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International 06 - Building Radiation Capacity in Africa through Collaborations in Research and Training - Voices from ASTRO and AORTIC Members

Research and Training Capacity Building Grants for LMIC - D43 and Its Impact

Monday, September 30, 2024
5:02 PM – 5:14 PM ET
Location: Room 204

    Speaker(s)

  • Kosj Yamoah, MD, PhD

    H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
    Tampa , Florida, United States

Learning Objectives:

  1. Through case examples of LMIC-HIC collaborations, gain understanding on the design features that is essential for efficacy toward improving quality radiation therapy access in LMICs.
  2. Through interactive discussion between the expert panel and the audience, build our collective understanding on the role international organizations such as ASTRO and AORTIC can play to catalyze quality radiation therapy access in LMICs.
  3. Gain insight into how individual radiation medicine professionals can play an active role to narrowing the global radiation oncology access gap.