Dr. Jonathan Simkin, PhD MPH, Scientific Director of the BC Cancer Registry and Co-Chair of the Canadian Council of Cancer Registries, holds a PhD and MPH from the University of British Columbia. His research expertise spans geospatial methods in cancer surveillance, population oncology research, and the application of deep learning methods in cancer surveillance. Dr. Simkin has a ten-year tenure in cancer registry and surveillance settings, including roles as a Cancer Epidemiologist at the Yukon Government and more recently as the Scientific Director of the British BC Cancer Registry at BC Cancer, which he has led since 2019. Dr. Simkin's leadership in implementing cutting-edge technology at the BC Cancer Registry is driving transformative change in cancer data management, ensuring improved efficiency, timeliness, and data quality to support cancer care and research. 

KevinHenry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and UrbanStudies at Temple University and a member of Fox Chase Cancer Center’s CancerPrevention and Control program. He is a medical geographer, and his researchand teaching focus on describing and understanding place-based and geographicdisparities in health and disease, with a specific emphasis on appliedgeographic methods and the role geographic factors play in cancer outcomes andprevention.  https://medicalgeography.us/ 

Daniel Wiese, PhD is a senior scientist at the American Cancer Society and adjunct assistant professor at Temple University. He is a medical geographer with main research focus on geographic cancer disparities. His expertise is in the application of spatial analytic tools using GIS and remote sensing modeling techniques. He has conducted research on how social and environmental neighborhood factors may influence individual and populational health outcomes,   including several cancer types.