Global Health Catalyst Summit
Speakers
Outstanding speakers at all levels all interested in collaborations

2025 GHC Summit at Harvard/MIT
Win-win Collaborations for global health and development
Cancer is a growing global health crises and remains a leading cause of death in the United States, affecting 1 out of 3 Americans in their lifetime.. Historically, many USA presidents have taken significant bipartisan actions to combat cancer. Among notable examples, in 1971, Nixon signed the National Cancer Act, which is often referred to as the "War on Cancer." President Ronald Reagan's personal battle with colon cancer underscored the need for public awareness and regular screenings. In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act, which provided funding for early detection and treatment of breast and cervical cancer for low-income women. President George W Bush launched the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Genome Atlas project in 2005, crucial in understanding the genetic basis of cancer and developing targeted therapies. In 2016, President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act, which included funding for the Cancer Moonshot initiative led by then-Vice President Joe Biden.. When he became President Joe Biden, he reignited the Cancer Moonshot in 2022, with ambitious, achievable goals: to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years, and improve the experience of people and families living with and surviving cancer. In July 2024, President Donald Trump declared, “We will unleash the power of American innovation, and as we do, we will soon be on the verge of finding the cures to cancer.." These actions reflect a united/common commitment, which is at the core of the GHC summits focus on collaboration. The 2025 GHC summit at Harvard/MIT will continue to focus on win-win collaborations while celebrating 10 years of GHC summits catalyzing high impact collaborations for global health and development.. Planned speakers will continue to include Presidents, First Ladies, Members of Congress, Ministers and other government leaders, Professional Society Leaders, Leaders from Industry, Foundations, the Diaspora, students and trainees, celebrity and cancer advocates, and other stakeholders from the USA and around the world interested in global health and development. Register here to come present, learn, network, or, COLLABORATE . All are welcome!
GHC summit Chairs/Speakers
Some of the Chairs/Speakers of the GHC summits include the following: (subject to change/updates)
Register to participate in what promises to be the best GHC Summit yet at Harvard/MIT
- Sat, Jun 07Hybrid Event at Harvard/MIT and online
Some Past GHC Summit Chairs/Speakers
Join us to learn, network, and collaborate for global Health and development
Multidisciplinary/Bipartisan/Diverse Voices at the GHC summits all united against cancer
From Presidents, to Nobel Laureates, to Leaders in Congress, to global cancer leaders to students, to everyday people, overyone is needed to collaborate in advancing global health and development.
Below are a sample of these people:




















Ambassadors, USA government expert, and Chairs of Lancet Oncology Commission for sub-Saharan Africa meet the press during the 2022 Global Health Catalyst summit at Johns Hopkins
Some previous distinguished Global Health Catalyst Award Winners
SInce 2015

Ed Benz
President of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute @ Harvard Medical School

Karen Bass
Chair of the USA Government House sub-committee for Global Health

Felica Knaul
Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative

H.E. Jeannette Kagame
First Lady of Rwanda

Funmi Olapade
Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago

Twalib Ngoma
Professor and Founding Director of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute

Harold Varmus
Nobel Laureate, Former Director of NIH and NCI

Kwanele Asante
Lawyer, Chairperson, Ministerial Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention and Control, South Africa

David Kerr
Professor of Cancer Medicine, Oxford University

Ahmed Elzawawy
Professor and President of ICEDOC Experts, Chair of the win-win initiative

Eduardo Cazap
Founder and first President of the Latin American & Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology (SLACOM). Former President of UICC

Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Hall of Famer. Founder and President of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation

Sulma Mohammed
Professor Purdue University

Rose Anorlu
President of African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer

Anthony Zietman
Editor-in-chief Red Jorunal, Professor Harvard Medical School

Dow Wilson
CEO Varian Medical Systems

Beatrice Addai
President of Breast Cancer International

H.E Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu
Philanthropist, and the First lady of Ondo State in Nigeria

H.E Dorothy Nyong'o
Kisumu County First Lady, Kenya

Nicholas Abinya
Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Calvin Johnson
NFL Hall of Famer

Prof Rose Anorlu
President of AORTIC

Prof Otis Brawley
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins

Barbara Goodman
President of Cures Within Reach