The Community Outreach and Engagement team formed working groups to support bidirectional engagement between community partners and Harvard Cancer Consortium (HCC) researchers and programs around our four priority cancers. Each working group identifies and implements strategies and activities to reduce the cancer burden across Massachusetts.
Co-Leaders:
Shioban Torres, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Lydia Pace, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Members:
Milagros Abreu, Latino Health Insurance Program
Stephanie Harriston-Diggs, Community Member
Martha Holt, City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force
Rachel Freedman, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Nancy Keating, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Ashley Odai-Afotey, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Erica Warner, Massachusetts General Hospital
Increase education and awareness around breast cancer screening and diagnostics
Co-leaders
Leon Bethune, Boston Public Health Commission
Mark Kennedy, Boston Public Health Commission
Nadine Jackson, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Members:
Jennifer Andruzzi, Joe Andruzzi Foundation
Joelynn Muwanga, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, Massachusetts General Hospital
Increase education and awareness around colorectal cancer screening
Co-Leaders:
Eduardo Nunez, Baystate Health
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Massachusetts General Hospital
Members:
Sidhu Gangadharan, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kerri Medeiros, American Cancer Society
Lecia Sequist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Deepti Srinivasan, American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative
Increase lung cancer screening
Co-Leaders:
David Einstein, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nicole Heanssler, American Cancer Society
Members
Adam Feldman, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kerry Kilbridge, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Elecia Miller, City of Lawrence Mayor’s Health Task Force
Heidi Rayala, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Melanie Steeves, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Increase prostate cancer screening