External Advisory Committee (EAC)

Caryn Lerman, PhD

Chair

Director, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences and Psychology
Associate Dean for Cancer Programs
H. Leslie Hoffman and Elaine S. Hoffman Chair in Cancer Research

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Colin Begg, PhD

Chairman, Attending Biostatistics
Eugene Kettering Chair Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

S. Gail Eckhardt , MD, FASCO

Associate Dean of Experimental Therapeutics
Associate Director of Translational Research
CPRIT Scholar

Baylor College of Medicine, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD

Director, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Hillman Professor of Oncology
Associate Vice Chancellor for Cancer Research
Co-Director, Tumor Microenvironment Center
Professor of Otolaryngology, Immunology and Radiation Oncology

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Hillman Cancer Center

Erica Golemis, PhD

Professor
Vice President, Associate Director for Systemwide Integration
Chair, Department of Cancer and Cellular Biology
William Wikoff Smith Chair in Cancer Research

Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Roy Jensen, MD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Cancer Biology and Molecular Biosciences
Director, The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Director, Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute (KMCRI)
William R Jewell, M.D. Distinguished Kansas Masonic Professor

The University of Kansas Cancer Center

Anita Kinney, PhD, RN

Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Associate Director for Population Science and Community Outreach, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Director, Cancer Health Center of Excellence, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and School of Public Health
Director, ScreenNJ

Rutgers University, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Elena Martinez, PhD, MPH

Sam M. Walton Endowed Chair for Cancer Research
Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
Associate Director, Population Science, Disparities and Community Engagement

University of California, San Diego, Moores Cancer Center

Jason “Jay” Mendoza, MD, MPH

Associate Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program, Public Health Sciences Division
Director, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement
Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, Fred Hutch/University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium

University of Washington, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP

President and Executive Director
Dean for Cancer Programs and Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Wake Forest University, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center

Kathy Miller, MD

Ballve Lantero, Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology – IU School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, IU School of Medicine
Associate Director of Clinical Research, IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

Harikrishna Nakshatri, B.V.Sc, PhD

Breast Cancer, Mechanisms of Resistance, Therapeutic Targeting of Breast Cancer Stem Cells, Serum Biomarkers of Cancer Progression, Cancer Research Training and Education