Jesme Fox MBChB, MBA
Medical Director, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Speaker's biography
Dr Jesme Fox is Medical Director of Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation – a national lung cancer charity in the UK. She joined the Foundation in November 1998, having previously spent 7 years in Medical Oncology at the Beatson Cancer Centre in Glasgow. She initially established the Foundation’s work in lung cancer patient information, support and advocacy. She regularly provides comment to a variety of media outlets. She has written many articles, raising public awareness of this disease, focusing on lung cancer patient issues and access to best practice treatment and care. She has current responsibility for the Foundation’s Lung Cancer Research funding portfolio and for Policy work. Much of her time is dedicated to reflecting the views of lung cancer patients on key committees and at key meetings, both in the UK and abroad. At an international level, she is the secretary of the Global Lung Cancer Coalition of advocacy organisations.