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Founder

Khalid El Bairi, MD

  • Cancer Biomarkers Working Group
  • Morocco

About Khalid

Khalid El Bairi is the primary investigator of OVANORDEST studies and the founder of The Cancer Biomarkers Working Group, and he is currently pursuing clinical and translational research in medical oncology. He has published many peer-reviewed articles in the field of predictive and prognostic cancer biomarkers to improve survival outcomes in several WoS and Medline-indexed journals. His research focuses particularly on biomarkers for digestive and gynecological cancers such as ovarian and colorectal malignancies. He is currently a member of various international scientific societies such as the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO), and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). He is also an editor and reviewer for more than 40 academic journals and a guest editor for several special issues on emerging topics in gynecological cancers such as platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. He is also highly interested in teaching evidence-based medicine, clinical research methods, and publishing ethics to medical and PhD students and was selected for the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting as a young scientist. He is also involved in “global oncology” initiatives through providing free training to young researchers across LMICs. He joined the ASCO Trainee & Early Career Advisory Group as a member for the 2022-2023 term.