IGCCIP 2026
Medical Travel for Cancer Care: Navigating Access, Quality, and Equity
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International Conference on Cancer in Geographically Isolated Populations
ICCGIP brings together global experts to examine how geography, mobility, and systemic barriers shape cancer care in Small Island Developing States and other underserved regions. Through keynotes, research presentations, and cross‑sector dialogue, the conference spotlights the realities of patients who must travel—or cannot travel—for lifesaving oncology services. It’s a focused, action‑driven gathering committed to advancing fair, high‑quality cancer care for populations too often overlooked.
- Zoom Webinar
- Livestream
20
March, 2026
- 9:00am - 2:00pm
Message From The Conference Chair
Welcome to the Inaugural International Conference on Cancer in Geographically Isolated Populations (ICCGIP), the first global forum dedicated specifically to cancer care in settings where distance, limited resources, and medical travel profoundly shape outcomes. Across small islands, remote regions, and underserved territories, geography continues to determine who can access timely, quality cancer care. Yet the researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and advocates working in across these contexts have too often labored in silos. This conference is a deliberate step toward changing that. We aim to federate a global community of practitioners and scholars committed to advancing rigorous research and generating actionable solutions. By connecting our expertise and experiences, we hope to create new opportunities to elevate this work and drive meaningful progress toward health equity.
Agenda
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our event
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Opening Ceremony & Welcome Remarks
Formal protocol with local representatives and conference organizing committee broadcasted from the WINDREF conference room, St. George’s University, Grenada
Speakers
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Keynote Address
Improving the Caribbean SIDS Access to Cancer Prevention and Control – Implications for Care Seeking
Speaker
BREAK
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Feature Presentation
Surgical technology and adaptation in SIDS
Speaker
10:55 AM - 11:15 AM
Feature Presentation
Therapeutic Mobilities and Cancer in Vanuatu, Oceania
Speaker
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM
N°1 Top ranked abstract
Evaluating the Utility of a Commercial Polygenic Risk Score for Prostate Cancer in a Caribbean Population
Speaker
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
N°2 Top ranked abstract
Epidemiological Profile of Cancer in the Pijao Indigenous Population in Colombia: A 20-Year Analysis
Speaker
BREAK
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 1:40 PM
Rapid-fire presentations and Q&A
- The influence of geographic isolation and deprivation on lung cancer care experiences in coastal, rural, and urban areas: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Speaker
- Mapping stakeholders for cancer research implementation in Eastern Caribbean: a descriptive study to inform the CaSIDEC study.
Speaker
- Reducing the global cancer burden through workforce strengthening.
Speaker
- Caring When It Matters Most: Empowering Healthcare Teams to Deliver Palliative and Cancer Care in Resource‑Limited Settings.
Speaker
- Comorbidities and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer in the French West Indies.
Speaker
- The Course of Cancer Awareness, Action, Research and Care in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Speaker
- Mindfulness, stress, and tumour progression in T2–T3 melanoma: a narrative review.
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1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
Closing Remarks
Speaker
- Dr. Trevor Noël - Assistant Provost, Research and Scholarly Activity, St. George’s University, Grenada
Speakers
Introducing the expert speakers
joining our event
Dr. Arlette Herry
Vice President for Multicultural Affairs, Interim Dean of the School of Arts & Science...
Mahmoud Achira
Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health, University of Lincoln United Kingdom
Dr. Alison Sanneh
Global Health Leader. The Christie Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
Dr. Steve Whittaker
Consultant at Science Technology Research and Work Study
Boris Atabe
McGill University, Canada
Stephen Benyi Johnson
McGill University, Canada
Dr. Tina Nguyen
St.George’s University, Grenada
Dr. Angela Zambrano MD
Oncologist at Fundación Valle Del Lili, Cali, Colombia
Devy Frederick
Biochemist at CariGenetics, Bermuda
Dr. Alice Servy, PhD
Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at University of Strasbourg, France
Dr. Jonathon Noël, MBBS (UWI) FRCS (UROL)
Consultant Urological Surgeon at Guys and St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Dr. Stephen King MBBS, FRCP (Canada), OBE, SLC
Pathologist Consultant at Laboratory Service and Consultations Limited, Saint Lucia
Dr. Aviane Auguste
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, McGill University & VALIRI Conference Chair
Scientific Committee
The experts behind
the conference
Dr. Aviane Aguste
Assistant Professor
- McGill University
- Canada
Dr. Celine Heskey
Associate Professor
- Loma Linda University
- United States
Dr. Carlene Radix
Assistant Dean Community Medicine and Global Health
- Ross University School of Medicine
- Barbados
Dr. Lindonne Telesford
Associate Professor
- St.George's University
- Grenada
Dr. Janielle Maynard
Assistant Professor
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- United States
Dr. Adrián Puello Guerrero
Médico-epidemiólogo
- Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
- Dominican Republic
Dr. Steve Whittaker
Global health scholar
- STRAWS
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
Dr. Carol Naidu
Post-doc researcher
- University of Sydney
- Australia
Mrs. Etivina Lovo
Research fellow & Ethicisit
- Fiji National University
- Fiji
Dr. Mabel Carabali
Assistant Professor
- McGill University
- Canada
Dr. Christine Barul
Chargé de recherche
- Inserm
- Guadeloupe
Dr. Clement Tetteh Narh
Senior Lecturer
- University of Health and Allied Sciences
- Ghana