
Invited Speakers as of June 2022
Gad Rennert,
MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center

Nir Barzilai,
MD
Professor of Genetics & Endocrinology. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

Herman Brenner,
MD
Professor & Head, Division Clinical Epidemiology & Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany

Pinchas Cohen,
MD
Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, USA

Jack Cuzick,
PhD, FRS, CBE
Head, Cancer Prevention Unit, Centre for Prevention, Detection & Diagnosis, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Queen Mary Univ. of London

Susan Domchek,
MD
Professor of Oncology & Executive Director, Basser Center for BRCA, Pennsylvania Univ., USA

Gareth Evans,
MB, BS, MD
Professor in Medical Genetics & Cancer Epidemiology, Manchester Univ., UK

Judy Garber,
MD, MPH
Susan F Smith Chair and Chief, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, USA

Peter Goodhand,
CEO, Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH), Ontario Cancer Research Inst., Canada

Leroy Hood,
MD, PhD
Professor, CEO, Phenome Health, Systems Biology Inst., USA

Ian Jacobs,
MD
Professor, President & Vice-Chancellor of UNSW, Australia

Dhavendra Kumar,
MD, DSc (Hon), FRCP,
FRCPI, FRCPCH, FACMG
Hon. Professor William Harvey Heart Research Institute, QMUL. Hon. Consultant in Clinical Genetics / Cardiovascular Genetics, Barts Heart Centre, St. Barts Hospital. Medical Director/ CEO- The Genomic Medicine Foundation. Hon. Professor Medicine, Swansea School of Medicine, Swansea, UK

Steven M. Lipkin,
MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Genetic Medicine, Vice Chair for Basic & Translational Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Victor Moreno,
MD,PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine, Catalan Oncology Inst., Spain

Timothy D. O'Connor,
PhD
Program in Personalized & Genomic Medicine, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

George P. Patrinos,
PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Patras Univ., Greece

Michael F. Press,
MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics, PediatriProfessor of Pathology, Southern California Univ., USAc Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Harvey A. Risch,
MD, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Yale Univ., USA

Hope Rugo,
MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, Univ. of California at San Francisco, USA

Xiao-Ou Shu,
MD, PhD
Ingram Professor for Cancer Research.Associate Director for Global Health, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

Sapna Syngal,
MD, MPH
Director of Research, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School.

Richard Weinshilboum,
MD
Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, USA
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Elad Ziv,
MD
Professor, Medicine & Human Molecular Genetics, Univ. of California San Francisco, USA

Marc Abramowicz,
MD, PhD
Professor, Head, Genetic Medicine Dept, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland

Sir Walter Bodmer,
PhD
Head, Cancer & Immuno-Genetics, Weatherall Inst. of Molecular Medicine, UK

Georgia Chenevix-Trench,
PhD
NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow, Head, Cancer Genetics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Inst., Australia

Giovanni Corso,
M.D., Ph.D.
Breast Surgeon, European Institute of Oncology, Italy
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Andrea De Censi,
MD, PhD
Professor, Director, Medical Oncology Unit, National Hospital E.O. Ospedali Galliera, SC Oncologia Medica, Italy

Ian O. Ellis,
MB, BS, BSc, FRCP
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics, School of Medicine, Liverpool Univ., UK

James Ford,
MD
Professor, Director, Stanford Clinical Cancer Genomics, Stanford Univ., USA

Gaddy Getz,
PhD
Susan F Smith Chair and Chief, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, USA

Stephen B. Gruber,
MPH, MD, PhD
Vice President, COH Medical Center, Center for Precision Medicine City of Hope, USA

Anthony Howell,
MB, Bsc
Professor of Medical Oncology, Manchester Univ., UK

Jaak Janssens,
MD
Professor of Oncology, President ECP, Limburg Oncological Center, Salvator Hospital, Belgium

Heinz-Josef Lenz,
MD
Professor of Medicine & Preventive Medicine, Southern California Univ., USA

Catalina Lopez-Correa,
MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Genome Canada

Steven Narod,
MD
Professor of Preventive Medicine & Geriatrics, Women's Hospital, Canada

Kenneth Offit,
MD
Chief, Clinical Genetics Service, Chair, Inherited Cancer Genomics, Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Medicine Dept, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Gloria Petersen,
PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Quantitative Health Sciences Dept, Mayo Clinic, USA

David Ransohoff,
MD
Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC, USA

Neil Risch,
PhD
Director, Human Genetics Inst, Univ. of California San Francisco, USA

Peter Sasieni,
PhD
Professor of Cancer Prevention, King's College London, UK

Alan Shuldiner,
MD
VP, Regeneron, Professor, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Neli Ulrich,
PhD, MS
Professor, Cancer Research & Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntsman Cancer Centre/Utah Health Univ., USA

Jeffrey N. Weitzel,
MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Natera, USA

Chris Amos,
PhD
Professor & Director, Clinical & Translational Research Inst, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Paolo Boffetta,
MD
Professor, Stony Brook Univ. Mount Sinai Medical Center, USA

David C. Christiani,
MD, MPH, MS
Professor of Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

Fergus J. Couch,
PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, USA

Vajira Dissanayake,
MBBS, PhD
Chair & Senior Professor of Anatomy, Anatomy Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo Univ., Sri Lanka

Cathy Eng,
MD
Professor of Oncology, Vanderbuilt-Ingram Cancer Center, USA

William D. Foulkes,
PhD, MBBS
James McGill Professor in the Depts of Medicine, Oncology & Human Genetics, McGill Univ., Canada

Geoffrey Ginsburg,
MD, PhD
Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, All of Us Research Program, National Inst. of Health, Medicine Dept, Duke Univ. School of Medicine, USA

Samir M. Hanash,
MD, PhD
Director, Red & Charline McCombs Inst., Evelyn & Sol Rubenstein Distinguished Chair, Cancer Prevention MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

David Hunter,
MD, PhD
Vincent L. Gregory Professor of Cancer Prevention, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

Bruce R. Korf,
MD, PhD
Crews Finley Endowed Chair in Medical Genetics, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Guo-Min Li,
PhD
Professor, Director of Translational Research, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Ranjit Manchanda,
MD, MRCOG, PhD
Professor of Gynaecological Oncology & Consultant (Honorary) Gynaecological Oncologist

Larry Norton,
MD
Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center; Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Olufunmilayo Olopade,
MD
Professor in Medicine (Oncology) and Human Genetics, Univ. Chicago, USA

Sharon E. Plon,
MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics, Pediatric Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Timothy Rebbeck,
PhD
Professor of Cancer Prevention & Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, USA
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Mark E. Robson,
MD
Professor, Chief, Breast Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Stephanie Schmit,
phD, MpH
Associate Staff and Vice Chair, Genomic Medicine Institute. Cleveland Clinic; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA

Vered Stearns,
MD, FASCO
Professor of Oncology, Director, Women’s Malignancies Disease Group, Breast Cancer Research Chair in Oncology. The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Under Armour Breast Health Innovation Center, USA

Liewei Wang,
MD, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, USA

Wei Zheng,
MD, PhD
Anne Potter Wilson Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Epidemiology
Director, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center
Associate Director for Population Sciences and Co-Leader of Cancer Epidemiology Program
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, USA
