Goals of Global Outreach

Significant advancements have occurred in recent years in the gene therapy field, and several therapies that may vastly improve the lives of patients are approved or nearing approval in high-income countries. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have the same access to the resources necessary for gene therapy development, despite the prevalence of diseases that are potentially treatable with gene therapies. One of ASGCT’s priorities is to foster equitable access to gene therapies in LMICs. The Society aims to do so in the following ways:  

• Promote access of researchers, clinicians, educators, and other professionals living in LMICs to global career opportunities in the fields of gene and cell therapy. 

• Provide global audiences with accurate and up-to-date information through educational and training programs that increase awareness and understanding of gene and cell therapy. 

• Facilitate collaborative interactions, including research and training opportunities, between high and low resource countries by fostering relationships among professional societies, academic institutions, clinicians, industry, governmental regulatory agencies, and policy makers. 

Global Outreach Committee Leadership 

The Global Outreach Committee advances ASGCT’s goals to foster access to gene and cell therapies by overseeing the creation of Society resources and programming for researchers, clinicians, educators, and other professionals living in LMICs.  

Collaborations 

ASGCT has worked with the following professional societies and academic institutions to deliver accurate and up-to-date information that increase awareness and understanding of gene and cell therapies: 

Australasian Gene and Cell Therapy Society

Brazilian Association of Cellular and Gene Therapy   

European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 

Japanese Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences 

South African Stem Cell Transplant Society 

South African Society of Haematology