Gevorg Tamamyan

From the bedside to global reform, and why equity must be engineered, not hoped for “I think I chose medicine because it gave all the opportunities to address people, both at a national level, but also internationally. And it’s a…

“I’m a scientist first and foremost. I don’t remember a time not thinking about being a scientist.” What Karen Knudsen, the CEO of Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, remembers clearly is the pull not toward prestige or power, but toward…

When he enters the bazaar, people stand up… They stop. They smile. They love him.  This kind of love has nothing to do with titles, resources, or power. It is something far rarer. It is the quiet admiration of ordinary…

He is passionate about the mission of UICC. *** When Cary Adams tells the story of how his career began, it doesn’t start with a calling in oncology. It starts with a teenage conversation about what might matter in the…

When Dr. Hosams Abu Meri walks into a clinic room in Latvia, patients see something very unusual. The person doing their gastroscopy or colonoscopy is not only a gastroenterologist, he is also the Minister of Health of the Republic of…

“Yes,” she said. “I was named Judy after St. Jude.” When she was old enough to learn who St. Jude was, she remembers the moment it landed with a child’s blunt logic. “When I became old enough and learned about…

If you ask Robert Weinberg how his career began, he will not tell you a story of grand plans or carefully plotted ambition. He will tell you it was “a series of accidents.” “Most people have a series of goals…

Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan is recognized globally as one of the most influential voices in the fight against cancer and non-communicable diseases. A relentless advocate for equity in health, she has transformed cancer care in Jordan…

If you describe yourself in one sentence, what would it look like? I wish I could have been Kobe Bryant. Who is your role model? I wish I could have been Kobe Bryant. And what is your dream? I wish…

In an age where the boundaries of immunotherapy are constantly being redrawn, few voices carry as much scientific clarity and moral urgency as Dr. Jennifer Buell. A scientist by training and a biotech leader by conviction, Dr. Buell serves as…