Oyepeju Abioye: Electrifying speech by Ophira Ginsburg at The Lancet Commission on Women, Power and Cancer
Ophira Ginsburg shared a post by Oyepeju Abioye, Research Assistant at Florez Lab, on X:
“Thanks for your support!!”
Quoting Oyepeju Abioye‘s post:
“You could hear a pin drop during this electrifying speech by Ophira Ginsburg at The Lancet Commission on Women, Power and Cancer. We absolutely need to do better in cancer research, policy making, representation of women in oncology leadership and the care of women with cancer. ”
Source: Ophira Ginsburg/X and Oyepeju Abioye/X
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.