Overview
Thank you for joining us for Select Sessions from the 13th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 9:00AM-11:30 AM U.S. ET. Symposium proceedings will be posted here in the coming weeks, and the accepted scientific abstracts will be published in AACR’s Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention in late 2025. View the scientific ePosters on the Posters page. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!
Steering Committee
Frédéric Biemar, Ph.D., Director, International Affairs, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA
María Teresa Bourlon, M.D., M.Sc., 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
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
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
Amina Chtourou, M.P.H., Health Scientist Administrator, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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
Ophira Ginsburg, M.D., M.Sc., Former Senior Scientific Advisor for Clinical Research, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Lillian Matthews, B.A., Communications Fellow, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Mark Parascandola, Ph.D., M.P.H., Branch Director, Research and Training, 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
Douglas Puricelli Perin, J.D., M.P.H., Contractor, Leidos Biomedical Research Institute with support to Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Yelena Shnayder, M.S., Public Health Analyst, 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.
