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Office of Communications and Marketing

The Office of Communications and Marketing at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m ET.

Contact

UNC faculty, staff and trainees: To contact our office for a communications or marketing project service request, please complete our UNC Lineberger MarComms Project/Service Request Form

Website content updates or questions: UNC Lineberger Web Update Request Form

General contact:  Please email unclinebergernews@med.unc.edu or connect directly with a member of our team.

Media contact: Please email unclinebergernews@med.unc.edu

Helpful Links

  • UNC Lineberger Intranet – Communications & Marketing (must be signed in)
    • Includes logos and templates
    • Information about our email newsletter
    • Internal and external communications guidelines
    • Learn more about the UNC Lineberger Intranet and how to access materials
  • Directory profiles: If you are a UNC Lineberger member with updates for your profile, please use the Qualtrics member survey to submit your updates and select “I am an existing member” — this allows the membership team to update their database while also providing us with the new profile information.

UNC Lineberger Communications and Marketing Team

Headshot of Erin Sommer.Erin Sommer
Director of Cancer Marketing and Communications Strategy
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC Health

Email: erin.sommer@unchealth.unc.edu

I oversee the strategic direction and execution of initiatives with the goal of advancing our organization’s mission as it relates to comprehensive cancer care and research.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Responsible for developing and implementing the overall cancer marketing, brand, and communications strategy for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC Health Cancer Care.
  • Development and execution of integrated marketing and communications plans designed to promote our cancer services and research, initiatives, and achievements while fostering engagement with key stakeholders including patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, researchers, and the broader community.
  • Oversee external communications efforts, ensuring that our messaging is clear, consistent, and impactful across various channels.
  • Coordinate integrated marketing and communications efforts across departments to enhance messages and initiative impact, ensuring cohesive strategies that support organizational goals in cancer care and research at UNC.

Headshot of Chesley Kalnen.Chesley Kalnen
Web Content Manager
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Email: chesley_kalnen@med.unc.edu

I oversee the UNC Lineberger website and several of its affiliated subsites. This includes the directory profiles on the UNC Lineberger website. Please use the info in the Contact and Helpful Links sections above to submit content updates or request website support.

My responsibilities also include the UNC Lineberger newsletter, sent on Monday mornings. Please submit content for newsletter consideration to me via email by Fridays at noon, including cancer-related events for our website calendar and/or newsletter.