Overall leadership for MCPCRN is provided by a steering committee composed of academic investigators and community representatives. The steering committee provides overall guidance and direction for the MCPCRN and serves as a hub for establishing research priorities and linking community and investigator priorities.

Members of the steering committee include:


Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
720 Harrison Avenue, DOB 1108
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 638-7516
Fax: (617) 638-8026
Email: tracy.battaglia@bmc.org

Karen Emmons, PhD
Associate Professor
Harvard School of Public Health
Deputy Director
Center for Community-Based Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, SM 249
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 632-2188
Fax: (617) 632-5690
Email: Karen_M_Emmons@
dfci.harvard.edu


Ediss Gandelman
Director of Community Benefits
Beth Israel Hospital
Chair of the DF/HCC Community Engagement Committee
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue, GZ 619
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 667-2602
Fax: (617) 975-5475

Angela Mah
Assistant Director, Development and Communications
Harvard School of Public Health
Division of Public Health Practice
1552 Tremont Street
Roxbury, MA 02120
Phone: (617) 495-8904
Fax: (617) 495-8543
Email: amah@hsph.harvard.edu

Marianne Prout, MD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
Director of Cancer Prevention
Medical Oncologist
Boston University
715 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 638-5035
Fax: (617) 638-4458
Email: mnprout@bu.edu

Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH
Professor of Health and Social Behavior
Harvard School of Public Health
Director
Center for Community-Based Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, SM258
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 632-2183
Fax: (617) 632-1999
Email: Glorian_Sorensen@
dfci.harvard.edu


Roger Swartz
Director of Community Initiatives Bureau
Boston Public Health Commission
1010 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 534-4832
Fax: (617) 534-2372
Email: rswartz@bphc.org

 

Athene Wilson-Glover
Partnership Program Associate
Cancer Information Service
c/o Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, SM347
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 632-4860
Fax: (617) 632-2661
Email: Athene_Wilson-Glover@
dfci.harvard.edu


Karen Burns-White
Assistant Director of Minority Initiatives
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, L228
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 632-3244
Fax: (617) 632-4452
Email: Karen_BurnsWhite@
dfci.harvard.edu


Elmer Freeman
Director
Urban Clinical Initiatives
Center for Community Health Education and Research
Northeastern University
717 Columbus Avenue, Suite 398
Boston, MA 02120
Phone: (617) 373-5179
Fax:
Email: e.freeman@neu.edu

Linda Hudson, ScD
Vice President
Community Health Initiatives American Cancer Society
New England Division
20 Speen Street
Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: (508) 270-4662
Fax: (508) 270-4699
Email: linda.bishop.hudson@
cancer.org


Palmira Santos, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Control
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, 4th and 5th floors
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 624-6000
Email: palmira.santos@
state.ma.us


Randy Schwartz, MPH
Senior Vice-President for Cancer Control
American Cancer Society
New England Division
1 Main Street, Suite 300
Topsham, ME 04086
Phone: (207) 373-3725
Fax: (207) 725-6680
Email: randy.schwartz@cancer.org

Lorraine Wallace, MPH
Assistant Director
Center for Community-Based Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street, SM269
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 632-5037
Fax: (617) 632-3161
Email: Lorraine_Wallace@
dfci.harvard.edu


 

 



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Funding for MCPCRN is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.