Rebecca Morton Doherty

Based in Geneva, Rebecca Morton Doherty is Senior Advocacy Manager for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) – a membership organisation that exists to help the global health community accelerate the fight against cancer. Rebecca coordinates UICC’s advocacy efforts in the non-communicable disease arena and across UICC’s key focus areas including access to multimodal cancer treatment and pain relief. She has a BA Honours degree in Political Sciences from the University of Warwick, and a Masters degree in Gender and Development from the London School of Economics. Rebecca has spent 10 years in the NGO sector, with a focus on advocacy and policy development in the global health, human rights and development fields.