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May 30, 2024, 08:25

Julie Gralow: Join us for this great panel in the ASCO Women’s Networking Lounge

Julie Gralow shared a post by Shikha Jain on X:

“Join us for this great panel in the ASCO Women’s Networking Lounge this Sunday! Women Empowered: Understanding and Navigating Influence and Power.” .

Quoting Shikha Jain’s post:

“I am so honored to be a part of the Women Empowered: Understanding and Navigating Influence and Power panel this year with some incredible powerhouses Julie Gralow, Suzanne Cole and Heather McArthur.

Join us Sunday at 11:15!”

Source: Julie Gralow/X and Shikha Jain/X

Julie Gralow is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Executive Vice President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Previously, she was the Jill Bennett Endowed Professor of Breast Cancer at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Professor in the Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, as well as Director of Breast Medical Oncology at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

She is the founder of the Women’s Empowerment Cancer Advocacy Network (WE CAN). Dr. Gralow received the ASCO Humanitarian Award in 2018 for her work in empowering women cancer patients and survivors globally.

Shikha Jain is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago.

She is the Director of Communication Strategies in Medicine and the Associate Director of Oncology Communication and Digital Innovation. She is a founder and Chair of the Women In Medicine Summit, and founder and President of the Women in Medicine® non-profit.

She is the co-founder of the Rush Center for the Advancement of Women in Health Care.

Dr. Jain was named a Rising Star in Medicine by Medscape in 2020 and one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders in 2019, and was also awarded the Rising Star award by the LEAD Oncology Conference in 2019 and nominated in 2020 as a Women Leader in Oncology.