Focus on Surbhi Grover

Dr. Surbhi Grover’s efforts in Gaborone, Botswana are highlighted in the June 2018 Enlight Highlights newsletter. Dr. Grover, an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at University of Pennsylvania (US) and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of Botswana, has focused her work on public health endeavors and cost-effective clinical initiatives to improve access to cancer care and outcomes of care in developing countries. The article outlines her activities related to four main pillars: clinical care at PMH (largest tertiary public hospital with the largest public department in the country) for 50% of my time; research in the framework of a collaboration of UPENN department of radiation oncology with University of Botswana; education through U54 ( a mentoring core collaborative grant between UPenn and UB grant aimed to develop research capacity in HIV and cervical cancer among junior faculty at UB); technical Assistance to Ministry of Health (MOH) to develop cancer guidelines for top 10 cancers in Botswana. Read the article…