Past Global Health Events

This session will explore the impact of community health workers (CHWs) and patient navigators (PNs) in the cancer care continuum, advocating for their recognition in bridging the gap between cancer research and practice, strategies for integrating CHWs and PNs into cancer care and research, and practical steps for policy and implementation. It will include a panel discussion featuring experienced practitioners, researchers, and CHWs and PNs from diverse global settings and a interactive audience engagement activities like Q&A sessions and live polling. This session is hosted in collaboration with London Global Cancer Week (LGCW) 2023.

Progress in improving global cancer surgery access and delivery has been too slow to meet rising demand—a new Lancet Oncology Commission puts forward pragmatic, geographically contextualized solutions for transformative and equitable change. This webinar will feature authors and guest speakers who will relay key findings and recommendations from the report.

In this Lancet Webinar, authors of The Lancet Commission will summarize the key findings of the Commission work in the following key areas: cancer equity and gender, transformative policies, cancer prevention in women, gender-responsive frameworks in the healthcare context, and the value of women in cancer economics. A panel of guests representing a variety of stakeholders across the oncology community, will then discuss the recommendations and priority actions put forward by the Commission. The webinar will conclude with an audience Q&A session. This Lancet Webinar is organized as part of London Global Cancer Week, hosted by The Lancet.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is leading several scientific sessions at the 2023 African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) Conference to be held in Dakar, Senegal, on November 2-6, 2023. The conference themed, “Cancer in Africa: Implementation, Workforce, Opportunities”, will bring together clinicians, researchers, implementers, and advocates from the African continent, the US, and across the world to address key issues around cancer control in Africa. The conference Keynotes will include opening remarks by Satish Gopal, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Global Health, NCI.
 

Drs. Doug Lowy and Satish Gopal will present at the City of Hope Global Oncology Symposium on Oncogenic Viruses. This Symposium will showcase four sessions with a blend of in-person and virtual speakers, ensuring a comprehensive perspective from cancer control in lower-middle-income countries to taking a deep dive into molecular mechanisms and therapies. Each session consists of presentations from our expert panelists, followed by a Q&A.

This is a pre-application webinar for the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), RFA-CA-23-033, Implementation Science for Cancer Control in People Living with HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. NCI program staff will highlight the scope and focus on this funding initiative an answer questions from interested applicants. Participation in the webinar, although encouraged, is optional and is not required for the submission of an application in response to this NOFO.

This Commission was created to investigate the nexus of women, power, and cancer. As such, it's collective work looks beyond “women’s cancers” and the biomedical aspects of any type of cancer that women- in all their diversities - might experience. It is inclusive of the ways in which sex and gender influence exposures to cancer risk factors, interactions with the cancer health system, and specific challenges faced by healthcare professionals, advocates, and caregivers. In all these domains, women can experience gender bias and overlapping forms of discrimination, such as those due to age, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and gender identity, that render them structurally marginalized. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

By applying an intersectional feminist approach, we investigate, expose, and challenge the prevailing asymmetries of power in relation to cancer in three key domains: decision-making, knowledge, and economics.

This launch event will present key findings and propose a set of recommendations to inspire real-world action for transformational change. The event will feature Commission speakers in a discussion of key findings and recommendations of the report and a moderated panel discussion with thought leaders in global health and development, cancer policy, and women’s rights. Panels will be moderated by Dr. Vania Wisdom, Executive Editor and Oncology Ambassador at The Lancet, and Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief at The Lancet.

To mark World Cancer Research Day, Cancer Discovery will convene leading thinkers who are working to reduce cancer deaths globally and in their respective regions. This event aims to explore the unique challenges in different regions to identify areas that need more coordinated attention and to promote greater awareness within the global cancer research community. A live panel will facilitate discussions on how international efforts to understand and combat cancer can potentially be integrated for maximum impact. Dr. Satish Gopal will present "Efforts to Reduce Cancer Burden Globally at the US National Cancer Institute" and participate in the panel discussion. Audience participation is welcome during the panel discussion.

NCI will host a series of three virtual interactive workshops designed to broadly engage a diverse community in interactive discussions to brainstorm and share new ideas and research approaches to address the complexities and advance the science of cancer health disparities (CHD) that cut across disciplines. Participants will identify unique research opportunities, and collaboratively examine approaches that cut across disciplines to advance sustainable solutions to reduce cancer health disparities and accelerate progress towards equity in cancer control for all populations. Registration is free and open. 

This virtual mini symposium will highlight CGH's funded studies seeking to contribute to understanding the impact of COVID-19 on global cancer prevention and control, including the direct effects of COVID-19 in cancer patients or the indirect health, economic, and sociocultural impacts of the pandemic across the cancer continuum.