Patient Advocates
The Advocacy Committee assists the RPCI-Hillman Ovarian Cancer SPORE in collaborating with established advocate networks in western New York, Pittsburgh and nationally, in enhancing minority participation in all aspects of the RPCI-Hillman Ovarian Cancer SPORE, and ensuring that the concerns of ovarian cancer patients, survivors and their families are addressed.
Patient Advocacy Committee
Deborah Erwin, PhD (Chair)
Director, Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Ruth A. Modzelewski, PhD
Mission Coordinator, Pittsburgh Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Kathleen Maxian
Co-Founder, President, WNY Ovarian Cancer Project
Shelley Dodt
Cancer Survivor
Annie Ellis
Cancer Survivor
Marcie Paul
Cancer Survivor
Linda Steinhorn
Volunteer, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Internal Scientific Advisory Board
- Candace Johnson, PhD (Chair)
- James Mohler, MD
- Christine Ambrosone, PhD
- Elizabeth Repasky, PhD
- Kelvin Lee, MD
- James Marshall, PhD
- Dario Vignali, PhD
- Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS
- Hassane Zarour, MD
- Walter Storkus, PhD
