U-GROWÂ Core Faculty
Co-Principal Investigator
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Co-Principal Investigator
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Program Director
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Evaluation Lead
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Scientific Communication Lead
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Professional Development Lead
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Program Administrator
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
U-GROW Founding Leadership
Associate Director
Cancer Research, Training
& Education Coordination
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Director
Cedars-Sinai Cancer
CSU Faculty Advisory Board
Kristen Emory, Ph.D.
CSU Dominguez HillsÂ
Lilia Espinoza, Ph.D., MPH
CSU Fullerton
Melawhy Garcia,
Ph.D., MPH
CSU Long Beach
Joshua Gold, Ph.D.
CSU Channel Islands
Angie Otiniano
Verissimo, Ph.D., MPH
CSU San BernardinoÂ
Melanie Sabado-Liwag, Ph.D., MPH
CSU Los Angeles
Mirna Sawyer,
Ph.D., MPH
CSU Northridge
Zakkoyya Lewis-Trammell,
Ph.D.
Cal Poly Pomona
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Internship Mentors
Alix Sleight,
Ph.D., OTD, MPH, OTR/L
Associate Professor,
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Brennan Spiegel,
M.D., MSHS
Director,
Health Services Research
Geetanjali Datta,
Sc.D, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine
Gillian Gresham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Hematology/Oncology & Medicine
Katelyn Atkins,
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Radiation Oncology
Megan Hitchins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Biomedical Sciences
Sarah Salvy, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Zul Surani
Director,
Community Outreach
and Engagement & Operations
Cancer Research Center for Health Equity
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Research Associate Professor, Medicine
Professor, Medicine
Staff Physician, Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Sciences
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Director, Basic Research
Research Scientist, Biomedical Sciences
Associate Director, Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship
Research Scientist, Biomedical Sciences
Research Scientist, Computational Biomedicine and Biomedical Sciences
Associate Director
Cancer Research, Training
& Education Coordination
Director, Division of Radiation Biology
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor, Urology
Professor, Computational Biomedicine
External Advisory Board
MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Francisco
University of Texas, San Antonio
San Diego State University
The University of Arizona
Stony Brook University