Global Oncology (GO) is an American 501(c)(3) community-based global health organization. The organization was initially established at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

in 2012 and now operates out of the Bay Area.

Background

Global Oncology was founded in 2012, by Drs. Ami S. Bhatt and Franklin W. Huang when they were oncology fellows at Harvard and are now faculty at Stanford and UCSF, respectively. The organization is composed of physicians, staff, students, and members of the oncology community and other skilled professional volunteers. The mission of the organization is to improve cancer care and research in resource-limited settings through a variety of programs and efforts, including the development of training and research opportunities in global oncology. The organization collaborates with other leading organizations working in global oncology and cancer care. The steering committee that advises the organization is composed of academic and faculty experts in cancer care and oncology drawn from Harvard-affiliated institutions and hospitals, including

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school at Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after Hong Kong entrepreneur Chan Tseng-hsi in 2014 following a US$350 ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and one of the founding members of Beth Israel Lahey Health. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (f ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two ...

Children's Hospital Boston Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013) is the main pediatric training and research hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children ...

Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts. Dana-Farber is the founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard's Comprehensive Cancer Center designated ...

, and

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvar ...

Programming

An initial primary effort of GO was to raise awareness of cancer in resource-constrained settings through the GO! Talks, a bi-monthly Global Oncology seminar series that sought to educate the larger community on global oncology issues and catalyze collaborations in the field. Speakers included

Paul Farmer Paul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropology, medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a Harvard University Professor, University ...

and Eric Krakauer. Global Oncology developed a first-of-its-kind Global Oncology Map that launched in 2015 as a resource for the global cancer community to identify projects and needs in global cancer work. The organization also developed "Cancer and You", a booklet of cancer educational materials designed specifically for cancer patients in resource-constrained settings and has been translated into over a dozen languages. Global Oncology designed and distributed the first comic book in Nigeria aimed at educating youth on cervical cancer and the

HPV vaccine Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are vaccines intended to provide acquired immunity against infection by certain types of human papillomavirus. The first HPV vaccine became available in 2006. Currently there are six licensed HPV vaccines: ...

and also developed an animated comi

with it. The organization helped launch Belize's first public oncology treatment program based at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize City,

Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Global Oncology Cancer organizations based in the United States International medical and health organizations Stanford University University of California, San Francisco Harvard University