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CISN Board of Directors And Officers:
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Sinan Tanyolac, M.D.
President & CEO
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I graduated from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1995, with M.D. degree. I completed my Internal Medicine residency and Endocrinology and Metabolism postdoctoral trainings at the same school. After working at the Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco for part of my postdoctoral training, I have studied the role of glucose transporters in breast cancer at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF. In my later academic life, I worked on insulin resistance, obesity, and population genetics. I have been serving as a senior consultant at Medscale Research company, which conducts international medical research in Turkey since 2014.
As a physician, I not only aim to diagnose and treat cancer patients related to my field, but also to give all kinds of support to my patients, family members and relatives in their fight against their cancer and increase their quality of life.
When the founder and former president of the Cancer Information & Supporting Network, Mrs. Peggy Divine B.S, C.L.S, asked my wife, Chira Chen-Tanyolac B.S. and I to take over this non-profit organization, we agreed whole heartly. We feel Mrs. Peggy Devine had done a wonderful job of setting up this organization and running it successfully for over 20 years. We want to make sure it continues to serve the cancer patient advocates, cancer patients, cancer survivors, their families, and the cancer communities.
This organization has not only served the cancer communities in North America, but it has also touch upon the communities in Asian countries. Our aim is to continue to foster the cancer communities of North America and Asia and extend the organization all over the world. |
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Nuriye Nalan Sahin-
Hodoglugil M.D., M.A. PhD
Director
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I am a Public Health practitioner and researcher, currently working as the Fetal Sequencing Program Manager at University of California, San Francisco, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. I have been involved in clinical and population-based research and program implementation throughout my career. I have particular interest in public health interventions and operations research to expand the accessibility of innovations to reach the most disadvantaged communities and geographies.
I have significant background and experience in global sexual and reproductive health. During my work as the Senior Reproductive Health Technical Advisor with Jphpiego, I lead program implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities on maternal health in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Kenya. Prior to that, as the Associate Medical Director of Venture Strategies Innovations, I lead the development and implementation of programs, including their evaluation through operations research in countries including Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. The programs focused on improving reproductive health of women living in regions with the poorest health indicators, such as high levels of maternal mortality. My expertise areas include family planning, post-abortion care, comprehensive abortion care, and sexually transmitted disease and HIV prevention.
More recently, as the Clinical Research Manager at UCSF, I managed enrollment of 845 patients for a genomic sequencing study, over the course of five years, including pediatric and prenatal arms. This NIH funded study is part of a National Consortium (CSER) and aimed at exploring the clinical utility in under-served and under-represented minority populations. Currently I participate in several multi-disciplinary projects at UCSF at the intersection of research and clinical care. |
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Ugur Hodoglugil, M.D.,PhD
Director |
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I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and I am an experienced human genetics researcher. Currently I work in Genomics Medicine Laboratory at UCSF (University of California, San Francisco). My work involves molecular diagnosis of hereditary cancer and other hereditary clinical conditions. I also support several clinical validation procedures and research and development efforts of the department.
There are many factors, like genetics and lifestyle, which can help any person to understand her/his cancer risk. We, in the Genomics Medicine Laboratory, analyze several genes to determine if a person have an increased genetic cancer risk. Positive findings might help healthcare providers to take proper action, i.e. screen more often, start screenings at younger ages, or take measures to prevent cancer in the future.
I worked, in the past, at Stanford University Department of Genetics, PharmGKB (The Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase) and at biotech companies including; NextBio and Illumina Enterprise Informatics Business Unit. I also had worked as researcher and instructor in Researcher in School of Medicine, Gazi University, Turkey.
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Chira Chen-Tanyolac, B.S.
CFO, Treasurer & Secretary
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I have been a cancer patient advocate for over two decades, beginning as a volunteer at San Francisco Kaiser Pediatric from 1976-1979. In 1999, I became a patient advocate at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Advocacy Core (BSAC) and have been actively involved in various advocacy efforts since.
As a member of the San Francisco chapter of YSC, I have participated in the planning of Cancer Survival Day for both June 2001 and 2002. I have also been a member of the NCI CARRA and a grant reviewer for the NCI SPN and the Department of Defense Consumer Grant on Breast Cancer Research.
In addition to my professional activities, I have volunteered my time and resources to various charitable causes. I have served as a peer counselor at the UCSF Cancer Resource Center and have participated in the Cancer Center's annual Christmas toy, food, and clothing drive for cancer patients and their families. I have also been involved in the Breast Cancer Quit program at the UCSF Cancer Center and have participated in a tile-making workshop with Ann Chamberlain for the new Breast Care Center at the university.
Overall, I have dedicated my career to advancing cancer research and supporting cancer patients and their families. I am currently a staff research associate at the University of California San Francisco, where have been working in the Department of Pathology since 2011. |
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Xianhong Wang, M.D.
