Dr. Mutebi is a consultant breast surgical oncologist and assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She is also a clinical epidemiologist and health systems researcher with a research focus on understanding barriers to access for women with cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa.

She is the president of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), immediate past president for the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO), and on the Board of Directors of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).

She is also the co-founder of the Pan African Women's Association of Surgeons, which was developed to mentor and provide transformative leadership for women in surgery, and is part of the Kenya Association of Women Surgeons.

She is the co-chair of the National Cancer Taskforce in Kenya, chair of the Commonwealth Taskforce for the elimination of Cervical Cancer, and a commissioner with five Lancet commissions. She was the 2024 ASCO Humanitarian Award Recipient.

Prof. Lukoye Atwoli is a leading Psychiatrist practicing at the Aga Khan University Hospital. He is the Dean of AKU Medical College, East Africa, and Deputy Director of AKU's Brain and Mind Institute.

As a member of the World Mental Health Surveys Consortium, he is widely published, with research interests in trauma, PTSD, genetics of mental disorders, children and youth mental health, and HIV-related mental health.

Prof. Atwoli holds key leadership roles, including Vice-President of the World Psychiatric Association Section on Epidemiology and Public Health, Chairperson of the Board of Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya, and co-Chair of the Board on Global Health of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

As a mental health advocate, he has earned honors including International Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear, and is a member of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences.

Lucio Lara Santos (LLS), MD, PhD, is a Full Professor of Surgical Oncology at ICBAS-UP and Fernando Pessoa Universities. He serves as Head of the Experimental Pathology and Therapeutics Research Group, Head of the Surgical Oncology Department at IPO-Porto, and Dean of the School of Medicine at Fernando Pessoa University.

LLS holds MD degrees from both Agostinho Neto University, Angola, and Nova University, Lisbon, Portugal. He completed a fellowship in General Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, with specialized training at St. George Hospital, London and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

His work includes developing IPOscore, a web-based clinical decision support system, and leading prehabilitation programs for surgical oncology patients. He has supervised 28 master's students, 47 doctoral students, and fosters research capacity in Portugal and PALOP countries.

LLS is President of the Surgical Oncology Section of the Portuguese Oncology Society and editor-in-chief of Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia. His scientific production includes approximately 280 articles focusing on translational oncology and precision medicine.

Julie Torode is on the board of the Institute of Cancer Policy and a visiting researcher at Kings College London. Her research interests span global cancer prevention and control.

She entered the field of oncology through industry clinical trials across phases I-IV. During more than a decade at UICC, Julie advocated for the Global Action Plan on NCDs, palliative care and cancer resolutions, and the WHO Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer.

She is an advisor to WHO (Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative, Global Breast Cancer Initiative) and serves on the Executive Council of AORTIC, the board of Kilele Health Association, and as technical advisor to the African Cervical Health Alliance.

Hennie Botha is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital in South Africa.

He began his career in a rural hospital in Malawi and later specialized in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in South Africa, followed by training in Gynaecological Oncology in the United Kingdom.

His research focuses on cervical cancer prevention and treatment, including among people living with HIV. Hennie has served on the Council of the International Gynaecological Cancer Society and is the International Vice-Chair of the HPV Working Group of the AIDS Malignancy Consortium.

Professor Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa is the Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan.

His academic and professional expertise spans surgery, urology, molecular biology, and health systems development. His research interests focus on urologic oncology, with numerous publications in this field.

Professor Olapade-Olaopa is the 11th Provost of the College of Medicine at UI and a former President of the Association of Medical Schools in Africa. He has served as an advisor on health-professionals education to several countries and organizations.

Dr. Abdulaziz Mohammed is the Head of the Division of Disease Control and Prevention at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He is a medical doctor and a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians. Dr. Mohammed was among the founding senior epidemiologists who contributed to the operationalization of Africa CDC in 2016.

He previously served as the Principal Medical Epidemiologist, coordinating Africa CDC's first regional initiative to strengthen public health. He currently coordinates the Country Engagement Workstream of the Africa CDC SLL Program.