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Patient Advocate Steering Committee Roster

The Patient Advocate Steering Committee (PASC) works to ensure that advocates who are members of the scientific steering committees (SSCs) and their task forces (TFs) are effectively and consistently integrated with the development and evaluation of clinical trials within those groups. PASC membership comprises patient advocate members of the SSCs and TFs.

 

Co-chairs

Josh Mailman
Gastrointestinal Steering Committee
NorCal CarciNET 
Oakland, CA

Patricia Spears, B.S.
Investigational Drug Steering Committee
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Raleigh, NC

 

Steering Committee Members

Jack Aiello, M.S. 
Symptom Management and Health-Related Quality of Life Steering Committee
San Jose, CA

Gregory J. Aune, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Steering Committee
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Richard Bangs, M.B.A., PMP 
Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Pittsford, NY

Upal Basu Roy, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee
LUNGevity Foundation
Bethesda, MD

Dena Battle
Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee
KC Cure
Alexandria, VA

Lisa Beckendorf
Leukemia Steering Committee
Minneapolis, MN

Jameisha Brown, M.S.
Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma Steering Committee
Atlanta, GA

Graham Burnette
Head and Neck Steering Committee
Atherton, CA

Cynthia Chmielewski, B.A.
Myeloma Steering Committee
Lawrenceville, NJ

David Cranmer
Leukemia Steering Committee
Vermont Cancer Survivor Network
Ocala, FL

Anjelica Q. Davis
Gastrointestinal Steering Committee
Fight Colorectal Cancer
Springfield, MO

Katherine Donahue, M.S., RN, CPNP, CPHON
Pediatric and Adolescent Solid Tumor Steering Committee
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC 

Eileen Fuentes
Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee
Columbia University
New York, NY

Megan Gutierrez, B.A.
Lymphoma Steering Committee
Lymphoma Research Foundation
New York, NY

Amanda Haddock
Brain Malignancies Steering Committee
Dragon Master Foundation
Kechi, KS

Leila Hamroun
Cancer Prevention Steering Committee
Newark, DE

 

Lisa R. Hayes, J.D.
Breast Cancer Steering Committee
Pink-4-Ever Ending Disparities 
Indianapolis, IN

Judith M. Johnson, M.B.A.
Thoracic Malignancy Steering Committee
St. Louis, MO

Danielle Leach, M.P.A.
Pediatric and Adolescent Solid Tumor Steering Committee
National Brain Tumor Society
Washington, DC

Tambre Leighn
Lymphoma Steering Committee
San Juan, PR

Susan Lim, RN
Head and Neck Steering Committee
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Kirkland, WA

Mary P. Lovely, Ph.D., RN, CNRN
Brain Malignancies Steering Committee
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Kathleen Maxian, B.S.W
Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee
Ovarian Cancer Project
Lockport, NY

Teresa Miceli, B.S.N., RN, OCN
Myeloma Steering Committee
Rochester, MN

Jane Perlmutter, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Clinical Imaging Steering Committee
Gemini Group
Ann Arbor, MI

Laurel Pracht
Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Sun City, AZ

Sharon Rivera-Sanchez
Cancer Prevention Steering Committee
Glenn Allen, VA

Linda Ryan
Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee
DeLand, FL

Nancy Sauers
Clinical Imaging Steering Committee
Holland, PA

Mary Lou Smith, J.D., M.B.A.
Breast Cancer Steering Committee
Research Advocacy Network
Plano, TX

Carla Strom, M.L.A.
Symptom Management and Health-Related Quality of Life Steering Committee
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, NC

Richard J. Vetter, Ph.D.
Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee
Investigational Drug Steering Committee
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

 

Task Force Members

Lisa Barr
Uterine Task Force (GCSC)
Brooklyn, NY

Kenneth W. Brothers, J.D.
Bladder Task Force (GUSC)
Great Falls, VA

Thelma Brown
Breast Immuno-Oncology Task Force (BCSC)
Birmingham, AL

Julie Saliba Clauer, M.B.A.
Colon Task Force (GISC)
Burbank, CA

Stephanie Cooper Greenberg
Bladder Task Force (GUSC)
Reisterstown, MD

Anthony Crispino
Prostate Task Force (GUSC)
Las Vegas, NV

Dana Deighton
Esophagogastric Task Force (GISC)
Alexandria, VA

William Dieterich
Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Disease (HNSC)
Funkstown, MD

Ellen Dolinar
Uterine Task Force (GCSC)
Indianapolis, IN

Anthony Duggan, B.B.A.
Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Disease (HNSC)
Liberty Township, OH

Rebecca Esparza, M.B.A.
Ovarian Task Force (GCSC)
Corpus Christi, TX

Sandra Finestone, Psy.D.
Breast Oncology Local Disease Task Force (BCSC)
Irvine, CA

Manju George, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Rectal Anal Task Force (GISC)
Omaha, NE

Kathryn Gilbert-Craig, B.B.A.
Pancreas Task Force (GISC)
Arlington, TN

Alexander Kirk
Metastatic and Recurrent Disease Task Force (HNSC)
San Francisco, CA

Lillian Renee Kreppel, B.S.
Rectal Anal Task Force (GISC)
New York, NY

Brian L. Lewis, J.D.
Renal Task Force (GUSC)
Philadelphia, PA

Stewart Lyman, Ph.D.
Metastatic and Recurrent Task Force (HNSC)

Aisha McClellan
Cervical Task Force (GCSC)
Chapel Hill, NC

Anne Meyn, M.Ed.
Breast Oncology Local Disease Task Force (BCSC)
Houston, TX

Cassadie Moravek, B.S.
Pancreas Task Force (GISC)
Manhattan Beach, CA

Jennifer Myers
Cervical Task Force (GCSC)
Mingoville, PA

David Neu
Metastatic and Recurrent Disease Task Force (HNSC)
Philadelphia, PA

Angela M. Nicholas, M.D., FAAFP
Colon Task Force (GISC)
North Wales, PA

Susan Poteat
Renal Task Force (GUSC)
Dayton, OH

Susan Rafte
Breast Immuno-Oncology Task Force (BCSC)
Houston, TX

Bill Richardson
Rare Tumors Task Force (HNSC)

Sarah Schiltz, B.S.
Hepatobiliary Cancer Task Force (GISC)
Los Gatos, CA

David B. Schrimmer, M.D.
Neuroendocrine Task Force (GISC)
Sacramento, CA

Katherine Singley
Rare Tumors Task Force (HNSC)
Decatur, GA

Dorinda Sparacio, M.S.
Ovarian Task Force (GCSC)
Hightstown, NJ

Elizabeth Wiens
Previously Untreated Locally Advanced Task Force (HNSC)
Atlanta, GA

James E. Williams, Jr., M.S., SPHR, Col (Ret.)
Prostate Task Force (GUSC)
Camp Hill, PA

Mary Mitchell Zoeller, M.S.W.
Neuroendocrine Task Force (GISC)
Indianapolis, IN

NCI CCCT Program Director

Elena Schwartz, Ph.D.
elena.schwartz@nih.gov

 

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