IARC: a new home for the International Agency for Cancer Prevention

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has moved into a new headquarter, the “Noveau Centre” strategically located in the center of Lyon’s Bio district, also home to the WHO Lyon offices and the future WHO Academy.

Its official inauguration has taken place on Friday, May 12, 2023, in the presence of the IARC Governing Council, which is composed of representatives of 27 IARC Participating States and the Director-General of the WHO. On that occasion, the IARC Governing Council confirmed Elisabete Weiderpass for a second five-year term as IARC Director