Committee for Health Equity and Community Outreach & Engagement

The Committee for Health Equity and Community Outreach & Engagement (CHECOE) meets 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

Monica Baskin, PhD (Chair) Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement and Associate Director for Health Equity, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community Health Equity, Health Sciences, and Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Katie Schmitz (Co-Chair) Associate Director, Catchment Area Research, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Visiting Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Todd Bear Director, Population Survey Facility (Developing Shared Resource), UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Dana H. Bovbjerg, PhD Co-Leader, Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Behavioral, of Community Health Sciences, and of Clinical and Translational Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Kathryn Demanelis, PhD Member, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Steven Evans, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh 
Jeremy Rich, MD, MHS, MBA Interim Director, Deputy Director, Research, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
Lindsay M. Sabik, PhD Member, Biobehavioral Cancer Control 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
Meghan Tipre, DrPH Member, Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Instructor, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD Associate Director, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, and Co-Leader, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor of Epidemiology, Arnold Palmer Endowed Chair in Cancer Prevention, University of Pittsburgh