Free. Open to the Harvard Community and Pre-Registered Attendees.
Harvard members should bring their Harvard IDs.
Registration required. Space is limited. If you are a member of the Harvard community, please remember to bring your Harvard ID.  
Direct questions to: breastandhealth@harvard.edu

Conference Overview

This international conference will bring together delegates from around the world for the purpose of developing an action and research agenda to meet the challenge of breast cancer in developing countries, with a focus on promoting the rights and health of women and strengthening health systems. 

The conference will be opened by Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History. The opening keynote address will be delivered by Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics, and Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy of Harvard University. Confirmed speakers include: Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health, T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School, and former Minister of Health of Mexico; Lawrence Shulman, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women; Marina A. Njelekela, Chairperson, Medical Women´s Association of Tanzania; Alejandro Mohar, Director, National Cancer Institute of Mexico; Peter Piot, Director, Institute for Global Health, Imperial College London and former Executive Director, UNAIDs; and, John Seffrin, CEO, American Cancer Society.  Conference summary document. 

 

Conference Steering Committee

• Flavia Bustreo, MD
  Director, The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health
  Secretariat hosted by the World Health Organization

• Alessandra Durstine
  Vice President of Regional Strategies, International Affairs Department
  American Cancer Society

• Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
  Presley Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  Chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Co-founder, Partners In Health

• Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD
  Dean, Harvard School of Public Health
  T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School

• Mary Gospodarowicz, FRCPC, FRCR, MD
  Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto
  Medical Director of the Oncology Program and Chief of the Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital
  Member of the Board of Directors, International Union Against Cancer (UICC)

• Julie Gralow, MD
  Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  Director of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
  Associate Program Head, Breast Cancer Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

• Paula Johnson, MD, MPH
  Executive Director, Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Felicia Marie Knaul, PhD (conference organizer)
  Director, Harvard Global Equity Initiative
  Associate Professor of Medicine and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  Founder, "Cáncer de mama: Tómatelo a Pecho"

• Ana Langer, MD
  President and Chief Executive Officer, EngenderHealth

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

Sponsors include, in addition to the institutions represented by the steering committee: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; International Development Research Center, Canada; Carso Health Institute.