The Committee for Excellence in Cancer Education and Training 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 (Chair) | Associate Director, Education and Training, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| David Boone, PhD | Vice Chair and Director, HCC Academy; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Kelly M. Bailey, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Ryan Barnes, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Tullia C. Bruno, PhD | Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Donald B. DeFranco, PhD | Associate Dean for Medical Student Research, Professor & Vice Chair of Medical Education, Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD | Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Hillman Professor of Oncology; Associate Vice-Chancellor for Cancer Research; Professor of Otolaryngology, of Immunology, and of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Steffi Oesterreich, PhD | Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Co-Director, Women’s Cancer Research Center, Magee-Womens Research Institute; Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Patricia L. Opresko, PhD | Co-Leader, Genome Stability Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center; Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health; Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health |
| Donna M. Posluszny, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology; Associate Director of Training, Biobehavioral Medicine in Oncology Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Ayana Ruffin | Graduate Student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Richard Steinman, MD, PhD | Associate Dean and Director, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP); Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Sarah E. Taylor, MD | Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
