Leadership Team
Jason "Jay" Mendoza, MD, MPH
Dr. Mendoza's research uses innovative behavioral interventions and policies in schools, communities and clinical settings to eliminate inequities in childhood physical activity and nutrition outcomes disadvantaged populations.
Vida Henderson, PhD, PharmD
Dr. Henderson focuses on preventive health services utilization as well as cancer prevention and early detection, particularly in underserved populations and high-risk communities.
Katherine "Kathy" Briant, MPH
Throughout her career at Fred Hutch, Ms. Briant has served as a catalyst for cancer control planning and implementation in the Northwest Region as she and her staff have worked with organizations that reach medically underserved populations to help plan, implement, and evaluate effective and sustainable cancer control strategies. She currently works with the OCOE team to use a community-based participatory research approach to implement interventions that address issues around health disparities.
Research Team
Allison Cole, MD, MPH
Margaret “Peggy” Hannon, PhD, MPH
Dr. Hannon is the Director of the Health Promotion Research Center, a CDC-funded Prevention Research Center. Her research focuses on dissemination and implementation research, with an emphasis on cancer screening and workplace health promotion.
Jaimee Heffner, PhD
Dr. Jaimee Heffner is a clinical psychologist who researches tobacco-cessation interventions for populations who experience health disparities, including people with mental health conditions, low-income veterans, and sexual and gender minorities. Much of her work focuses on new behavioral treatments such as acceptance and commitment therapy and behavioral activation. She develops methods to deliver these interventions — such as websites, smartphone apps and other forms of technology — to improve the accessibility of treatment for all tobacco users. Her research interests also include implementation of tobacco-cessation interventions in the novel setting of lung cancer screening.
Yaw Nyame, MD, MS, MBA
Dr. Nyame is Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, as well as a surgeon, researcher and patient advocate who specializes in urologic oncology and general urology.
Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD
Dr. Parker is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Director of Seven Directions: A Center for Indigenous Public Health, based within the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, University of Washington.
Steve Schwartz, PhD
Dr. Schwartz is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. His research centers on genetic, lifestyle and environmental determinants of neoplasia and its sequelae.
David Doody, MS
Mr. Doody is a member of the Cancer Epidemiology Research Cooperative (CERC) within the Public Health Sciences division.
Kristen Hammerback
Ms. Hammerback is a research scientist at the CDC-funded Health Promotion Research Center, within the School of Public Health at the University of Washington.
Elizabeth Carosso
Ms. Carosso is a research project manager with the OCOE.
Jean McDougall, PhD, MPH
Community Health Education Team
Cithlali Chavez Mendoza
Michaella Cobbinah
Nora Gonzalez
Genoveva Ibarra
Jessica Lopez-Ramirez
Margarita Olivera
Daniel Padron, MPH
Liz Tallent
Indigenous Cancer Health Equity Initiative Team
Craig Dee, MPH (c)
Snowy Johnson, MPH
Annavey Skenandore, MPH
OCOE Admin & Support Team
Tina Burrows
Jamie Ersbak
Avigail Galvan
Sara McSorley
Solange Mecham
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