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2023 - CGH Spotlight Blog

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  • Image of a sharecropper in early county, Georgia
    Juneteenth: Delayed Freedom, Delayed Justice – Delayed Screening, Treatment and Survival
    • By Guest Author - Melissa B. Davis, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine

    Dr. Melissa Davis discusses parallels of the history surrounding Juneteenth and how these and similar events of slavery and colonialism have contributed to the current and persistent state of cancer health disparities globally. From education to legal and even throughout medical systems, delays in action toward human rights and justice against inhumanity have ultimately manifested as disparities in poor health outcomes.  

  • New Era begins for the Ireland-Northern Ireland-National Cancer Institute Cancer Consortium. Collage of images from various signing events and meetings
    Cancer Knows No Borders – Celebrating Tripartite Cooperation to Enhance Cancer Research
    • By Prof. Mark Lawler, Ph.D., FRCPath

    The Ireland-Northern Ireland-National Cancer Institute Cancer Consortium has done so much for cancer research and cancer care on the island of Ireland. The Consortium grew out of the Good Friday Agreement. As we now mark the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, it is instructive to look back over the last two and half decades through the prism of cancer.

  • Image of smiling African American mother and child.
    Reflections on Emerging Research: Beauty Products and Potential Cancer Risk Among Women of African Descent
    • By Dalana Johnson, MPH, Julia Gage, PhD, MPH, Fatou Jallow, PhD, Taylor Ladson, MPH, Vidya Vedham, PhD, Erinma Elibe, MPH

    Recent research suggests that some commercial beauty products may have harmful effects, including increased cancer risk. As Black History Month comes to a close, we want to highlight this growing area of cancer research that has potential importance for women of African descent across the globe.

  • Summary infographic of NCI CGH activities for 2022. Image of four healthcare workers assisting a woman.
    World Cancer Day 2023: United We're Stronger
    • By Satish Gopal, M.D. M.P.H.

    World Cancer Day 2023 - highlights advances NCI center for global health is making towards closing the "care gap" globally.

  • A bar chart and a map of Africa illustrate the distribution of research grants among various African institutions. Each bar is segmented by colored sections representing different funding sources: NIH, Wellcome, MRC, CIHR, EC, BMGF, EDCTP, and SRC. The chart shows the University of Cape Town having the most grant records and Muhimbili University having the least. The map shows the largest amount of grants going to South Africa (952), Kenya (414), Tanzania (184), Malawi (121), and Nigeria (119).
    LGCW 2022: Utilizing Cancer Research Funding Data to Inform Action and Drive Collaboration
    • By Leshia Hansen, R.N., M.P.H.

    As part of 2022 London Global Cancer Week (LGCW), NCI’s Center for Global Health (CGH) hosted a session dedicated to efforts to map and track global cancer research and research funding through the International Cancer Research Partnership (ICRP), Worldview (formerly World RePORT), the WHO Global Observatory on Health Research and Development, and the NCI/CGH Global Oncology Survey of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers.

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