Who we are

WHO WE ARE

The Lancet Commission of Women and Cancer comprises a multidisciplinary and diverse team from around the globe, with expertise in gender studies, human rights, law, economics, sociology, as well as cancer epidemiology, prevention, and treatment. Click on their photo to learn more about us!

Ophira Ginsburg, MSc. MD

Co-chair/ Senior Scientific Officer U.S. National Cancer Institute- Center for Global Health, USA

Dr Erica Liebermann, PhD (she/her)

Nurse scientist/Health Services Researcher/Global Women's Health, University of Rhode Island, USA

Prof. Winnie K.W. So PhD, RN, FAAN (she/her)

President, International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Deborah Mukherji MBBS,FRCP

American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, MD MPH Msc (Clin Epi) PhD

Epidemiologist / Public Health Physician / Cancer Control & Policy Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur / Queen's University Belfast

Somesh Kumar MBBS, MSc, PhD

Global Oncology/Women’s Health/ Policy and Strategy (Global Health) Jhpiego/Johns Hopkins University

Rachel Nugent, PhD

Health economist, Noncommunicable disease financing and policy RTI International, University of Washington Department of Global Health affiliate associate professor

Verna Vanderpuye M.D

Co-chair / National Center for Radiotherapy, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Korlebu Teaching Hospital, Accra Ghana

Enrique Soto, MD, MSc

Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México

Nazik Hammad M.D., M.Sc., MEHP, FACP

Queen 's University, School of Medicine, Canada

Karla Unger-Saldaña MD, MSc, DSc

Health Systems Researcher, National Cancer Institute of Mexico Takemi Fellow, Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard School of Public Health

Freddie Bray, PhD

Branch Head Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer

Narjust Florez (Duma) MD

Associate Director of The Cancer Care Equity Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Member of the Faculty, Harvard Medical School

Jennifer Moodley MBChB, M Med, PhD

Public Health Physician, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

Isabelle Soerjomataram MD, PhD

Co-chair / Deputy Branch Head Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer

Carlo Caduff, PhD

Anthropologist/Social Science/Global Oncology King’s College London

Ann Marie Beddoe, MD

Mount Sinai Health System, New York, USA

Ibtihal Fadhil, MBchB, MSc, PhD

President, NCD Alliance, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Kuwait City. Cancer Control, Former Regional Adviser, Noncommunicable Diseases at WHO, EMRO, Egypt

Miriam Mutebi, MD,MSc

Breast Surgical Oncology, Clinical Epidemiology & Health Systems research, Aga Khan University, Nairobi

Shirin Heidari, PhD

Founding President, GENDRO/ Global Health Centre and Research Affiliate, Gender Centre Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Researcher.

Ishu Kataria, PhD

Public Health Researcher, Center for Global Noncommunicable Diseases, RTI International, India; NCD Focal Point, UN Major Group for Children and Youth