Yannick Romero

Senior Knowledge and Advocacy Manager

Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Yannick is Senior Knowledge & Advocacy Manager within the Knowledge, Advocacy and Policy team at UICC. He dedicates his time to national cancer control planning, which consists of the analysis and evaluation of country cancer plans in the frame of the International Cancer Control Partnership. He is also leading the Lung Cancer Collaboration within UICC, partnering with key stakeholders to increase awareness on the lung cancer care pathway. In addition, his work focuses on tobacco control globally, developing and gathering evidence-based information. In the past decade, he has worked in the area of cancer, communicable diseases & genetics with diverse stakeholders. Yannick holds a PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of Geneva Medical School.

Updated: October 2025