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SUMMARY:MCRC 20th Anniversary Seminar - ‘Cancer in a time of conflict: fr
 om political economy to systems engineering’
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DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Professor Richard Sullivan\nVenue: Oglesby C
 ancer Research Building lecture theatre\nDate: Monday 22nd June 2026\, 1
 5:00-16:30 (BST)\n\n\nHow do you deliver life-saving cancer care when th
 e systems around it are collapsing? \n\nJoin us for an in-person keynote
 \, ‘Cancer in a time of conflict: from political economy to systems engi
 neering’\, with Professor Richard Sullivan (King’s College London)\, exp
 loring how geopolitical instability is reshaping oncology and why the in
 tersection of cancer\, health systems and national security matters more
  than ever. \n\n\nProfessor Sullivan will share insights into:\n\n•	How 
 to build resilient cancer care pathways in fragile and conflict-affected
  settings\n\n•	What the securitisation of health means for cancer care (
 including CBRN threats and health intelligence)\n\n•	How policy and poli
 tical economy (e.g.\, medicines and surgery) shape patient outcomes duri
 ng war\n\n\n[https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986439090794?aff=oddtdtcrea
 tor Register to attend]\n\n\n\nAbout The Keynote Speaker\n\nProfessor Ri
 chard Sullivan is the Director of the Institute of Cancer Policy and Co-
 Director of the Centre of Conflict & Health Security at King’s College L
 ondon.\n\nA former Clinical Director of Cancer Research UK\, Professor S
 ullivan now leads the World Bank Group’s cancer strategy and serves as a
 n NCD advisor to the WHO. His career spans from pioneering laboratory dr
 ug discovery (targeting the EGFR receptor) to leading major health-stren
 gthening programs across the Middle East. He remains at the forefront of
  research into high-threat infectious diseases and the development of mo
 dern health intelligence.\n\n\n\nWho should attend?\n\nThis event is ess
 ential for researchers\, clinicians\, policy-makers\, and students inter
 ested in global health\, international relations\, and the future of res
 ilient medical systems.\n
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LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Oglesby Cancer Research Building \, 555 Wilmsl
 ow Road\, \, \, Manchester \, M20 4GJ
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