
Sheeba Irshad
@sheebairshad
Tenured Clinician Scientist @ King’s College London. Consultant Medical Breast Cancer Oncologist @ Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust. Inspired by women leaders.
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06-01-2012 21:27:17
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It was an honor and pleasure to speak at the inaugural Cancer Prevention Conference. Kudos to National Cancer Institute American Cancer Society and Science and Innovation at Cancer Research UK for shining a spotlight on the importance of cancer prevention research! #PrevConf24 #AcademicTwitter

Countdown to the first patient summit of its kind, the Make 2nds Count secondary breast cancer conference starting tomorrow. Looking forward to learning lots from experts by experience and experts by profession including Carlo Palmieri Lesley Fallowfield #BreastCancer #patientvoice


We are all set to kick off UK’s first meeting specifically for women & men living with secondary breast cancer in Liverpool today.Real good vibe last night amongst attendees. Grateful to all who have made it happen Make 2nds Count Liverpool ECMC The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Lesley Stephen ABC Global Alliance



.Lesley Fallowfield session on 'Talking with friends & family' shows how important support networks are for those living with secondary breast cancer. Scan the QR code to watch @SussexSHORE_C useful film with tips on what to say or do. #SBCSummit2024


What a humbling experience at the 1st ever Secondary Breast Cancer Patients Summit and an opportunity to present. Lots of learning, engagement & enthusiasm from all the speakers and participants #SBCSummit2024 Make 2nds Count thank you for a stellar job of bringing this together.



Grateful to Sakena Washington and the team Gates Foundation for telling our story Yemaachi Biotech so beautifully. We still have a long way to go but we are determined to transform and diversify life science research. Join us! gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles…

This Friday 16 August 📆 tune in for the first edition of SAMBAI Speaks, an online event delivered by newly funded #CancerGrandChallenges team SAMBAI. SAMBAI (bit.ly/SAMBAI), led by Melissa B Davis, PhD of Morehouse School of Medicine, is tackling our cancer inequities challenge. Details below 👇


Stand Up To Cancer We look forward to this important #AACRDisp24 session on early detection and screening organized by Stand Up To Cancer. The AACR is proud to be the Scientific Partner of Stand Up To Cancer. #CancerResearchSavesLives® SU2Cscience

“From the time they were abducted from their ancestral homes the enslaved Africans were not given adequate medical treatment” -Dr Melissa Davis kicking off the 17th @aacr Health Disparities conference with her keynote address Melissa B Davis, PhD #aacrdisp24

Structural Racism: Unraveling the Complex Web from Society’s Structures to Biological Pathways— Mindy C. Hebert-DeRouen, Lauren Barber, and Cleo A. Ryals addressed this topic in an #AACRdisp24 plenary session chaired by Chanita Halbert and Lauren E. McCullough.


Last week, Cancer Grand Challenges SAMBAI had their kick-off meeting! Tackling the cancer inequities challenge, they are unravelling the factors that cause and influence disparate cancer outcomes in underserved populations of African descent. 👏 Melissa B Davis, PhD Morehouse School of Medicine 🔎cancergrandchallenges.org/sambai




Hope you enjoyed the #CRUKCoLDatathon! The judges are impressed with all of your work and you should be proud👍 Special thanks to judges Prof. Brenda Andrews Donnelly Centre Sheeba Irshad and organisers Nicholas McGranahan Piotr Pawlik Francesca Ciccarelli and HPC team for making it happen!


Great time recording episode 5 of SAMBAI speaks. Ricki Fairley Touch, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance ™️ Cancer Research UK National Cancer Institute


