global health
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Burkitt lymphoma Burkitt lymphoma is the fastest-growing human tumour, driven by a single rearrangement that switches on the MYC gene. That speed makes it exquisitely sensitive to chemotherapy: short, intense courses, now with the antibody rituximab, cure the great majority of children in well-resourced settings. The remaining task is to bring the same cure to the African children who make up most cases. | none | none | paediatric, haematologic | ||
Cary Adams Chief Executive Officer, Union for International Cancer Control (since 2009) · Union for International Cancer Control Long-serving chief executive of the Union for International Cancer Control, the world's largest international cancer membership organisation. | none | none | leadership, advocacy | ||
John-Arne Røttingen Chief Executive Officer · Wellcome Norwegian physician and global health leader who has been Chief Executive of Wellcome, one of the world's largest biomedical research funders, since 2024. | none | none | leadership, research funding | ||
Mark Suzman Chief Executive Officer · Gates Foundation CEO of the Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropy in global health, including cervical cancer elimination and HPV vaccination. | Cervical cancer | none | leadership, philanthropy | ||
Mary McCormack Consultant Clinical Oncologist, University College London Hospitals · University College London Hospitals / UCL Cancer Institute Led INTERLACE, which showed a short course of chemotherapy before chemoradiation cuts cervical cancer deaths using cheap, available drugs. | Cervical cancer | none | cervical, chemoradiotherapy | ||
Rafael Mariano Grossi Director General · International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope Argentine diplomat leading the IAEA since 2019, whose Rays of Hope initiative expands radiotherapy and nuclear medicine access in low- and middle-income countries. | none | none | leadership, radiotherapy | ||
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General · World Health Organization Cancer Programme Director-General of the World Health Organization, under whom WHO's global cancer initiatives are run. | Cervical cancer | none | leadership, cancer control | ||
Trevor Mundel President, Global Health · Gates Foundation Physician-scientist who leads the Gates Foundation's Global Health division, including its vaccine and product development work. | Cervical cancer | none | leadership, vaccines |
