IARC scientist receives Rosalind E. Franklin Award

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is pleased to announce that Dr Silvia Franceschi, Special Advisor on Noncommunicable Diseases and Head of the Infections and Cancer Epidemiology Group in the IARC Section of Infections, is the 2017 recipient of the Rosalind E. Franklin Award, presented today by the United States National Cancer Institute. The prize honours the commitment of women in cancer research and is given in tribute to Dr Franklin, who played a critical role in the discovery of the DNA double helix. On the occasion of the award, Dr Franceschi is presenting a lecture on « Global burden of cancer attributable to infections (with focus on HPV) ».

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