Nirmala Bhoo Pathy is a professor of epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, and a public health physician in University Malaya Medical Centre. Her career is focused on optimizing life after cancer through research and advocacy, with a special interest in the state of cancer control in the low- and middle-income countries, and enhancing treatment outcomes and patient-centered outcomes in these settings.  Nirmala currently sits in two Lancet Commissions namely the Lancet Commission on Women and Cancer (https://www.rti.org/insights/feminist-approach-womens-cancer) since 2020, and also a brand new Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems. She is also a committee member of the Covid-19 and Cancer Taskforce, led by Prof Richard Sullivan (Institute of Cancer Policy, King's College), which is a globally representative group of cancer leaders who are gravely concerned that decisions made under the duress of the pandemic will have momentous consequences for cancer mortality for years to come https://covidcancertaskforce.org/