Steering Committee

Robert A. Winn, MD, FAACR
Chair
Director, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation and Professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
VCU School of Medicine Lipman Chair in Oncology
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Richmond, Virginia

Rodney C. Haring, PhD, MSW (Seneca Nation of Indians)
Co-Chair
Chair, Department of Indigenous Cancer Health
Co-Director, Health Communications Shared Resource
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo, New York

Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD
Co-Chair
Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Co-Leader, Cancer Control Program, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Ruben A. Mesa, MD
Co-Chair
President, Enterprise Cancer Service Line
Executive Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center
Enterprise Senior Vice President, Atrium Health
Vice Dean for Cancer Programs, Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
Charlotte/Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Camille C.R. Ragin, PhD, MPH
Co-Chair
Associate Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ronny Antonio Bell, PhD, MS (Lumbee)
Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor and Chair
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Director, Cancer Care Access and Excellence
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Jacqueline N. Casillas, MD, MSHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Marcia R. Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry & Surgery
University of Puerto Rico
Chair, Division of Clinical and Translational Cancer Research
UPR Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology Division
Oncologic Hospital Dr . Isaac González Martínez
Chief Medical Officer
Pan American Center for Oncology Trials
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Melissa B. Davis, PhD
Director, Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator
Professor of Microbiology Biochemistry and Immunology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Margaret Foti, PhD, MD (hc)
Chief Executive Officer
American Association for Cancer Research® Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hannah W. Hazard-Jenkins, MD
Director, West Virginia University Cancer Institute
Jean & Laurence DeLynn Chair of Oncology
Associate Professor of Surgery
West Virginia University Cancer Institute
Morgantown, West Virginia

Wenora Y. Johnson
Volunteer Research/Patient Advocate
Research Advocate for Fight Colorectal Cancer
Board Chair for Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE)
Committee Member, NCI/NIH Board of Scientific Counselors
PAC Committee, NRG Oncology
External Advisory Board Member for WCG Clinical Services
Joliet, Illinois

Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Director for Population Sciences and Community Outreach and Engagement
University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Christopher I. Li, MD, PhD
Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Diversity
Helen G . Edson Endowed Chair for Breast Cancer Research
Professor, Translational Research Program and Epidemiology Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer/ Seattle Children’s Consortium
Research Full Professor, Department of Epidemiology
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle, Washington

Jesse N. Nodora, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Science
University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

Adekunle O. Odunsi, MD, PhD
Director, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dean for Oncology, Biological Sciences Division
The Abbvie Foundation Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MBA
Director Neurosurgical Oncology
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas

Matthew B. Schabath, PhD
Moffitt Distinguished Scholar
Program Leader, Cancer Epidemiology Program
Senior Member, Departments of Cancer Epidemiology and Thoracic Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida

Sanya A. Springfield, PhD
Director, Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, Maryland

Jamie L. Studts, PhD
Professor, Division of Medical Oncology
Scientific Director, Behavioral Oncology, Division of Medical Oncology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Program Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control
Co-Director, Population Health Shared Resource
Member, Thoracic Oncology Research Initiative
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Aurora, Colorado

Mary Beth Terry, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health
Associate Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Community Outreach and Engagement, Co-Director
Chronic Disease Unit Leader, Department of Epidemiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Columbia University
New York, New York

Charles R. Thomas, MD
Professor
Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Sciences
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Dartmouth Cancer Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire