Shirin Heidari: Nearly 8 years ago, we published the SAGER guidelines, aspiring to drive a change!
“Congratulations, Shirin! You and your colleagues have done truly pioneering and transformative work to advance gender equity and equality in biomedical research! It’s simply about advancing the best science to benefit all.”
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“Nearly 8 years ago, together with members of the hashtag Gender Policy Committee of European Association of Science Editors (EASE), we published the SAGER guidelines, aspiring to drive a change towards sex and gender equity and equality in research! .
It’s incredibly rewarding to see the widespread adoption of the guidelines and inspired to continue promoting rigorous, inclusive and equitable science. Heartfelt thanks to all the fantastic SAGER Champions for your dedication and support!”
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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.