Global Women Leaders Advancing Cancer Care

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There is something quietly telling about where Serena Wee’s story begins: not in a lecture hall, not in a boardroom, but in the corridors of Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Orchard, Singapore, where a schoolgirl would arrive each afternoon and simply wait.

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Karen Knudsen

Dr. Karen Knudsen: Building the Machinery That Turns Cancer Science Into Cures

Dr. Karen Knudsen keeps a number in her head that would rattle most executives: seventeen. That is how many biotech ...
Debra Patt

Dr. Debra Patt: The Oncologist Who Turned Data Into a Weapon Against Cancer

Dr. Debra Patt is board certified twice over, once in medical oncology and once in clinical informatics, and she has ...
Christine M. Lovly

Dr. Christine M. Lovly: The Lung Cancer Scientist Who Followed the Biology West

Dr. Christine M. Lovly made a move in January 2026 that surprised no one who had followed her career closely, ...
Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell

Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell: From the Director’s Office at NCI to the Helm of a Cancer Center

Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell spent a little over a year leading the most influential cancer research institution in the United ...