Scientific Program Committee
Conference Chair
Mary K Hughes MS, RN, CNS, CT, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Committee Members
Kimlin Ashing-Giwa PhD, City of Hope National Medical Center
Erin O Bantum PhD, Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i
Ilana M Braun MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Brittany M Brothers PhD, Ohio State University - Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mandi P Chapman MA, The George Washington University Cancer Institute
Karen L Clark MS, City of Hope National Medical Center
Jayne Cohodas PsyD, Winthrop University Hospital
Teresa L Deshields PhD, Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Beth Gardini Dixon PsyD, Cleveland Clinic
Ronit Elk PhD, American Cancer Society
Sandra Finestone PsyD, Hope Wellness Center
Laurie A Freeman-Gibb MSN, PhD(c), University of Windsor
Joseph A Greer PhD, MGH/Harvard Medical School
Rhonda L Johnson PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Mark Lazenby PhD, AOCNP, Yale University
Cecile Annette Lengacher PhD, RN, University of South Florida
Cynthia T Levine PsyD
Ellen G Levine PhD, MPH, San Francisco State University
Rachel Lynn MD, City of Hope National Medical Center
Joel D Marcus PsyD
Regina Melchor-Beaupre PsyD, Child Psychology Associates
Carolyn C Messner DSW, LCSW-R, CancerCare Inc
Alyson B Moadel PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Cancer Center
Mark A Moore PhD, Joan Kamell Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
Cynthia O'Sullivan RN, MSN, Yale University
Luisina Onganía, Centro Médico Austral OMI - Clínica San Jorge
Jason E Owen PhD, MPH, Loma Linda University
Christina Pozo-Kaderman PhD, University of Miami
Sarah M Rausch PhD, LP, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Kathleen J Rickman DrPH, RN, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Brian M Rivers PhD, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Maria Veronica Robert, Clinica Las Condes
Isabel Schuermeyer MD, Cleveland Clinic
Janet Helen Van Cleave NP, PhD, New York University College of Nursing
Monica S Webb PhD, University of Miami
Lori Wiener PhD, DCSW, National Cancer Institute
Sara D Wood RN, PMHNP, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Amy Y Zhang PhD, Case Western Reserve University
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