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. The Symposium is organized through a collaboration with the US National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health, 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), and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The Symposium theme for 2021 is Global Cancer Research and Control: Looking Back and Charting a Path Forward. The Symposium aims to convene individuals working in global oncology in a working meeting environment to discuss trends in global cancer research and control, and to map out collaborative efforts to move the field forward. 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
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
Shubhra Ghosh, MD
Project Manager, Global Programs, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Rashieda J. Hatcher, PhD
Academic Administrator, Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Cesaltina 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
Representative, American Association for Cancer Research; Director, Interdisciplinary Breast Program; Medical Director, International Center for the Study of Breast Cancer Subtypes, Weill Cornell Medical Center, 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
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