My name is Agnes and I work in the field

of public health here at JRC Geel, Belgium.

My work focuses on evidence-based

cancer screening recommendations.

I work in the field of breast and colorectal cancer,

but my team also works,

for example, on cervical cancer,

and we’re expanding even further,

so we are working also on lung,

prostate, and gastric cancer.

My main tasks are related

to the development of the guidelines,

but it involves many steps.

For example,

I need to coordinate a group of experts

who come from different fields,

but I also need to

evaluate critically the clinical trials,

I need to really

be sure that the guideline

recommendations are aligned

with the latest research and evidence.

My job is meaningful because it helps

to save lives.

Cancer screening needs to be safe,

effective, and accessible to everyone

and also provided with the highest quality.

What I’m most proud of is actually

that I can contribute to the

European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer,

which is actually affecting

and saving millions of women’s lives in Europe.

The coolest thing about my job is really

when I can see that

the piece of guideline

I have been working on

is contributing to the cancer

screening programs in Europe.

And this is the real impact

that I can do in my job.

I work to develop

cancer screening guidelines

so that they are based on the best

available science.

The JRC for me is actually where great people

work on the science,

which sometimes can

be very abstract, but here at JRC

we actually make this into something

real, which is in this case

we make healthcare better for everyone.