Professor Tatiana Vidaurre Rojas holds a Master’s degree in Public Health and is a medical oncologist at the Peru’s National Cancer Institute (INEN), where she has played a key role in the fight against cancer in Peru and Latin America. As institutional head of INEN between 2012 and 2016, she designed and implemented the “Plan Esperanza”, a pioneering plan of cancer prevention and control in Peru, which that has served as a benchmark for other developing countries. She also founded the “Club de la Mama”, Peru’s leading association supporting patients and their families in their fight against womens’ cancers. She is currently President of the Peruvian Cancer Society, and as such, in 2021, she initiated the anti-cancer law enacted by the Peruvian Congress.
Professor Tatiana Vidaurre Rojas is the author of over 50 research articles in leading international journals. She leads several cancer research programs, notably concerning breast cancer in women from native Andean communities.