Equity Council

Wendy Brewster, MD, PhD

Professor, OBGYN-GYN Oncology

Director, UNC Center for Women’s Health Research

Associate Director, UNC Lineberger Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

and

Sam Cykert, MD

Professor of Medicine

Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN
Associate Professor

Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Assistant Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH

Professor of Health Policy and Management

Associate Director, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement

Stuart Gold MD
Distinguished Professor, Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Barbara Alvarez Martin DrPH, MPH
Assistant Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, and Population Sciences

Lauren Matthews, MPH
Chief Operations Officer for Lineberger Equity Council and C.R.E.A.T.E. initiative

Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD
Oliver Smithies Investigator, Professor and Chair

Bernard Weissman, PhD
Professor of Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pediatrics

Pavita Derebail, JD

Financial Analyst

Jon Powell, M.A., PhD

Continuing Education Specialist

Juanita Ramirez, MPH

Clinical Trials Director

Leila Kiefer, PhD

Clinical Protocol Development Associate

Yumika Forney, MPH

Regulatory Associate

Lisa Spees, M.A., PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Barbara Alvarez Martin DrPH, MPH

Assistant Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, and Population Sciences

Jennifer Potter, MPH, CHES

Statewide Outreach Specialist

Richard Cansler

Patient/PFAC Advisor

Ronald Taylor

Patient/PFAC Advisor

Lorinda Coombs, PhD, MSN, FNP

Clinician Scientist/Assistant Professor

Erin Kent, MS, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Allison Beam, MPAP, PA-C

Adv Prac Prov Inp/Subspec – PA

Stuart Gold, MD

Distinguished Professor, Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Fernando Diaz, MD

Hematology-Oncology Fellow

Victoria Petermann, BSN, RN

PhD Candidate

Patricia Morfeld, BSN

CN IV

Joyce Tyler

Patient Advocate

Catherine Swift, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, AYA Cancer Program

Grace Byfield, PhD

Research Associate/Community Engagement

Bejal Kikani, MSN

Nurse Practitioner

Deborah Stroman, PhD, CLU

Founder of SAAM LLC & Center of Sport Business and Analytics​

​Associate Professor of Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights​

Shannon Condon, BA, TBD

Data Coordinator

Sarah Asad, MSc

PhD Candidate, Cancer Care Quality Training Program Predoctoral Fellow

Hayley Morris, MPH

Health Services & Engagement Research Specialist

Kristen Jarman, MSPH

Associate Director – Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, Project Manager

Binh Truong, Master’s in Engineering

Melody Snow, MHS

University Program Specialist

Christina Gutierrez Ford, PhD

Research Specialist

Hunter O’Brien

Data Coordinator

Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

Bernard Weissman, PhD

Professor of Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pediatrics

Ilona Fridman, PhD

Postdoctoral scholar

Tope Keku, PhD

Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Nutrition; Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Michael Sturdivant, BS

Graduate Student

Katie Reeder-Hayes, MD, MSc, MBA

Associate Professor; Chief of Breast Oncology

Kelly Tan, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Myra Suarez, MS

Regulatory Associate

Sherette Godfrey, PhD

Postdoctoral Trainee

Rachel Hirschey, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jennifer Mendel Sheldon, MPH

Project Director

Jane Alison Little, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology

Director, UNC Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease program

Kirsten Nyrop, PhD

Associate Professor

Chassidy Dixon

Office Manager

Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD

Oliver Smithies Investigator, Professor and Chair

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH

Professor of Health Policy and Management

Associate Director, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement

Benyam Muluneh, PharmD

Assistant Professor

Dalia Fleifel, BS

PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant

Deborah Usinger, BA

Project Manager

Sara Mitra, MPH, MSW

Research Project Manager

Marjory Charlot, MD, MPH, MSc

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Assistant Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Cherise Glodowski, MPhil

PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant

Eden Zewdie, BS

PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant

Marc Emerson, PhD

Postdoc, Cancer Control Education Program

Victoria Bae-Jump, MD, PhD

Professor and Fellowship Director, Division of Gyn Oncology

Joannie Ivory, MD, MSPH

Hematology/Oncology Fellow

Lauren Bates, MA, BS (PhD in progress)

PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Victoria Xu, BS

Project Manager

Hazel Nichols, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Danny Ellis, PhD, MBA

Community Researcher

Andrea Walens, PhD

Assistant Director of Collaborative Science

Emily Kounlavong, MD, PhD

Student, Doctor of Medicine

Julianne O’Daniel, MS, CGC

Clinical Associate Professor & Genetic Counselor

Jacob Stein, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Oncology (sarcoma)

Ana Salas, MPH

Community Outreach Coordinator

Janine Jones, BSN, MBA

Patient Advocate

Hilary Lee, BS, MS

Patient Advocate