Advisory Boards
Internal Scientific Advisory Board
University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer CenterErnst Lengyel, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Rita Nanda, MD
Director, Breast Oncology Program
Justin Kline, MD
Director, Lymphoma Program
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Christine Ambrosone, PhD
Senior Vice President, Population Sciences
Chair, Department of Cancer Prevention & Control
Gurkamal Chatta, MD
Chief, Genitourinary Medicine
Department of Medicine
Sharon Evans, PhD
Professor, Department of Immunology
Elizabeth Bouchard, PhD
Director, Community Outreach & Engagement
Department of Cancer Prevention
James Mohler, MD
Associate Director and Senior Vice President
Translational Research
Elizabeth Repasky, PhD
Co-Leader, Cell Stress and Biophysical Therapies CCSG Program
Vice Chair, Department of Immunology
External Scientific Advisory Board
Tyler Curiel, MD, MPHProfessor and The Daisy M. Skinner President’s Chair in Cancer Immunology Research
UTexas Health Science Center
Ellen Goode, PhD
Professor and Chief, Division of Prevention Research
Mayo Clinic
Ken Nephew, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
IndianaU Simon Cancer Center
Anil Sood, MD
Director, Blanton-Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Program
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Richard Vile, PhD
Co-Director, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Program
Mayo Clinic
Tanja Pejovic, MD, PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Oregon Health Science University
Patient Advocates
The Advocacy Committee will assist the Roswell Park-University of Chicago Ovarian Cancer SPORE in collaborating with established advocate networks in Western New York, Chicago and nationally to enhance minority participation in all aspects of the Roswell Park-University of Chicago Ovarian Cancer SPORE, and to ensure that the concerns of ovarian cancer patients, survivors and their families are addressed.
Patient Advocate Committee
Annie Ellis
White Plains, New York
Kathleen Gavin
Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kathleen Maxian
Ovarian Cancer Project, Williamsville, New York
Marcie Paul
West Bloomfield, Michigan