Ethnicity and Breast Cancer Working Group
The Ethnicity and Breast Cancer Working Group (EBCWG) is convened and chaired by Dr Toral Gathani. The group is multidisciplinary and includes academics and clinicians with an interest in health inequality research and public contributors. Membership is voluntary, non-remunerated and by invitation.
The aim of the EBCWG is to enhance breast cancer care and outcomes for all women, particularly those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Using their common interests and expertise in breast cancer and/or health inequalities, EBCWG members seek to:
- focus their expertise on ethnicity and breast cancer research
- share ideas and develop collaborations to widen expertise within the group as it develops
- ensure the long-term sustainability of the group with respect to funding
- develop and encourage diversity in PPIE activities.
meetings
November 2024
This two-day meeting included talks on the correlation between self-reported ethnicity and ancestry, emerging research areas in cancer health disparities and the challenges of diversity research in the national breast screening programme.
June 2024
This was a one-day meeting held at Green Templeton College. Topics discussed included use of social marketing to improve screening uptake in underserved groups and a presentation on cancer and emotional resilience from a patient representative.
September 2023
The inaugural meeting of the EBCWG was held over two days in Oxford. All members of the group gave short presentations on their work including improving diversity in clinical trials, diagnostic delays in different ethnic groups, and addressing diversity in Patient and Public Involvement groups.
group members
Dr Amish Acharya |
Mrs Julliet Lwiindi |
Dr Tiantian Chen |
Dr Tanimola Martins |
Mrs Kudzai Chinjekure |
Dr Tanvi Rai |
Professor Ramsey Cutress |
Dr Fharat Raja |
Dr Shoba Dawson |
Professor Gillian Reeves |
Mrs Bep Dhaliwal |
Dr Nisha Sharma |
Dr David Dodwell |
Professor Sasha Shepperd |
Dr Marwa Elbasheer |
Dr Matt Silver Matt is an associate professor in genetic epidemiology with an interest in population genomics and epigenetics at the MRC Unit in The Gambia and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is a former Lead Genomic Data Scientist for the Diverse Data Initiative at Genomics England. |
Dr Toral Gathani
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Dr Siân Sweetland Siân is a senior statistical epidemiologist at the University of Oxford, working on various research projects within The Million Women Study. |
Dr Yasmin Jauhari |
Dr Yvonne Walburga Joko-Fru |
Mrs Sau Wan Kan |