Appendix

Expert committees review for scientific merit all research applications submitted to the CBCRP. To minimize conflicts of interest, review committees are composed of experts from outside California. These experts include scientists highly knowledgeable about the broad topic of the applications they consider. Each review committee also has advocate reviewers. These are women and men active in breast cancer advocacy organizations, many of them also living with the disease. The review committees for 2010 are listed below.

Community Impact Review Committee

Chair:

Shiraz Mishra, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
University of Maryland, Baltimore - School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Scientific Reviewers:

Deborah Bowen, Ph.D.
Member and Professor
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Boston University
Boston, MA

Alecia Fair, Dr.PH
Assistant Professor
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN

Carolyn Gotay, Ph.D.
Professor. & Chair in Cancer Primary Prevention
School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

Mel Haberman, Ph.D.
Professor
College of Nursing
Washington State University
Spokane, WA

Alicia Matthews, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Nursing
Chicago, IL

Margo Michaels, M.P.H
Executive Director
Education Network Access to Advance Clinical Trials
Bethesda, MD

Nalini Visvanathan, Ph.D.
Research Contractor, Editor
The Fenway Institute
Washington, DC

Advocate Reviewers:

Beverly Canin
Breast Cancer Option, Inc
Rhinebeck, NY

Christine Carpenter
Iowa Breast Cancer Edu-action
Cedar Falls, IA

California Advocate Observer:

Ernesta Wright
The Green Foundation
Brea, CA

Ad-Hoc Reviewers:

Dawn Hershman, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Karen Meneses, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Dean for Research
School of Nursing
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

George Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, W

 

Detection and Prognosis Review Committee

Chair:

Peggy Porter, M.D.
Head, Breast Cancer Research Program
Divisions of Human Biology and Public Health Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA

Scientific Reviewers:

Eldon Jupe, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research
InterGenetics, Incorporated
Oklahoma City, OK

Andrew Karellas, Ph.D.
Director of Radiologic Physics
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Worcester, MA

Paul Kinahan, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Julie Lang, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Arizona Health Sciences Center
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Stefan Posse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM

 

Edward Sauter, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery, Associate Dean for Research
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

Ratna Vadlamudi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UTHSCSA Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Reproductive Research
San Antonio, TX

Martin Woodle, Ph.D.
Scientist
Aparna Biosciences Corp.
Bethesda, MD

Advocate Reviewers:

Roberta Gelb
SHARE
New York, NY

Kimberly Newman-McCown
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Melrose Park, PA

Beverly Parker, Ph.D.
Breast Cancer Network of Strength
Naperville, IL

California Advocate Observer:

Sherrie Fasola Wilkins, Ph.D.
Breast Cancer Connections
Palo Alto, CA

Etiology and Prevention Review Committee

Chair:

Christine Ambrosone, Ph.D.
Professor of Oncology and Chair
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Department of Cancer Prevention & Control
Buffalo, NY

Scientific Reviewers:

Stefan Ambs, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Abenaa Brewster, M.D., M.H.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention
Houston, TX

Scott Davis, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Chi-Chen Hong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY

Eva Schernhammer, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, MA

Rulla Tamimi, Sc.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Department of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Advocate Reviewers:

Ann Fonfa
The Annie Appleseed Project
Delray Beach, FL

Sara Williams
The Carolina Breast Cancer Study (UNC)
Mebane, NC

California Advocate Observer:

Cindy Love
Albie Aware, Inc.
Sacramento, CA



Innovative Treatments Review Committee

Chair:

Patricia LoRusso, D.O.
Professor of Medicine
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Scientific Reviewers:

Stephen Barnes, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL

Ralph Bernacki, Ph.D.

Professor; Cancer Research Scientist
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY

Ulrich Bierbach, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Wake Forest University
Chemistry Department
Winston-Salem, NC

Sandra Demaria, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Shawn Holt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Massey Cancer Center, Department of Pathology
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond, VA

Kathie-Ann Joseph, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Director, Women at Risk
Department of Surgery, Breast Service
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Keith Knutson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Immunology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Department of Immunology
Rochester, MN

Mark Pegram, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
University of Miami
Miami, FL


William Redmond, Ph.D.

