HRH Princess Ghida Talal

Her Royal Highness Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan is the founder and Chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) and Center (KHCC). Under her leadership, KHCF/KHCC have treated over 70,000 patients and become Jordan’s largest charitable organization, pioneering life-saving awareness and early detection efforts, and becoming a regional reference for oncologic training and capacity-building.

A longtime advocate of cancer research, Princess Ghida established the King Hussein Cancer Research Award in 2020 to strengthen cancer research efforts focused on the Arab world. She represented Jordan in 2011 and 2018 at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases, and she is a passionate advocate for mental health in addition to cancer care.

Princess Ghida earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She is an honorary trustee of the Board of the Institute of International Education (IIE), which she joined in October 2013, helping to launch IIE’s Iraq Scholar Rescue Project. In 2021, she received Lebanon’s state medal and Jordan’s Medal of Independence for her efforts in the fight against cancer.