Dr. Bettina Borisch is a medical doctor, histopathologist and fellow of the Royal College of Pathology. Her scientific research delves into neoplastic lesions of the immune system and breast cancer. Her interests also include community-based oncology, health communication and global health, including health systems, gendered aspects and implementation research. She studied medicine and history at the universities of Kiel and Lausanne. She was appointed professor and head of the Institute of Clinical Pathology / University of Geneva in 1995. She also became the president of the Swiss Cancer League’s program against breast cancer. She completed a master’s of public health in 2005. Borisch joined the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine in 2005 (from 2015 on: Institute of Global Health). She is editor-in-chief of Pathobiology and co-editor of the Journal of Public Health Policy. She represents Switzerland in the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer. Other appointments include: the Scientific Council of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, member of Janggen-Pöhn-Stiftung, board member for the Swiss Society for Health Politics, board member for Public Health Switzerland, member of the Council of XPomet in Berlin and member of the Sciana Network of Health Professionals. In addition to her academic work, she acts as the director and head of the World Federation of Public Health Associations. She is author and co-author of more than 130 publications in her fields of expertise.