The Committee of Community Outreach & Engagement (CoCOE) 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
- 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
- Parul Barry, MD, FACRO
Member, Cancer Therapeutics, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Hospital
- Natacha De Genna, PhD
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
- 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
- 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