Scientific Organizing Committee
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Assistant Professor of Oncology, KU Leuven, Head of the Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research
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Professor of Experimental & Preclinical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht
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Department Head of Pathology and Pole Coordinator of Pathology-Genomics and Immunology, Institut Curie
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Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium
![Steffi Oesterreich, PhD](http://ilcsymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Steffi-Oesterreich.jpg)
Professor, Univ of Pittsburgh, Co-Director, Womens Cancer Resarch Center, Co-Leader Cancer Biology Program, UPMC HCC and MWRI
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Associate Professor of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, Principal Investigator of the Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program
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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Rena Rowan Breast Center at Abramson Cancer Center
Local Organizing Committee
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Assistant Professor of Oncology, KU Leuven, Head of the Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research
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Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Precision Medicine, University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Laughing Mantis Studio
GlobMob (Patient Advocate) Organizing Committee
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Co-chair
Independent ILC advocate (also: Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund BCCRF)
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Co-chair
Lobular Breast Cancer UK (LBCUK) & European Lobular Breast Cancer Advocates
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Lobular Ireland
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Independent advocate
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Breast Cancer Research Advocacy Network (bcRAN)
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Guiding Researchers & Advocates to Scientific Partnerships (GRASP)
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Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Inc.
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European Lobular Breast Cancer Advocates
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Independent advocate (also: BCRF research campaign)
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Independent ILC advocate (also: Metastatic Lobular Advocate, ILC Symposium FB page, LBCA Lead Research Advocate)
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European Lobular Breast Cancer Advocates
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Independent ILC advocate (also: Cleveland Clinic Lobular Fund, and LBCA Research Advocate)
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center,
Seattle, WA, USA;
Independent ILC advocate (Two ILC Science & Support FB groups/ILC Symp FB group w/Julia Katherine)
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Guiding Researchers & Advocates to Scientific Partnerships (GRASP)
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Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN) Lobular Breast Cancer Ambassador
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Independent Advocate, ILC and Founder, Dynami Foundation – (LBCA)
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European Lobular Breast Cancer Consortium (ELBCC)
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Individual MBCl advocate, MBC Alliance-BECOME project, LBBC
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Independent advocate