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Contact Information

Facility Location

The offices for the PROSPR Shared Resource are located in the Cancer Prevention Building on the 3rd floor. The fitness and body composition assessments are conducted in the Behavioral Research and Treatment Center (BRTC) on the 2nd floor of the Cancer Prevention Building.

Staff Directory

Karen Basen-Engquist, PhD, MPH
Core Director
Phone: 713-745-3123; email: kbasenen@mdanderson.org

Patricia Parker, PhD
Core Co-Director
Phone: 713-745-2540; email: pparker@mdanderson.org

Carol Rosenblum, MPH
Core Manager
Phone: 713-745-2388; email: crosenbl@mdanderson.org

John Yick, BS
Programmer Analyst II
Phone: 713-563-0394; email: jyick@mdanderson.org

George Baum, MS
Sr. Statistical Analyst
Phone: 713-745-1199; email: gpbaum@mdanderson.org

Denise Rahming, BS
Sr. Research Coordinator
Phone: 713-563-9598; email: drahming@mdanderson.org

Chris Williams, BS
Research and Lab Coordinator
Phone: 713-792-5091; email: clwilliams3@mdanderson.org

Carol Harrison, MEd
Exercise Physiologist
Phone: 713-794-1741; email: caharrison@mdanderson.org

Miranda Jones, MA
Research Coordinator
Phone: 713-745-4268; email: mljones3@mdanderson.org

Elenita Tamez, MA
Research Coordinator
Phone: 713-745-0873; email: etamez@mdanderson.org

Melissa Karlsten, BA
Research Assistant
Phone: 713-745-0109; email: mlkarlsten@mdanderson.org


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