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Ophira Ginsburg: Advancing global genomics with WHO leadership

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Dec 8, 2024, 12:58

Ophira Ginsburg: Advancing global genomics with WHO leadership

Ophira Ginsburg, Senior Scientific Officer and Senior Advisor for Clinical Research at the US NCI’s Center for Global Health, shared a post by Raffaella Casolino, Technical Officer at the World Health Organization, on LinkedIn, adding the following:

“Brilliant work by the World Health Organization to advance global implementation of genomics for health! Anna Laura Ross and colleagues!”

Quoting Raffaella Casolino’s post:

“An important milestone in the World Health Organization’s Genomics Programme has just been launched! Grateful to the many experts who contributed to this impactful document and to Anna Laura Ross for her exceptional leadership in driving this effort. It has been a privilege to represent the WHO NCD Department in this endeavor.

We are ready to advance the next steps toward improving the global implementation of genomics for health across diverse disease areas, including cancer. Stay tuned for what’s ahead!”

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.