Chair (Immediate Past President)
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Clement Gwede, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, FAACE (2026)
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Dr. Clement Gwede is Senior Member and Professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Division of Population Sciences at the Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, and Associate Professor in the Department of Oncologic Sciences, College of Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa FL. He has served as Faculty Associate Director for Diversity at Moffitt Cancer Center since 2005, with emphasis on patient diversity initiatives and minority participation in clinical research. Leveraging his training in public health and nursing, his research focuses on reducing cancer health disparities. Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI), American Cancer Society (ACS), Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the State of Florida Biomedical Research Branch, his current research addresses health equity through culturally appropriate interventions to improve colon cancer screening rates among medically underserved individuals from diverse racial/ethnic and cultural backgrounds. These research studies are heavily vested in cancer education principles, community engagement and use principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods.
Dr. Gwede is co-director of the Tampa Bay Community Cancer Network (TBCCN), an NCI-funded Community Networks Program Center (CNPC) leveraging community-academic partnerships to address cancer health disparities through research, training and education; and mentoring students and junior investigators in CBPR methodologies. Dr. Gwede has served on several national committees and peer-review study sections and has published over 130 scientific articles in health promotion, cancer education and cancer prevention and control.
Additional information (Moffitt website)
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Ewa Szumacher, MD, MEd, FCRP(C), FAACE (2025)
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Dr. Ewa Szumacher is a Full Professor in the Department of
Radiation Oncology University of Toronto, Canada. She is affiliate
scientist in Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Odette Cancer Research
Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute. She is an academic coordinator
in Medical Radiation Sciences Program, Department of Radiation Oncology
UofT. Her research focus is to understand patient preferences for
radiotherapy treatments across different treatment sites (palliative
radiotherapy, breast ca and GU malignancies). Dr. Szumacher aims to
improve the care of cancer patients by working together as an
interprofessional team in radiation oncology practice. This is achieved
by: fostering an interprofessional practice in radiation oncology
through continuing medical education (CME), scholarly work and research,
developing an interprofessional learning environment and creating
modalities for continuing professional education in radiation therapy by
organizing interprofessional CME events, investigating
interprofessional needs of cancer care providers and trainees.
Publications list (via PubMed)
University of Toronto profile (department of radiation oncology)
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Charles Moore, MD, FAACE (2024)
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Dr. Moore is a Professor of Otolaryngology - Head &
Neck Surgery and Co-Director of the Center for Cranial Base Surgery
at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is also the Chief of
Service Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Grady Memorial
Hospital. The focus of his research is on the investigation of
factors involved in disparity of healthcare, with a particular focus on
head and neck cancer incidence in medically underserved communities,
including a special interest in health equality. Dr. Moore
contributes to the research of craniomaxillofacial trauma and
anterior cranial base tumor pathology. Dr. Moore has numerous Honors,
Awards, and Professional Memberships.
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Kathleen Heneghan, RN, PhD, PNP-C, FAACE (2023)
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Kathleen Cullen Heneghan, is the Assistant Director of the
Division of Education, Surgical Patient Education Program (SPEP) at
the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Ms. Heneghan is responsible
for the national assessment and development of patient education
programs in surgery. She collaborates with surgical specialty and
professional organizations to develop, implement and evaluate the
surgical patient education resources including electronic, print and
simulation. The Surgical Patient Education Program aims to support
professionals with evidenced based education programs and empower
patients with the skills and knowledge needed for full participation
in care.
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Maria C. Bishop, MD, BSN, FAACE (2022)
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Dr. Bishop is Professor of Medicine, in the Department of Medicine,
at the University of Arizona, and a member of The University of Arizona
Cancer Center in Tucson. She is a medical oncologist, Program Director
of the Section of Hematology/Oncology, and Chair of the Ethics Committee
at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System. She
specializes in neuro-oncology and end-of-life care. Her research
interests are developing and evaluating cancer related curricula for
predoctoral and postdoctoral students and international cancer
education. Dr. Bishop is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of
Cancer Education.
Dr. Bishop was included on the Dean's List for Excellence in
Teaching in the Clinical Sciences and is a Faculty Mentor for the Societies Program
at The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Societies, a
professional learning community, is a four-year longitudinal teaching
and mentoring program for medical students where they learn
interviewing, physical examination, and patient care skills at the
patient bedside. Dr. Bishop is board-certified in internal medicine,
medical oncology, and hospice and palliative medicine.
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