Jens Lehmann, researcher at LVR University Hospital Essen and EORTC Young and Early-Career Investigator representative, shared on LinkedIn:
“Starting with the EORTC Summit in March 2027, we will kick off the Early Career Investigator Leadership Programme.
A programme made by ECIs for ECIs! We received so many high-quality applications from motivated early-career investigators and had trouble selecting 40 of them. From March to November, we have a mix of leadership and scientific training, both in person in Brussels and virtually.
Looking forward to working with this group of ECIs. Thank you to our sponsors who make programmes like this possible.
With Ioannis Zerdes, Veronique Debien, Denis Lacombe, Christine Olungu and Georgette Gilis.”
Quoting EORTC:
“Strong research needs strong leaders.
40 early-career investigators across several cancer types and 16 countries share one goal: leading the clinical cancer research of tomorrow.Selected for the 2027 edition of EORTC’s Young and Early Career Investigators programme, they will train in clinical trial design, regulatory frameworks, AI in cancer research and more.
It all begins in Brussels in March 2027, at the EORTC Summit on Clinical Cancer Research.”
About the EORTC 2027 ECI Programme
The programme will begin alongside the EORTC Summit on Clinical Cancer Research, taking place March 23–24, 2027, in Brussels. EORTC says the Summit will focus on areas including artificial intelligence, innovative trial methodologies, patient-centric research, quality of life, and global policy and regulatory trends.
The Young and Early-Career Investigator network is designed to integrate emerging researchers into EORTC’s scientific, methodological and leadership structures. Jens Lehmann currently represents the Y-ECI community on the EORTC Board of Directors.
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