Committee Members

Leaders Title/Expertise Contact Information
Autumn J. McRee, MD
Committee Chair		 Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
GI Oncology Clinical Trials Leader
Gastrointestinal Oncology		 919.966.3856 (phone)

autumn_mcree@med.unc.edu

 
Anne Beaven, MD
Committee Co-Chair		 Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Director, Lymphoma Program
Lymphoma		 919.966.9268 (phone)

anne_beaven@med.unc.edu

 
Wendy Brewster, MD, PhD
Faculty Advisor, Minority Accrual		 Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, UNC Center for Women’s Health Research		 919.966.5967 (phone)

wrbrewst@med.unc.edu

 
David McNelis, PhD
Patient Advocate		 Research Professor
Nuclear Physics		 919.225.7522 (phone)

mcnelis@unc.edu
Members
Jeffrey Blumberg, MD Assistant Professor
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology		 919.9668927 (phone)

jeffrey_blumberg@med.unc.edu
Catherine Callaghan Coombs, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Program		 919.962.5141 (phone)

catherine_coombs@med.unc.edu
Christopher Dittus, DO, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Lymphoma		 984.974.8763 (phone)

chris_dittus@med.unc.edu
Matthew Foster, MD Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Program		 919.843.2477 (phone)

mcfoster@med.unc.edu
Paola Gehrig, MD Professor of Medicine (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Director of Gynecologic Oncology		 919.966.1194 (phone)

paola_gehrig@med.unc.edu
Katarzyna Jamieson, MD Associate Professor of Medicine                                  (Hematology/Oncology)                                                Bone Marrow Transplant 919.966.4431 (phone)

katarzyna_jamieson@med.unc.edu
Ugwuji Maduekwe, MD, MMSc Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery		  919.966.5221 (phone)

umaduekwe@med.unc.edu
Hyman Muss, MD Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professorship in Geriatric Oncology
Breast Cancer, Geriatric Oncology		 919.966.4431 (phone)

hyman_muss@med.unc.edu
Shetal A. Patel, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thoracic Oncology
Head and Neck Oncology		 984.974.1000 (phone)

shetal_patel@med.unc.edu
Hanna Sanoff, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine
Gastrointestinal Oncology Program
Clinical Medical Directory, NC Cancer Hospital
Section Chief, GI Medical Oncology		 919.966.4431 (phone)

hanna_sanoff@med.unc.edu
Colette Shen, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Radiation Oncology		 984.974.8429 (phone)

colette_shen@med.unc.edu
J. Keith Smith, MD, PhD Professor of Radiology, Neuroradiology
School of Medicine Vice Chair of Clinical Research		 919.966.2885 (phone)

jksmith@med.unc.edu
John T. Soper, MD Dr. Catherine Sou-Mei Young Professor
Obstetrics/Gynecology		 984.974.7822 (phone)

john_soper@med.unc.edu
Nasreen Vohra, MD Assistant Professor
Surgical Oncology
East Carolina University		 252.744.4110 (phone)

vohran@ecu.edu
Robert Wehbie, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Rex Hospital		 919.570.7550 (phone)

robert_wehbie@med.unc.edu
Shared Seats
Biostatistics
Joseph G. Ibrahim, PhD Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics 919.843.2715 (phone)

ibrahim@bios.unc.edu
Anastasia Ivanova, PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistics 919.843.8086 (phone)

aivanova@bios.unc.edu
Bahjat Qaqish, MD, PhD Professor of Biostatistics 919.966.7271 (phone)

qaqish@bios.unc.edu
Naim Rashid, PhD Research Assistant Professor 919.843.3311

naim@unc.edu
Xianming Tan, PhD Research Associate Professor 919.962.8610

xianming@email.unc.edu
Laboratory Medicine
Paul Armistead, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine
(Hematology/Oncology)		 919.843.6847 (phone)

paul_armistead@med.unc.edu
James Coghill, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Program		 919.962.8409 (phone)

jcoghill@email.unc.edu
Ben Vincent, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Hematology/Oncology)		 919.962.8412 (phone)

benjamin_vincent@med.unc.edu
Social Science
Antonia Bennett, PhD Research Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management		 919.962.5427 (phone)

avbenn@unc.edu
Sarah Birken, PhD Assistant Professor
Health Policy and Management		 919.445.0774 (phone)

sarah1@email.unc.edu
Jennifer Elston Lafata, PhD Professor
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy		 919.966.9480 (phone)

jel@email.unc.edu
Jennifer Lund, PhD Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology		 919.966.7440 (phone)

jennifer.lund@unc.edu
Kirsten Nyrop, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
(Hematology/Oncology)		 919.962.5139 (phone)

kirsten_nyrop@med.unc.edu
Jennifer Smith, PhD Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology		 919.966.7450 (phone)

jsssmith@email.unc.edu
Ray Tan, MD Assistant Professor of Urology 919.966.2571 (phone)

hjtan@med.unc.edu
Justin Trogdon, PhD Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management		 919.962.2433 (phone)

trogdonj@email.unc.edu