The Committee for Excellence in Cancer Education and Training (CECET) meets quarterly to review the breadth, depth, accessibility, and effectiveness of available education and training opportunities and to develop recommendations regarding potential new offerings.
Committee Members
| Chris Bakkenist, PhD (Co-Chair) | Associate Director, Education and Training, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Co-Director of the Oncology Graduate Program; Julius Paul and Freeda Greenberger Chair in Radiation Oncology Research; Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Yael Schenker, MD, MS (Co-Chair) | Associate Director, Education and Training, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Director, Palliative Research Center (PaRC), Associate Chief of Research, Section of Palliative Care and Ethics, and Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Katherine Aird, PhD | Co-Director of the Oncology Graduate Program, Hillman; Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| David Boone, PhD | Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Academy; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD | Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Associate Vice-Chancellor for Cancer Research; UPMC Senior Vice President for Oncology Programs; Hillman Professor of Oncology, and Professor of Otolaryngology, of Immunology, and of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Yi-Nan Gong, PhD | Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Nadine Hempel, PhD | Vice Chief for Basic Research and Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Annie Im, MD | Director , Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program; Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Bruce Jacobs, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Udai Kammula, MD, FACS | Program Director, Postdoctoral Research Training in Biotherapy of Cancer T32; Director, Solid Tumor Cell Therapy Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA | Director, Challenges in Managing and Preventing Pain (CHAMPP) Clinical Research Center; Associate Program Director for Research, Internal Medicine Residency; Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Yvonne Mowrey, MD, PhD | Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Yael Nechemia-Arbley, PhD | Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD, CRNP-C, AOCNP, FAAN | Oncology Nursing Society Research Scholar in Residence; Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing; Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Lindsay Sabik, PhD | Director, Workgroup on Cancer Health Services Research within the Health Policy Institute at the University of Pittsburgh; Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health |
| Kathy Shair, PhD | Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Jennifer Steel, PhD | Director, Center for Excellence in Behavioral Medicine; Professor of Surgery, Psychiatry, and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
