- Dr. Sumei Cao is currently a Professor in the Department of Cancer Prevention Research at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
- She focuses on cancer prevention and epidemiological research, with particular emphasis on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) screening in southern China.
- Her research group has identified novel Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-based screening markers and conducted the first cluster randomized screening study for NPC insouthern China.
- She has also investigated lifestyle and environmental factors associated with endemic cancers in the region.
- Dr. Cao was a visiting researcher at Karolinska Medical University, Sweden.
- She currently serves as:
– Vice President of the Infection and Oncology Group, Chinese Preventive Medical Association
– Vice President of the Cancer Epidemiology Committee of Guangdong Province
– Member of the Expert Committee on Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Chinese Cancer Foundation
- She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, including Annals of Oncology, International Journal of Cancer (IJC), American Journalof Epidemiology (AJE), and Cancer.