Private: Program Steering Committee Members
Program Director:
Anil Wali, PhD
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
National Cancer Institute
9609 Medical Center Drive, MSC 9746
Sixth Floor, West Tower
Bethesda, MD 20892
aguilah@mail.nih.gov
PSC Chairman:
Abenaa Brewster, MD, MHS
Professor, Clinical Cancer Prevention
Professor, Epidemiology,
Medical Director, Nellie B. Connally Breast Center,
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
abrewster@mdanderson.org
Melissa B. Davis, PhD
Director, Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine
Georgia Research Alliance,
Distinguished Investigator and Associate Professor (Interim)
of Microbiology Biochemistry and Immunology,
Moorehouse School of Medicine
mbdavis@msm.edu
Isla Garraway, MD, PhD
Professor and Director of Research
Department of Urology Member
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Attending Urologist, Greater Los Angeles
igarraway@mednet.ucla.edu
Chanita Hughes-Halbert, PhD
Vice Chair for Research and Professor
Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Associate Director for Cancer Health Equity for Norris
Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of
Southern California
hughesha@usc.edu
Rick Kittles, PhD
Professor and Director, Division of Health Equities,
Department of Population Sciences,
Associate Director for Health Equities,
Director, Diversity Equity and Inclusion,
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
rkittles@coh.org
Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
AbbVie Foundation Distinguished Service
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dean for Oncology, Biological Sciences Division
Director of Comprehensive Cancer Research Center
odunsia@bsd.uchicago.edu
Julie R. Palmer, MPH, ScD
Associate Director for Population Sciences,
Co-Director, BU-BMC Cancer Center
Director, Sloane Epidemiology Center,
Karin Grunebaum Professor in Cancer Research,
Boston University
Senior Editor, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention
jpalmer@bu.edu
John H. Stewart IV, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery,
Presidential Scholar,
University of Illinois-Chicago
jhstew4@uic.edu
Robert A. Winn, MD
Professor, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine,
Director, Massey Cancer Center,
Virginia Commonwealth University
robert.winn@vcuhealth.org













