Partnership Structure


Organization

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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.

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Team

Leadership Faculty

Administration & Capacity Development Core

Ernest Martinez
Ernest Martinez, Ph.D. (Partnership Director, UCR)

Program Director of UCR/City of Hope CARE Partnership
Director of MARC
Professor, Biochemistry

Victoria Seewaldt
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

Kendrick Davis
Kendrick Davis, Ph.D. (Lead, UCR)

Associate Clinical Professor, Health Sciences

David Ann
David Ann, Ph.D. (Lead, CoHCCC)

Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism

Research Education Core
Maurizio Pellecchia
Maurizio Pellecchia, Ph.D. (Lead, UCR)

Associate Dean for Pre-Clerkship Medical Education

Daniel Novak
Daniel Novak, Ph.D. (Co-Lead, UCR)

Director of Student Scholarly Activities

Tijana Jovanovic Talisman
Tijana Talisman, Ph.D. (Lead, CoHCCC)

Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology & Molecular Medicine

Lisa Yee
Lisa Yee, M.D. (Co-Lead, CoHCCC)

Professor, Division of Breast Surgery

Community Outreach Core
David Lo
David Lo, PhD (Lead, UCR)

Senior Associate Dean, Research
Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Narissa Nonzee
Narissa Nonzee, PhD (Lead,CoHCCC)

Assistant Professor, Division of Health Equities

Christopher Sistrunk
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.

Branch Director, Diversity Training & Biomedical Workforce Development Branch (DTBWDB)
Center for Cancer Health Equity (CCHE)
National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH

Shahrooz Vahedi, Ph.D.

Program Director, Diversity Training & Biomedical Workforce Development Branch (DTBWDB)
Center for Cancer Health Equity (CCHE)
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

Alicia Ramirez
Alicia Ramirez (UCR)

Program Manager, Department of Biochemistry
Boyce Hall
arami160@ucr.edu

Angelica Sanchez
Angelica Sanchez (CoH)

Program Manager, Department of Population Sciences
1500 E. Duarte Rd.
Duarte, CA 91010
angsanchez@coh.org

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