#IDIBELLseminars: Implementation Science for Global Cancer Control

Over 70% of global cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A key challenge to reducing the global burden of cancer, particularly in low resource settings, is the limited implementation of cancer prevention and control strategies that are known to work. Over the past ten years, the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Global Health (CGH) has advanced a portfolio of global cancer research and training programs focused primarily on cancer control in global settings, using implementation science to develop and evaluate strategies for successful implementation of evidence-based interventions across diverse contexts. Research projects have focused on interventions around HPV and cervical cancer, reducing tobacco and alcohol use, and ways to integrate cancer control into existing healthcare settings. This talk will provide an overview of ongoing research and training programs and opportunities for future research and collaboration in global oncology.

Hosted by Cristina Martinez – Tobacco control research group

Mark Parascandola, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Director of the Research and Training Branch in the Center for Global Health at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He received his Doctorate in Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University and his Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. He has authored over 75 published articles on global cancer prevention, implementation science, tobacco control, and epidemiologic research methodology. He served as an editor for the NCI/WHO report The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control (2016), the NCI/CDC report Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective (2014), and the two-volume encyclopedia Tobacco: Its History and Culture (2005). Dr. Parascandola has served as an Embassy Science Fellow and expert advisor on tobacco control, air pollution and health at the U.S. Embassies in Beijing, China, and Warsaw, Poland.