Scientist
Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center
Providence Portland Medical Center
Portland, OR

Fredika Robertson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Experimental Therapeutics
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Lily Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Nancy Panoz Chair of Surgery in Cancer Research
Department of Surgery and Winship Cancer Institute
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Advocate Reviewers:

David Baker
National Breast Cancer Coalition
Houston, TX

Marjorie Gallece

Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas
Austin, TX

Nancy Singleton

SHARE
Hoboken, NJ

Maria Wetzel
Michigan Breast Cancer Coalition
Baldwin, MI

California Advocate Observer:

Carol Rose Schultz
Breast Cancer Connections
Palo Alto, CA

Ad-Hoc Reviewers:

Silvia Formenti, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY

Eva Sevick-Muraca, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
The University of Texas
Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine
Houston, TX

 

Tumor Biology Review Committee

Chair:

Danny Welch, Ph.D.
Leonard H. Robinson Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Scientific Reviewers:

Hava Avraham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

David Boothman, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Oncology, Pharmacology and Radiation
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

James DiRenzo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH

Stephen Grant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Pittsburgh, PA

Cheryl Jorcyk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Boise State University
Boise, ID

Joan Lewis-Wambi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Ludwig, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Columbia University, Institute for Cancer Genetics
Department of Pathology
New York, NY

Cindy K. Miranti, Ph.D.
Scientific Investigator
Van Andel Research Institute
Grand Rapids, MI

 

Harikrishna Nakshatri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Walther Oncology Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN

Weston Porter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College Station, TX

Patricia Schoenlein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cellular Biology & Anatomy
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

Joyce Schroeder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center
Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Tucson, AZ

Advocate Reviewers:

Valerie Fraser
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Huntington Woods, MI

Nancy Key
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Camano Island, WA

Theresa Martyka
Breast Cancer Network of Strength
Chicago Ridge, IL

Diane Roth
Breast Cancer Network of Strength
Oak Lawn, IL

Sandra Stanford
Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation
San Antonio, TX

California Advocate Observer:

Dikla Benzeevi
Young Survival Coalition
Studio City, CA

Ad-Hoc Reviewer:

Zhen Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Associate Director
Center for Biomarker Discovery, Dept. of Pathology
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes
Baltimore, MD

SRI Environmental Exposure Cohort Review

Chair:

Suzanne E. Fenton, Ph.D
Reproductive Endocrinologist
NIEHS, Division of Intramural Research
Ntl.Toxicology Program, Cellular & Molecular Pathology

Scientific Reviewers:

Francine Laden, Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Dept. of Environmental Health & Dept. of Epidemiology
Harvard University
Boston, MA

Stephanie A. Robert, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies
School of Social Work
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

John E. Vena, Ph.D.
UGA Foundation Professor & Department Head
College of Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Advocate Reviewer:

Ann Hernick
Breast Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati

Non-Voting Member:

Julia G. Brody, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Silent Spring Institute
Newton, MA

California Breast Cancer Survivorship Consortium Review:

Chair:

Electra Paskett, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, College of Public Health
Assoc. Director for Population Science
Ohio State University – Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, OH

Michelle Holmes, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Channing Lab
Harvard University
Boston, MA

 

Gretchen Kimmick, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Oncologist
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Advocate Reviewer:

Jaci Holland
Columbus Black Women’s Health Project
Westerville, OH

Non-Voting Member:

Blase Polite, M.D.
Clinical Oncologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Partnership to Advance Breast Cancer Research Review:

Sarah Gehlert, Ph.D.
E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity
The Brown School
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
Ecologist and Author
Trumansburg, NY

Non-Voting Member:

Julia G. Brody, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Silent Spring Institute
Newton, MA