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Committee of Community Outreach & Engagement (CoCOE)

The Committee of Community Outreach & Engagement (CoCOE) meets bi-monthly to identify the cancer problems and disparities affecting western Pennsylvanians and to develop, implement, and monitor progress on research and implementation efforts aimed at amelioration.

Committee Members

  • Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD, CRNP-C, AOCNP, FAAN (Chair)
    Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Nancy Glunt Hoffman Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing, Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Natacha De Genna, PhD (Vice-Chair)
    Assistant Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
  • Parul Barry, MD, FACRO
    Member, Cancer Therapeutics, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Hospital
  • Kristin Bialobok, MSN, RN
    Vice President, Clinical Research, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
  • Rushir Choksi, MD
    Co-Assistant Medical Director, Medical Oncology Network, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
  • Greg Delgoffe, PhD
    Associate Director, Basic Science and Member, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh
  • Kathryn Demanelis, PhD
    Member, Cancer Risk, Outcomes, and Prevention (CROP) Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • Carola Neumann, MD
    Member, Genome Stability Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Co-Director of the Oncology Graduate Program, Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Precision and Translational Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh
  • Marci Lee Nilsen, PhD, MSN, RN, CHPN, FAAN
    Co-Leader, Cancer Risk, Outcomes, and Prevention (CROP) Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Director, UPMC Head & Neck Cancer Survivorship Clinic; Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Patricia Opresko, PhD
    Co-Leader, Genome Stability Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor & Vice Chair for Trainee Mentoring and Excellence, Dr. Bernard F. Fisher Chair for Breast Cancer Discovery Science, University of Pittsburgh
  • Vincent Reyes, MD
    Co-Assistant Medical Director, Medical Oncology Network and Chief, Hematology & Medical Oncology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • Lindsay M. Sabik, PhD
    Member, Cancer Risk, Outcomes, and Prevention (CROP) Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health; Director, Workgroup on Cancer Health Services Research, University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute
  • Laura A. Stabile, PhD
    Member, Cancer Biology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Research Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh
  • Sharon Winters, MS, CTR
    Director, Registry Information Services, UPMC Cancer Registry, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
  • Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD
    Co-Leader, Cancer Risk, Outcomes, and Prevention (CROP) Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Arnold Palmer Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health