GLOBAL IMPACT
Technical Fellowships
The Prevent Cancer Foundation® funds a series of fellowships focusing on rapid transfer of knowledge and technology in cancer prevention and early detection. This program was initiated through a partnership with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), an international non-profit organization.
UICC Technical Fellowships allow health care professionals from around the world to learn new techniques and skills in the early detection and treatment of cancer at top research and cancer institutes. The majority of awarded fellows come from low- and middle-income countries. The UICC fellowships are generously supported by the FitzGerald Family.
Ayah Firwana, M.D.
Palestinian Ministry of Health, Gaza
Title of Fellowship: Tobacco Dependence Treatment Fellowship Program
Host Institution: King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
We are saddened to share the news of the death of Dr. Ayah Firwana who was killed in Gaza in October 2023. She planned to train at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan as part of her efforts toward smoking cessation services and a tobacco-dependence treatment program in Gaza.
The Memorial Souad Kafafi University Hospital, Egypt
Title of Fellowship: King Hussein Cancer Center’s Tobacco Dependence Treatment (TDT) Fellowship Program
Host Institution: King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan
National Cancer Program, Ivory Coast
Title of Fellowship: Evaluation of the impact of campaigns and national health policies on the performance of the secondary prevention program for cervical cancer in Côte d’Ivoire from 2010 to 2023
Host Institution: Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India
Title of Fellowship: Validation of a novel risk stratification tool for oral cancer and designing a multicentric trial to prospectively evaluate the clinical efficacy of this tool in a real-world scenario
Host Institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
End Cervical Cancer Nigeria Initiative, Nigeria
Title of Fellowship: From data deficiency to data dominance: Empowering cancer screening in Nigeria with Canscreen5
Host Institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Cancer Research Institute of Iran, Iran
Title of Fellowship: Projection of potential preventable cancer incidence through opium use prevention in Iran by 2035
Host Institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
Zhianawa Cancer Center, Iraq
Title of Fellowship: Systematic mapping of pediatric cancers and outcome disparities in Iraq
Host Institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India
Title of Fellowship: Empowering lung cancer screening in primary care settings in India through learning development of point of care device via liquid biopsy
Host Institution: Columbia University, New York, United States
Center for Health Promotion and Research, Vietnam
Title of Fellowship: Waterpipe tobacco smoking and cancer risks, a prospective cohort study
Host Institution: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Pavilion, Pittsburgh, United States
Haske Dominican Hospital, Nigeria
Title of Fellowship: Transitioning from opportunistic to population-based integrated breast and cervical cancer screening in Haske Dominican Hospital Dabai, Zuri, Nigeria
Host Institution: Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, Yaoundé, Cameroon