HARP Project

Prof. You-Lin Qiao, MD, PhD (HARP's International Scientific Advisory Group (ISAG) member) has kindly shared this fantastic piece of news with the HARP Consortium.

Prof. Qiao, who is the Director at Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CICAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (Beijing, P.R. China), is the recipient of the 2011 WHO's IARC (international Agency for Research on Cancer) Medal of Honor (pictured). This prestigious award (see list of previous winners below), has been awarded to Prof. Qiao last year in honour of his "outstanding contributions to cervical cancer prevention, most particularly in China." He is also widely praised for his work in service of preventing the scourge of cervical cancer worldwide which is "truly expansive and inspiring!"

Whilst receiving the award from Dr Christopher Wild (Director of IARC) on the IARC Day 2011 on 11 May 2011, he also delivered the 19th Roger Sohier Lecture at the IARC headquarters in Lyon, France. The IARC Day last year was dedicated to "Cancer Screening" in order to highlight "the need to focus on access to prevention strategies for the poorest population in the world."

IARC, for over 40 years, dedicated itself to the study of cancer prevention, particularly in low and middle-income countries. For more information on what they do, please visit: www.iarc.fr