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Community Advisory Board

The Community Advisory Board (CAB) is a committed group of experts who gather in the spirit of building partnerships and infusing a community perspective into the UF Health Cancer Institute’s research agenda. The CAB plays a vital role in collaborating with the institute’s leadership team and members to ensure our work focuses on cancer-related issues that are critical to the communities we serve. By working together to increase clinical trial enrollment, deepen community outreach and expand access to care, we can advance cancer prevention, detection and treatment.

Members of the Community Advisory Board and other UF Health Cancer Institute researchers pose for a photo outside in front of a building's brick wall.

Community Advisory Board Members

Meet the members that provide the essential guidance and expertise to support the board’s mission.

Chair

Jeff Feller, MSISE

Chief Executive Officer, WellFlorida Council

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Co-Chair

Sarah Catalanotto (she/her), M.P.H., CTTS

Executive Director, Suwannee River Area Health Education Center

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Diana Duque, M.P.H.

Health Officer and Administrator, Florida Department of Health in Columbia and Hamilton County

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Jeri Francoeur, M.S.

Advocacy Committee Chair, Florida Breast Cancer Foundation

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Harriette Hudson

Chair, Sisters Alive Tallahassee

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Briana Kelley, Ed.D.

Director of Human Services, Marion Senior Services

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Kizzy McCray-Sheppard, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Best-selling author, wellness expert, transformational speaker

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Karen Miller, J.D.

Patient Advocate

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Amanda Napolitano

Executive Director, The DONNA Foundation

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Terence Pollard

Colorectal Cancer Advocate

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Lauren Price

Cancer Survivor

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E. Stanley Richardson

Community Scientist, Founder and Director of ARTSPEAKgnv

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Kendra Siler-Marsiglio, Ph.D.

President and CEO, CommHIT

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Past members

  • Shirley Bloodworth, M.S.N., Community Scientist and Community Advocate
  • Ann Walsh Collett, Childhood Cancer Advocate, President, Headlight Data
  • Robin Lewy, M.A., Director of Programming, Rural Women’s Health Project
  • Nicole Miller, Founder and CEO Blossoming Butterfly
  • Francis Knight, member of Sisters Alive and American Cancer Society

Partnering to advance cancer prevention, detection and treatment

The CAB helps us ensure that our efforts remain grounded in the realities of our region and driven by the needs of the communities we serve. 

The CAB toured the Shared Resources on Feb. 5. Photos by Nate Guidry/UF Health

A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab.
A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab. The tour leader holds a white spiky ball while three other people listen.
A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab. The tour leader gestures while others listen.
A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab.
A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab.
A group of Community Advisory Board members listens while touring a research lab.
A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab.
A group of Community Advisory Board members tours a research lab.
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