Organizing Committee

2019

Organizing Committee

Chairperson: Rabih Talhouk, PhD; IBCN Member, Professor of Cell Biology at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Nahla Hwalla, PhD; IBCN Member - International Advisory Board of IBCN, Professor of Human Nutrition at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Michelle Forman, PhD; IBCN Member - Chair of Nutrition, Purdue University, USA

Rihab Nasr, PhD; IBCN Member - Associate Professor at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Shadi Saleh, PhD; Director of Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Victoria Seewaldt, MD; IBCN Member, Director; City of Hope, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

Ali Taher, MD; Director of the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute, at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Arafat Tfayli, MD; IBCN Member - Professor of Clinical Medicine at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon 

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Michelle Liratni (Administrative Assistant, Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, USA); Ethan Kingery (Conference Coordinator, Purdue Conferences, USA); Nadine Zablith, PhD candidate, MSc, LD Program Coordinator

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Sarah Anderson (Designer/Writer), Phillip Fiorini (Senior Communications/Marketing Specialist), Tim Newton (Director External Relations and Communication), Angela Roberts (Graphic Designer/Writer), John Fry (Web page manager)

Scientific Committee

Victoria Seewaldt, Professor and Chair of Population Sciences, City of Hope, USA

Graciela Sabini, MD, National Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health, Montevideo, Uruguay

Sophie Lelièvre, Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, Associate Director, Collaborative Science, NCI-designated Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, USA

Nora Artagaveytia, MD, PhD, Department of Basic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay

Rabih Talhouk, Professor of Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Rihab Nasr, Associate Professor of Anatomy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Farah Naja, Associate Professor of Nutrition, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Joan Lappe, Professor of Nursing and Medicine, Creighton University, USA

Nathalie Zgheib, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Pierre-F Cartron, PhD, Institut de Cancérologie de l’ouest, France  

Lie-Fen Shyur, Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Beatrice Wiafe, Breast Surgeon and CEO, Peace and Love Hospitals and Breast Care International, Ghana

Mary Beth Terry, Professor, Epidemiology (In Environmental Health Sciences) Columbia University, USA

Chongli Yuan, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, USA

Evan Perrault, Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication Purdue University, USA

Ellen Gruenbaum, Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University, USA

Mariam AbdulMalik, Director of the Primary Health Corporation, Qatar