrPH, MPH, Branch Director, Partnerships and Dissemination, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

Linsey Eldridge, MPH, 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

Mark Parascandola, PhD, MPH, Branch Director, Research and Training, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

Paul Pearlman, PhD, Program Director, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

Douglas Puricelli Perin, JD, MPH, Contractor, Leidos Biomedical Research Institute with support to Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

Yelena Shnayder, MS, Public Health Analyst, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

Sudha Sivaram, DrPH, MPH, Program Director, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA

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