International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization

Isabelle Soerjomataram is deputy head of the Cancer Surveillance Branch and a medical epidemiologist with a special interest in causes, and prevention of cancer. She took a position at IARC in 2011 where she is currently assessing international variation of the cancer burden and survival using mainly population-based datasets and how policy can mitigate the rising burden of cancer and rising gap of cancer burden between sub-populations. She leads national, regional, and global data collection and estimation of attributable fraction for cancers related various risk factors. Finally, she coordinates the IARC Initiative of Resilience in Cancer Control assessing the impact of crises on cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and outcome. Using cancer survival data, she leads global assessment of health system effectiveness. She also co-chairs the Lancet Commission on Women and Cancer, and also leads working groups in the Lancet Oncology Commission for Cancers in the Common Wealth and Ovarian Cancers.