Breast Cancer in Developing Countries:
An Unforeseen Public Health Priority

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Tuesday, April 14
Harvard School of Public Health

Participants:

Julio Frenk
Dean and T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public
Health and International Development, HSPH

Felicia Marie Knaul
Senior Economist, Mexican Health Foundation
Director, Breast Cancer: Tómatelo a Pecho

Jennifer Leaning
Co-Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Professor of the Practice of Global Health, HSPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS

Lawrence Shulman
Chief Medical Officer and Sr. Vice-President for
Medical Affairs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS

Walter Willett
Chair of the Department of Nutrition and
Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology
and Nutrition, HSPH

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