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The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

- Leadership Overview
- Director's Message
  Read a message from Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
- About the Center
  Learn about the mission and vision of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.
- Outreach Overview
- Mission
  The Community Outreach and Engagement Office aims to reduce overall cancer burden and eliminate cancer-related health disparities in its catchment area.
- Community Advisory Board
  This board advises on the direction of cancer center research, dissemination of evidence from ongoing research activities, and policy recommendations.
- Speaker's Bureau
  The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Speakers Bureau provides resources to community groups across Nebraska including experts to give presentations on cancer-related topics.
- Resources
  The Community Outreach and Engagement Office provides such resources as videos, infographics, reports and community needs assessments.
- Our Team
  Find members of the Community Outreach and Engagement Office team.
- Nebraska Breast Health Navigation Program
  This program is working to eliminate barriers for breast cancer survivors, using trained volunteers called Lay Patient Navigators who provide peer-to-peer support.
- Research Overview
- Cancer Biology Program
  Learn about our work to understand the fundamental mechanisms that underlie cancer initiation and progression in order to find new biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Program
  We are working to better understand these cancers, to identify new tools for their management, and to develop new therapies.
- Targets, Modulators and Delivery Program
  We are developing and delivering small molecules to modulate validated cancer targets as eventual cancer therapeutics.
Patient Care
Training & Education

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Our Team

Team Members

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD

Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement Office
Dr. Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science, Department of Epidemiology, UNMC College of Public Health

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Patrick Maloney, PhD, MPH

Assistant Director for Data Analytics, Community Outreach & Engagement Office
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, UNMC College of Public Health

Rachael Schmidt, DPN, FNP-C, AOCNP

Assistant Director for Cancer Education & Screening, Community Outreach & Engagement Office
Program Director, Cancer Survivorship and High Risk & Prevention

Rachael Schmidt, DPN

Keyonna King, DrPH, MA

Assistant Director for Research Integration, Community Outreach and Engagement Office
Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, UNMC College of Public Health
Director, Great Plains IDeA-CTR Community Engagement Core

Keyonna King, DrPH, MA

Juan Santamaria, MD

Assistant Director for Clinical Integration, Community Outreach and Engagement Office
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, UNMC Department of Surgery
Co-Founder and Director, Breast Health Navigation Program

Juan Santamaria, MD

Jordan McCullough, MPH

Project Coordinator, Community Outreach & Engagement Office

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Phone: 402-559-2072