Team and Supporters
Professor, MD Anderson
MPI
Administrative Core Co-Leader
ALAC Research Project Principal Investigator
Professor, MD Anderson
MPI
Administrative Core Co-Leader
Engagement Core Co-Leader
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Ruth Rechis, Ph.D.
Executive Director ad interim, Cancer Prevention and Control Platform
MPI
Administrative Core Co-Leader
Research and Methods Core Co-Leader
Engagement Core Co-Leader
Our team
In collaboration with Acres Homes residents and?community organizations, our team plans to bridge the gap between research and real-world practice through community-engaged approaches to address obesity ¡ª the second-leading preventable cause of cancer.?
MD Anderson
Cheryl Anderson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Career Enhancement Core Member
Miranda Baum, M.A.
Clinical Studies Supervisor
Administrative Core Member
Alba Calzada
Sr Research Project Manager
Engagement Core Member
Chelsea Carrier
Program Coordinator
Engagement Core Member
Professor
Leader, Career Enhancement Core
Minxing Chen, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
Research and Methods Core Member
Assistant Professor
ALAC Research Project
Jasmine Dailey, M.P.H., R.D., L.D., C.H.E.S.
Program Manager
Engagement Core Member
Lenna Dawkins-Moultin, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Developmental Core Member
Sophia Dove, M.A.
Predoctoral Fellow
Career Enhancement Core Member
Haley Gardiner, M.P.H., C.H.E.S.
Program Director
Engagement Core Member
Rybecca Kirkpatrick
Program Coordinator
Developmental Core Member
Kylee Laffoon?
Research Data Coordinator
ALAC Research Project
Preena Loomba, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Career Enhancement Core Member
Professor
Co-Leader, Developmental Core
Mickie Lubin
Associate Director, Research Planning & Development
Developmental Core Member
Assistant Professor
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Stacy Mitchell
Program Manager
ALAC Research Project
Stephanie Nutt, M.A., M.P.A.
Scientific Project Director
Research and Methods Core Member
Britney Porter
Program Coordinator
Career Enhancement Core Member
Margaret Raber M.P.H., Dr.PH
Assistant Professor
Co-Leader, Developmental Core
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Crystal Roberson, M.P.H.
Program Director
Administrative Core Member
Professor
Co-Leader, Research and Methods Core
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Patricia Tracy
Program Coordinator
ALAC Research Project
Âé¶¹Ó³» at Austin
Associate Professor
Lauren Kriss, M.A.
Senior Program Coordinator
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Health Communication
UTHealth Houston
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Brighter Bites Research Project
Professor
Brighter Bites Research Project
Research and Methods Core Member
Assistant Professor
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Professor
Assistant Professor
Brighter Bites Research Project
Assistant Professor
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Professor
Brighter Bites Research Project Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Pilot Project Principal Investigator
Acres Homes Community Advisors
Leslie Dever
Engagement Core Member
Tonya Dixon
Engagement Core Member
LaTisha Grant
Engagement Core Member
Felicia Light
Engagement Core Member
Cordelia Williams
Engagement Core Member
Scientific Advisory Board
Derek Griffith, Ph.D.
Georgetown University
MD Anderson
Brian Rivers, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Morehouse School of Medicine
Sonya Sloan, M.D.
The Luke Church
Melinda Stolley, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin