Ophira Ginsburg: Shirin, You are a tireless and fearless role model for girls and women everywhere
Ophira Ginsburg shared a post by Shirin Heidari, Senior Technical Consultant of Gender, Equity and Human Rights at the
“How exciting. What incredible work, Shirin! You are a tireless and fearless role model for girls and women everywhere! And for all truly committed to advancing gender equity in global health.”
Quoting Shirin Heidari’s post:
“Register now for our upcoming webinar on World Health Organization‘s adoption of the SAGER-guidelines. Join distinguished panelists Janine Austin Clayton, Ru-fong Joanne Cheng and Aluisio Barros, along with senior WHO officials. The discussion will be moderated by Richard Horton of The Lancet.
Register today.
4 March 2024 at 14h00-15h00 CET
with translation into French and Spanish.”
Source: Ophira Ginsburg/LinkedIn and Shirin Heidari/LinkedIn
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. In 2022, Dr. Ginsburg won the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Humanitarian Award.