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PSWG Steering Committee

Paul Scheet, PhD
Chair

Paul Scheet, PhD

(2024-2026)

Professor and Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology
Mattie Allen Fair Research Chair
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Lorelei A. Mucci, ScD, MPH
Past-Chair

Lorelei A. Mucci, ScD, MPH

(2024-2025)

Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH

Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH

(2023-2026)

Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Thoracic Surgery and Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Roshan Bastani, PhD

Roshan Bastani, PhD

(2023-2026)

Professor, UCLA School of Public Health,
Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity,
Director, Disparities and Community Engagement,
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California

Iona C. Cheng, PhD, MPH

Iona C. Cheng, PhD, MPH

(2022-2025)

Professor 
Chief, Cancer Epidemiology Division 
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Joanne W. Elena, PhD 

Joanne W. Elena, PhD 

(2022-2025)

Scientific Director
Clinical and Cancer Control Research
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, Georgia

Heather Eliassen, ScD

Heather Eliassen, ScD

(2023-2026)

Professor
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Associate Director
Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Ruth Etzioni, PhD

Ruth Etzioni, PhD

(2024-2027)

Professor, Biostatistics Program, Division of Public Health Sciences,
Fred Hutch Cancer Center and Rosalie and Harold Rea Brown;
Chair; Affiliate Professor, Department of Biostatistics,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Francesca Gany, MD, MS

Francesca Gany, MD, MS

(2022-2025)

Chief of Service, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research
Weil Cornell Medical College

 

Martin Lajous, PhD 

Martin Lajous, PhD 

(2022-2025)

Faculty-Researcher
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
Mexico City, Mexico
Adjunct Associate Professor
Global Health and Population 
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Adana A. M. Llanos, PhD, MPH

Adana A. M. Llanos, PhD, MPH

(2024-2027)

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health;
Co-Leader, Cancer Population Science Program, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center,
New York, NY

Jason A. Mendoza, MD, MPH

Jason A. Mendoza, MD, MPH

(2024-2027)

Professor and Associate Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program,
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington,
Seattle Children’s Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington

Roger L. Milne, PhD, MSc

Roger L. Milne, PhD, MSc

(2022-2025)

Head, Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria
Professor, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Professor, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University
Melbourne, Australia

Ana Patricia Ortiz, PhD, MPH

Ana Patricia Ortiz, PhD, MPH

(2023-2026)

Professor of Epidemiology
Investigator
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Ray U. Osarogiagbon, MBBS

Ray U. Osarogiagbon, MBBS

(2024-2027)

Chief Scientist, Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation;
Director, Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program and Thoracic Oncology Research,
Baptist Cancer Center-Memphis Thoracic Multidisciplinary Care,
Memphis, Tennessee

Renee Turzanski Fortner,PhD

Renee Turzanski Fortner,PhD

(2023-2026)

Researcher
Cancer Research of Norway
Oslo, Norway
Scientist
German Cancer Research Center
Heidelberg, Germany

Trang VoPham, PhD, MS

Trang VoPham, PhD, MS

(2024-2027)

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health Sciences Division,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center,
Seattle, Washington