Advocacy and Advisory Committees
Patient Advocates
The Advocacy Committee assists the RPCI-UPCI Ovarian Cancer SPORE in collaborating with established advocate networks in western New York, Pittsburgh and nationally, in enhancing minority participation in all aspects of the RPCI-UPCI Ovarian Cancer SPORE, and ensuring that the concerns of ovarian cancer patients, survivors and their families are addressed.
Patient Advocacy Committee
Deborah Erwin, PhD (Chair)
Director, Office of Cancer Health Disparities Research
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Ruth A. Modzelewski, PhD
Mission Coordinator, Pittsburgh Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Kathleen Maxian
Co-Founder, President, WNY Ovarian Cancer Project
Shelley Dodt
Cancer Survivor
Annie Ellis
Cancer Survivor
Marcie Paul
Cancer Survivor
Linda Steinhorn
Volunteer, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Internal Scientific Advisory Board
Candace Johnson, PhD (Chair)
James Mohler, MD
Alex Adjei, MD, PhD
Christine Ambrosone, PhD
Elizabeth Repasky, PhD
Kelvin Lee, MD
James Marshall, PhD
Dario Vignali, PhD
Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, FACS
Hassane Zarour, MD
Walter Storkus, PhD
External Scientific Advisory Board
Anil Sood, MD (Chair)
Tyler Curiel, MD, MPH
Ellen Goode, PhD
Kenneth Nephew, PhD
Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD
Susan Ramus, PhD
