Internal Advisory Committee

The Meharry Medical College/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center/Tennessee State University Cancer Partnership (MVTCP) implements successful internal planning and evaluation processes to strengthen the Partnership. The function of the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) is to provide oversight on matters of MVTCP institutions. Objectives of the IAC are to 1) ensure all aspects of the Cancer Partnership are operating in an integrated fashion to achieve goals, 2) maximize efficient use of Partnership resources, 3) maintain or select external review panels for projects and programs, 4) convene to resolve problems or consider new opportunities that arise in operation of the Partnership. While all PIs and co-Leaders of projects and cores are invited to IAC meetings, the composition of the nine voting members of the IAC reflects the multidisciplinary thrust of the programs and the Partnership. Members are chosen based on their scientific/professional training, leadership roles on campus, Partnership roles, and commitment to cancer disparities.

IAC Chair:

Siddarth Pratap, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, Bioinformatics Core, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Physiology
Meharry Medical College
spratap@mmc.edu

IAC voting members:

Kimberly Dahlman, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Hematology/Oncology
Assistant Director, Cancer Education, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Co-Director, Immersion Phase, Curriculum 2.0
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
kim.dahlman@vumc.org

Jennifer Cunningham-Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy
Director of Community Engaged Research, Office of Community Health and Engagement
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
jennifer.erves@vumc.org

Debra Friedman, MD, MS
Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology E. Bronson Ingram Chair in Pediatric Oncology
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
E. Bronson Ingram Chair in Pediatric Oncology
Deputy Director
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer
debra.l.friedman@vumc.edu

J. Shawn Goodwin, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Morphology Core
Coordinator, Fundamentals of Neuroscience Course
Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology
Meharry Medical College
jgoodwin@mmc.edu

Rebecca Selove, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor, Center for Prevention Research
Tennessee State University
rselove@tnstate.edu

Sarah Suiter, PhD
Director, Community Development & Action M.Ed. Program
Associate Professor, Human & Organizational Development
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society
Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Global Health
Vanderbilt University
sarah.v.suiter@vanderbilt.edu