Annwen Jones OBE
Co-founder & Past Chair, World Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Former CEO, Target Ovarian Cancer (UK)
Now is the time to address the global ovarian cancer challenge by using evidence and taking action.
The World Ovarian Cancer Coalition has established the Global Expert Advisory Group on Ovarian Cancer bringing together patient advocates, leading clinicians and policy makers from around the world to move this initiative forward. The Group has identified three key areas of focus:
Building community and policymaker awareness
Optimising routes to diagnosis
Driving access to services and treatment for hereditary ovarian cancer
Alongside its broader agenda on awareness, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement, the Global Expert Advisory Group plays a central role in Project PROTECT, the Coalition’s flagship initiative. It validates key deliverables, reviews modelling assumptions, and ensures mortality-reduction targets are feasible, equitable, and aligned with global health priorities. The Group champions evidence-based intervention pillars and embeds equity, gender, and lived experience across all outputs—while acting as ambassadors to drive policy uptake and country-level impact. Additional information about Project PROTECT will be available soon.
The Co-Chairs
Members
Dr. Carlos Andrade
Gynaecologic oncologist, Barretos Cancer Hospítal (Brazil)
Dr. Garth Funston
Lecturer, Wolfson Institute of Population Health (UK)
Nimkee Gupta
Patient Advocate (India & Luxembourg)
Jennifer Hollington
Retired assistant deputy minister in the Government of Canada, Patient advocate (Canada)
Dilyara Kaidarova, MD, PhD, Prof.
First Vice-Rector, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (Kazakhstan)
Bar Levy
CEO, HaBait Shel Bar- Israel’s Women’s Cancer Association, Patient Advocate (Israel)
Prof. Ranjit Manchanda
Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health (UK)
Prof. Ursula Matulonis
Prof. Ursula Matulonis, Chief, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
Dr. Asima Mukhopadhyay
Founder and Director, KolGOTrg, Gynaecological Oncologist/Surgeon, James Cook University Hospital and Newcastle University (India & UK)
Dr. Aisha Mustapha
Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria)
Asst. Prof. Florencia Noll
Head of Unit, Sanatario Allende Cerro (Argentina)
Prof. Amit Oza
Head, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (Canada)
Sarah Powell
CEO, Inherited Cancers Australia (Australia)
Prof. Basel Refky
Oncology Center, Mansoura University (Egypt)
Dr. Ritu Salani
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA (US)
Sbba Siddique
Patient advocate (UK)
Eva-Maria Strömsholm
Co-founder and vice-chair at Gynecological Cancerpatients in Finland, Nurse, Patient advocate, Speaker (Finland)
Prof. Sudha Sundar
Gynaecological oncology, University of Birmingham (UK)
Carolyn Taylor
Founder & Executive Director, Global Focus on Cancer (US)
Dr. Julie Torode
Director Strategic Partnerships, Patient and Community Engagement, Institute of Cancer Policy, Kings College of London, and Board Member, World Ovarian Cancer Coalition (Switzerland and UK)
Coalition Representatives
Background
The Socioeconomic Burden of Ovarian Cancer in 11 Countries Presentation – Mikis Euripides
The Every Woman Studies Presentation – Frances Reid
Socioeconomic Burden of Ovarian Cancer in 11 Countries
Every Woman Study™ LMIC edition
For more information, please email mikis@worldovariancancercoalition.org.