Organization
The CARE Partnership is a collaborative program between UCR, an institution serving underserved health disparity populations and underrepresented students (ISUPS), and the NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center of City of Hope (CoHCCC). Every component of the partnership (including program cores, committees, and funded research projects) is co-led by a UCR faculty member and a CoHCCC faculty member.
Administration & Capacity Development Core
Ernest Martinez, Ph.D. (Partnership Director, UCR)
Program Director of UCR/City of Hope CARE Partnership
Director of MARC
Professor, Biochemistry
Victoria Seewaldt, M.D. (Partnership Director, CoHCCC)
Program Director of UCR/City of Hope CARE Partnership
Associate Director of Population Sciences
Chair and Professor of Dept. of Population Sciences
Planning & Evaluation Core
David Ann, Ph.D. (Lead, CoHCCC)
Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism
Research Education Core
Tijana Talisman, Ph.D. (Lead, CoHCCC)
Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology & Molecular Medicine
Community Outreach Core
David Lo, PhD (Lead, UCR)
Senior Associate Dean, Research
Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Christopher Sistrunk, PhD (Co-Lead,CoHCCC)
Associate Professor, Division of Biomarkers of Early Detection & Prevention and Division of Health Equities
Steering & Advisory Committees
Program Steering Committee
NIH/NCI Program Directors
Behrous Davani, Ph.D.
Chief, Diversity Training Branch
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
Shahrooz Vahedi, Ph.D.
Program Director, Diversity Training Branch
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
External Advisory Board (EAB)
Lucio Miele, M.D., Ph.D. (LSU); Chair
Laura Fejerman, Ph.D. (UCD)
Cathrine Hoyo, Ph.D. (NCSU)
Augusto Ochoa, M.D. (LSU)
Marian Fitzgibbon, Ph.D. (UIC)
Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Ph.D. (UIC)
Advisory Committees
Internal Advisory Board (IAB)
Kelechi Kalu, Ph.D. (UCR)
Frances Sladek, Ph.D. (UCR)
Jernej Murn, Ph.D. (UCR)
Steve Forman, Ph.D. (CoHCCC)
Linda Malkas, Ph.D. (CoHCCC)
Ana Tergas, M.D. (CoHCCC)
Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Board
Estela Gavosto, Ph.D. (UCR)
Brandon Brown, Ph.D. (UCR)
Loretta Erhunmwunsee, M.D. (CoHCCC)
Angela Talton, Ph.D. (CoHCCC)
Community Advisory Board (CAB)
Aileen Dinkjian, Ph.D.
Kathye Jenkins, Ph.D.
Kevin Morris
Program Staff
Angelica Sanchez (CoH)
Program Manager, Department of Population Sciences
1500 E. Duarte Rd.
Duarte, CA 91010
angsanchez@coh.org