Allison Dvaladze 2014 World Cancer Congress

Allison Dvaladze

Allison Dvaladze is Director of Global Outreach, Education and Advocacy for Breast Medical Oncology at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. She manages the Women's Empowerment Cancer Advocacy Network (WE CAN) which aims to strengthen the women’s cancer advocacy movement and ensure progress toward reducing breast and cervical cancer-related mortality and morbidity in low resource settings through supporting regional networks that foster cancer awareness, capacity building, knowledge transfer and sharing of best practices in advocacy to dispel damaging myths about cancer and influence social norm change and public policy. Her research interests include barriers to detection and treatment of breast and cervical cancer in low-resource settings.