Organizing Committee

2017

Co-Chair: Graciela Sabini, MD, National Cancer Control Program-Ministry of Public Health

Co-Chair: Martine Bellanger, PhD, Professor of Health Economics
Head of the MPH Programs and Deputy Director of the Center for Public Health Policy Analsysis (CAPPS), EHESP- French School of Public Health

Co-Chair: Sophie A. Lelièvre, DVM, LLM (public health), PhD, Professor of Basic Medical Sciences
Associate Director, Collaborative Science, NCI-designated Purdue Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, USA

Co-Chair: Connie Weaver, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition
Deputy Director, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute-CTSI, Purdue University, USA

Li Yuan Bermel, PhD, Managing Director 
Women’s Global Health Institute, Purdue University, USA

Michele R. Forman, PhD, Professor and Head
Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University, USA

Ellen Gruenbaum, PhD, Professor of Anthropology
Department Head, Anthopology, Purdue University, USA

Perry Kirkham, PhD, Coordinator of NIH Research Development
Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Purdue University, USA

Sandra Liu, PhD, Professor, Department of Consumer Science
Director, Center for Global Urban Sustainability, Purdue University, USA

Evan Perrault, PhD, Assistant Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication
Purdue University, USA

Elizabeth Rowe, PhD, Proposal Coordinator
Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Purdue University, USA

Dorothy Teegarden, Professor of Foods and Nutrition
Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Branch, Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University, USA

Candiss Vibbert, PhD, Associate Provost for Special Initiatives
Office of the Provost, Purdue University, USA

Strategic planning

Sandra Liu (Professor, Department of Consumer Sciences, Purdue University, USA); Perry Kirkham (Project Coordinator, Office of the Vice President for Research, Purdue University, USA); Li Yuan (Luanne) Bermel (Managing Director, Women's Global Health Institute & Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue University, USA)

Logistics

Michelle Liratni (Administrative Assistant, Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, USA): Maria José Silva (Administrative assistant, Professional Technical Training Area, Honorary Commission of Fight Against Cancer, Uruguay), Maria Fernanda Bermudez (Administrative assistant, National Cancer Control Program, General Direction for Health, Ministry of Public Health, Uruguay)

Scientific Committee

Connie Weaver, (Distinguished Professor of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, USA); Ellen Gruenbaum (Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University, USA); Sandra Liu (Professor of Consumer Science and Director of the Center for Global Urban Sustainability, Purdue University, USA), Farah Naja (Professor of Nutrition, American University of Beirut, Lebanon), Graciela Sabini (MD, National Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health, Uruguay), Rabih Talhouk (Professor of Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon), Beatrice Wiafe (Breast Surgeon and CEO, Peace and Love Hospitals and Breast Care International, Ghana); Rihab Nasr (Associate Professor of Anatomy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon); Victoria Seewaldt (Professor and Chair of Population Sciences, City of Hope, USA); Joan M. Lappe (Professor of Nursing and Medicine, Creighton University, USA); Philippe Kadhel (University Teaching Hospital, Pointe-A-Pitre at Guadeloupe, France); Nahla Hwalla (Dean of Agricultural & Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

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