Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan to Headline Grand Opening Session at ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting

President of the Union for International Cancer Control to address global fight against cancer

Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)—one of the world’s most powerful female voices in the global fight against cancer and non-communicable diseases—will headline the Grand Opening General Session on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting in Phoenix.

The mother of a cancer survivor, HRH Princess Dina has been a trailblazing force behind the King Hussein Cancer Foundation in Jordan, serving as Director General for fifteen years and transforming the non-profit into an internationally-known leader in the global movement for people affected by cancer. She is also a leading figure advocating for early detection and screening of breast cancer for women in Jordan, and served as the Honorary Chairperson of the Jordan Breast Cancer Program (JBCP) from 2006-2016. To date, JBCP remains the most successful national early detection and screening program saving the lives of thousands of women.

“We are honored to welcome Her Royal Highness Princess Dina at ASCP’s 2019 Annual Meeting,” said ASCP President Melissa P. Upton, MD, FASCP. “She has been both a change agent in addressing the challenges of cancer, and an inspiration in empowering female leaders and patients to improve cancer care in low- and middle-income countries.”

UICC is the largest and oldest cancer-fighting organization in the world, which works to unite and support the cancer community to help reduce the global cancer burden, promote greater equity and ensure that cancer control remains a priority in the world and health development agenda. Through its collaboration with UICC, ASCP has been working to enhance global health by exploring, identifying and implementing innovative methods that improve laboratory practices that, ultimately, strengthen the delivery of patient care.

HRH Princess Dina has served in many high-profile international positions. In 2011, she was honored to have been chosen to deliver the keynote speech on behalf of civil society at the first ever United Nations High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Then, in 2018, she was chosen again to speak at the third High-level Meeting on NCDs as “Eminent Champion of the fight against Non-communicable diseases” on the prevention and control of NCDs. The meetings focused attention of world leaders on critical concerns about NCDs – including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory illnesses – which are responsible for more global deaths than all other causes combined.  Leaders of non-governmental organizations, civil societies, academia, and the private sector attended the hearing to develop a focused strategy for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.

As a fierce advocate in the fight against tobacco, she is Honorary Chair of the Tobacco Free Portfolios steering committee and Honorary President of the Harvard University Global Task Force for Expanded Access to Cancer Control and Care in the Developing World.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Warwick University and a Master’s degree in International Banking and Financial Services from Reading University, both in the United Kingdom. She lives in Amman, Jordan with her husband HRH Prince Mired Bin Raad and their three children.

To learn more about the ASCP 2019 Annual Meeting and to register, visit www.ascp.org/2019.