Program Steering Committee
As the main organizational structure that provides external advice to the Partnership, the Program Steering Committee:
- Provides recommendations for establishing overall priorities, changing directions and identifying new areas of opportunity
- Reviewing current pilot projects and programs and recommending their continuation, triage or application for external funding through traditional mechanisms
- Reviewing and recommending changes in the institutional commitment of resources to the partnership
- Providing guidance and advice in the planning and submission of other grants
Membership
The Program Steering Committee consists of a group of nationally recognized leaders in cancer research. Members of the committee hold leadership positions at their respective institutions and have extensive expertise in cancer research, training and working with minority populations.
William T. Beck, Ph.D., PSC Chairperson
Professor, Pharmacology and Molecular Genetics
Head, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Former Director, University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center
Chicago, Illinois
Michael Caligiuri, M.D.
Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
CEO, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Moon Chen, Jr., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director, Disparities and Research
University of California-Davis Cancer Center
Davis, California
Michael Culbertson, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics and Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Karen Emmons, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Division of Community-based Research
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Glenn Heller, Ph.D.
Attending Biostatistician, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York City, New York
María Elena Martínez, Ph.D.
Professor, Epidemiology and Nutrition
Co-Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, Arizona
Peter Ogunbiyi, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Program Director, Diversity Training Branch
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland