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Leadership and Staff

 

Dr. Troester, Professor of Epidemiology, is a molecular epidemiologist and co-leader of the Cancer Epidemiology program at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has experience mentoring doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in molecular epidemiology, particularly focused on breast cancer. She is currently Principal Investigator of a U01 grant from the National Cancer Institute focused on the molecular epidemiology of breast cancer disparities and is an investigator in the University of North Carolina Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE). She is Co-Principal Investigator of the Carolina Breast Cancer Study and Principal Investigator of the UNC-based Normal Breast Study.

Laura Dunn, Program Coordinator
Laura provides administrative support for the Program, the fellows, the Training Advisory Committee, and the leadership. In other words, she makes the Program work!

Steering Committee

The multidisciplinary Steering Committee is the CCEP’s governing and advisory body.

Chaired by the CCEP Director, the Steering Committee includes the CCEP Co-Directors and faculty representing different constituencies. The members are experienced researchers and mentors.

Current members include:

  • Steve Hursting, PhD — Professor of Nutrition and UNC Nutrition Research Institute; CCEP mentor.

The Steering Committee has eight major functions that constitute governance of the CCEP: fellow recruitment and matching; training plan design and review; fellow review and evaluation; review and evaluation of the core curriculum; program evaluation; placement; mentor recruitment and selection; and reporting.