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Empowering women oncologists in India – are we there yet?
Nov 10, 2024, 04:24

Empowering women oncologists in India – are we there yet?

Ophira Ginsburg, The Senior Scientific Officer and Senior Advisor for Clinical Research at the US NCI’s Center for Global Health, posted on LinkedIn about recent paper by Aparna Sreevatsaa et al., titled “Empowering women oncologists in India—are we there yet?” published on The Lancet Oncology.

Authors: Aparna Sreevatsaa, Shona Nagb, Shabnam Bashirc, Bhawna Sirohi

Empowering women oncologists in India - are we there yet?

“Important. Yet another piece of evidence that patriarchy still dominates decision making and policymaking – even when it comes to cancer care and cancer research.”

Ophira Ginsburg is a Canadian medical oncologist, humanitarian, and global cancer advocate. Currently, she is the Senior Scientific Officer and Senior Advisor for Clinical Research at the US NCI’s Center for Global Health. Formerly based at the University of Toronto, Canada, she was a Medical Officer at the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and has served as an ad hoc consultant to several UN agencies. She is the co-chair of The Lancet Commission on Women and Cancer.