Hosted by Cancer Reseach UK Cambridge Centre
Research has demonstrated that Black people have a higher cancer burden and face greater obstacles to cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survival. Further to this, the representation and visibility of Black researchers in the cancer field has always been particularly low. In this seminar, Sigourney Bonner will talk to us about her experiences that led her to co-found the Black in Cancer organisation and the work that they are doing in order to address both of these issues.
Speaker biography:
Sigourney Bonner is a final year PhD student at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute at the University of Cambridge. Her research aims to develop novel therapeutics for a rare paediatric brain tumour called supratentorial ependymoma, with the long-term goal of finding a new treatment that will improve the poor prognosis for children who currently have very limited treatment options. Alongside her PhD, Sigourney is a co-founder of Black in Cancer, an organisation that aims to empower and encourage future Black cancer leaders, and reduce the disparities in risk factors, cancer diagnosis and treatments faced by the Black community, through a monthly seminar series.
For more information, please visit the Black in Cancer website: www.blackincancer.com