Dr. Nazik Hammad is professor of medical oncology, at Saint Michael Hospital, Department of Medicine, and University of Toronto.  Her academic work and research interests include medical education and workforce development in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and competency based medical education in Canada. Other research and academic interests include value-based cancer care, global and local inequities and disparities in cancer, global health and global oncology, cancer in conflict zones, and women as health care professionals. Together with colleagues in Africa, she led the first Choosing Wisely Africa initiative. She is a co-author in the Lancet Oncology commission for Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa and is a commissioner in the Lancet Commission on Women, Power and Cancer. She is co-chair of the Black Physicians’ Association of Ontario (BPAO) Network for Advancing Medical Black Learners (N-ABL) and is University of Toronto Department of Medicine Faculty Lead for Toronto Addis Ababa Unviersity Collaboration (TAAAC). She is the chair of the African Organization for Research and Cancer Significant Interest Group in Cancer Conflict Zones and other Humanitarian settings.