Our Team

The WashU PE-CGS research team has a long and outstanding record of leadership in both cancer disparities and genomic research across different parts of cancer care.

Principal investigators of the WU-PE-CGS Study:

Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, Co-Director and Contact Principal Investigator | Division of Public Health Sciences
Li Ding, PhD, Co-Director, Co-Principal Investigator
Bettina Drake, PhD, Co-Director, Co-Principal Investigator
Ryan Fields, MD, Co-Director, Co-Principal Investigator

Clinical Coordinators:

Hassani Bland, BS
Danielle Grasso, RN

Participant Engagement Advisory Board:

Study participants play a key role in helping to develop and improve components of the study. This helps the WU-PE-CGS study meet the needs of its participants, as well as their families, loved ones, and healthcare teams. Please contact us if you’re interested in being part of the WU-PE-CGS Participant Engagement Advisory Board (PEAB).

Patient Advocacy Partners:

Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation
Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC)
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)

Other Collaborators

Administrative Core

Kia Davis, ScD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences
Aimee James, PhD, MPH, Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences

Participant Engagement Unit (PEU)

Mark Fiala, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology
Susan Jones, MS, Cancer Genetic Counselor
Kian-Huat Lim, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oncology Division, Section of Medical Oncology
Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences
Ravi Vij, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation
Mark Watson, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Division of Clinical Pathology
Albert M. Lai, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences

Engagement Optimization Unit (EOU)

Stephanie Solomon Cargill, PhD, MSPH, Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University
Patricia Dickson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Erin Linnenbringer, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences
Jessica Mozersky, PhD, MBE, Assistant Professor, Bioethics Research Center, Division of General Medical Sciences
Mary Politi, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences
Fei Wan, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences

Genome Characterization Unit (GCU)

David Spencer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Section of Stem Cell Biology, Division of Oncology
Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences
Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Feng Chen, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Renal Division, Department of Medicine
Eric Duncavage, MD, Professor, Pathology & Immunology, Section Head, Molecular Oncology
Reyka Jayasinghe, PhD, Instructor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Mike Wendl, PhD, Associate Professor, Oncology Division, Department of Medicine
Matt Wyczalkowski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Oncology Division, Department of Medicine

Multi-disciplinary team – Expertise	Faculty Team Member
Social and behavioral scientists (expert in direct engagement, health communication, and health literacy)	Colditz, Drake, James, Politi, Davis, Toriola, Fiala, Mozersky, Cao, Wan
Oncologists, pathologists (expert in biospecimen science)	Fields, Dickson, Watson, Lim, Vij, Duncavage, Colditz
Molecular biologists, geneticists, and bioinformaticians	Ding, Spencer, Chen, Chaudhuri, Wendl, Wyczalkowski
Genetic counselors	Linnenbringer, Dickson, Jones

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