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
| Natacha De Genna, PhD (Interim 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; and 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 |
| 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 |
| Theresa Cummings, RN, DBA, CCRP | Associate Director, Research Administration, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |
| Kathryn Demanelis, PhD | Member, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh |
| Greg Delgoffe, PhD | Co-Leader, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program; Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Steven Evans, MD | Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Patrick Moore, MD, MPH | Member, Cancer Virology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology and Medical Genetics, University of Pittsburgh |
| Carola Neumann, MD | Member, Genome Stability Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Associate Professor & Vice Chair for Precision and Translational Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Patricia Opresko, PhD | Member, 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 |
| 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 |
| Katie Schmitz, PhD, MPH | Interim Director, Associate Director for Population Sciences, and Co-Leader, Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| 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 |
| Sharon Winters, MS, CTR | Director, Registry Information Services, UPMC Cancer Registry, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |
| 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 |
| José P. Zevallos, MD, MPH | Interim Deputy Director, Deputy Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Eugene N. Myers, M.D. Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
