In This Section

9th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research: Global Cancer Research and Control: Looking Back and Charting a Path Forward

March 10-11, 2021
Virtual Meeting

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.

Scientific Steering Committee

Carl E. Allen, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Ellen Baker, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Frédéric Biemar, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
María Teresa Bourlon, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Mishka K. Cira, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Kalina Duncan, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Linsey Eldridge, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Suzanne A.W. Fuqua, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Elise M. Garton, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Shubhra Ghosh, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Satish Gopal, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Rashieda J. Hatcher, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Catherine Hidalgo, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Ministry of Health, Republic of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique
Keith Martin, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC
Miriam Mutebi, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Dalal Najjar Cobb, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC
Lisa A. Newman, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York
Valerie A. Paz-Soldan, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Lima, Peru
Paul Pearlman, Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Laura Prakash, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research with support to Center for Global Health, US National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland
Anne F. Rositch, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Kathleen Schmeler, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Jenna Smith, Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC
Melissa Lopez Varon, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Visit Symposium Website Visit the 12th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Conference Website