New Staffers

Elisabeth Dupont

joined INCTR in June as administrative assistant. Dupont, who was born in France, trained as an interpreter and speaks English and Italian fluently. She has both administrative and management experience and already has had a major impact on the organization of mountains of documents shipped from the United States.

Dr Anslim Narinesingh

joins INCTR as Executive Director in August. His background is well-suited to the challenges he will face. He first obtained a graduate degree in biological sciences (medical microbiology and pharmacology) and has laboratory experience in carcinogen testing. He then became a nurse, and obtained his certificate in oncology nursing before adding a certificate in applications programming, an MSc in business informations systems and a diploma in management studies. "Slim" managed the Cancer Center at the Hammersmith Hospital in London for four years before becoming a technical officer at the WHO, where he worked in the Cancer Control Program with Professor Karol Sikora. In between, he studied health services (screening for carcinoma of the cervix) in Cuba, earning a Ph.D.

INCTR's next step is to open laboratories in Brussels. Several excellent candidates have applied for the post of senior scientist, and the laboratories should be functional before the end of the year.