CGH Spotlight Blog

• By Sudha Sivaram, Maya Prasad, Venkataraman Radhakrishnan, Divya Rajkumar, Surendran Veeraiah
• September 29, 2022

Childhood cancer awareness month is recognized every year in September. This blog, written by global cancer researchers, focuses on survivor-centered research in global settings and the development of culturally and linguistically relevant interventions by considering lived experiences of families with cancer in India.

• By Ms. Allison Frank, Cancer Research Training Fellow, Center for Global Health
• September 2, 2022

Allison Frank discusses her post-bachelor Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA) fellowship capstone project exploring cancer and co-infections from soil transmitted helminths in Low-and Middle-Income Countries.

• By Rebecca Erickson, M.P.H.
• August 3, 2022

Recommendations for great global health reads to add to your summer, (or anytime) reading list.

• By Rebecca Nowak, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine Associate Member, Population Science Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
• June 30, 2022

Pride month reminds us to take the time to honor those in sexual gender minority (SGM) communities and their continued struggle to secure one of life’s most basic rights: the right to live free from stigma and discrimination. Although some progress has been made in securing these rights, SGMs continue to face unrelenting pressure to keep their true identities hidden from their families and communities in most of the world. This institutionalized discrimination contributes to poor health outcomes in all aspects of healthcare including cancer control.

• By Jeffrey Drope, Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago; Fastone Goma, MBChB, Ph.D.; and Peter Magati, Ph.D.
• May 27, 2022

This year’s World No Tobacco Day highlights the complex relationship between tobacco and the environment. Tobacco cultivation is a scourge for the environment, as well as public health, in many low- and middle-income countries, destroying fragile ecosystems and otherwise potentially productive land, and impoverishing millions of families.

• By Mishka Kohli Cira, MPH
• May 5, 2022

Highlights from the 10th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research: New Models for Global Cancer Research, Training, and Control

• By Nina Ghanem, M.Ed.
• March 8, 2022

On February 28, we welcomed Dr. Ophira Ginsburg as CGH’s new Senior Scientific Officer, Senior Advisor for Clinical Research. Hear from Ophira on International Women’s Day, about her start in global health, opportunities for NCI, and her passion for diving and ocean conservation.

• By Erinma Elibe, M.S., MPH(c) and Sudha Sivaram, Dr.PH., M.P.H.
• March 3, 2022

NCI's Center for Global Health led a session at London Global Cancer Week 2021 focused on Cancer Research training. The discussion, moderated by CGH, included a panel of early-career investigators and global cancer research mentors who shared their experiences supporting and conducting LMIC-led cancer research.

• By Satish Gopal, M.D. M.P.H.
• February 1, 2022

Dr. Satish Gopal discusses World Cancer Day 2022 and NCI's role and responsibility in closing the care gap.

• By Norman E. Sharpless, M.D.
• January 24, 2022

Dr. Ned Sharpless highlights themes, barriers, and ambitious ideas discussed at the virtual joint UK-US scientific summit in November 2021. In addition, he shares the next steps for this exciting collaboration.