Director and VP |
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I got my medical degree from Hebei Medical University, China, in 1995. I finished my surgical residency training before moving to the U.S with my husband in 1998. Soon after coming to the U.S, I got a master’s degree in computer science from San Diego State University. I worked as a programmer analyst in a bioinformatic research group at University of California, San Diego for 5 years. Since our family was relocated to San Francisco, I have worked as a research specialist at UCSF for 13 years.
I joined the Tlsty lab six years ago, a lab focusing on cancer research. I love this job because I can use both my computer knowledge and medical knowledge. Tlsty lab is interested in studying genetic, epigenetic, and functional changes involved in the earliest steps of epithelial cancers and how the interactions between stromal components and epithelial cells collaborate to moderate carcinogenesis as well as their consequences for clinical disease. I am very enthusiastic about what the lab is doing. I have been involved in three projects. The first project is looking for protein markers that can predict what breast DCIS can progress to invasive cancer later. It is an extremely exciting project that has a potential to have profound influence on the current treatment of DCIS patients. The second project is to investigate if a treatment can benefit DCIS patients. The third project is to study the role of chronic inflammation in cancer. I helped these projects with multiplex immunofluorescence staining, imaging, and image analysis. I also helped with cell culture, western blot, real time PCR, etc.
Overall, I enjoy working in the biomedical cancer research field. Outside my work, my husband and I have two teenagers. I enjoy hiking, skiing, and watching soccer with my family. |
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| CISN Founding Board of Directors: |
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Peggy Devine, B.S, C.L.S
Founder & President |
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 49. This experience changed my
life in many ways. I left a career that I loved, retrained myself about cancer and
advocacy and then formed a nonprofit focused on helping other cancer patients
understand the importance of research principals.
I have a B.S. in chemistry and biological science. I also completed a one-year
training in clinical laboratory science and hold federal and state licenses in that field. I
have had over 25 years of clinical and research lab experience and would probably still
be working in a lab somewhere if not for my cancer diagnosis. After treatment I quit
my job and took a part time job as the Assistant Administrator for the UCSF Breast
Oncology Program where I spent 5 years learning the various aspects of both the
research and clinical end of the breast oncology field.
I volunteered for many different committees while at UCSF: I was the first
advocate to sit on their Pre-protocol Review Committee (7 years), the Tissue Use
Committee (2 years), the Breast SPORE (9 years) and the Special Populations
Committee (2 years). Other volunteer efforts include: CARRA advocate for the NCI,
member of both ACOSOG and ACRIN (vice-chair) cooperative groups, co-chair of a
work group for the Summit Series on Clinical Trials and a NBCC public policy team
leader. I have reviewed grants for DoD, NCI, AVON, Komen and CA Breast Cancer
Research Program.
I have completed the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) Project LEAD,
Clinical Trial LEAD and Quality Care LEAD. I recently served as 1 of 8 advocates at a 45
member NBCC “Measure-What-Matters” Quality Care Meeting. I participated in the
Rocky Mountain Evidenced-Based Health Care Program in 2006 and attended two
annual AACR meetings as a member of their Scientist<->Survivor Program. I have
served as a mentor for this program. I attended the first AACR Scientist<->Survivor
Training Workshop for advocates and have served on the faculty of the
ASCO/AACR sponsored “Methods in Clinical Cancer Research” held in Vail CO.
I founded Cancer Information and Support Network (CISN) in 2001 and serve as
it’s President. CISN was the first nonprofit vendor ever used by a leading biotech
company. This included developing educational materials for a specific clinical trial to
assist patients understanding of the study. CISN also performs trainings for
professional staff as well as advocates on a variety of research topics with a focus on
health literacy, clinical trials and the informed consent process.
CISNs goals are to transmit emerging advances in cancer research by bridging the
gap between industry, academia and the public. CISN strives to foster public awareness
and literacy about the importance of medical research to daily life.
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Diana Reeder, OTR/L |
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I graduated from Colorado State University with a BS degree in the field of Occupational Therapy and have been a practicing therapist for over 20 years. In my professional experience, I have worked with a variety of patients, in hospitals, clinics and also in their homes. Several have a diagnosis of cancer and are in various stages of the disease. I have witnessed the challenges and questions regarding diagnosis, treatment, and finding resources those patients, caregivers, and families have to face, often in time of crisis.
I also have been touched, on a personal level, in my own family as well as several friends who are survivors or are presently dealing with cancer. |
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Sue and Bill Carman |
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Sue has taught Special Education for 36 years and is currently a Program Specialist in Special Ed for the Castro Valley, California school district.
Bill, after working in the food business for 35 years is currently consulting for various consumer products companies and is a partner in Eel River Organic Beef based in Northern California.
Sue and Bill have been married for 34 years, have two grown children and are both cancer survivors; Sue with breast cancer and Bill with prostate cancer. Both are Wisconsin natives and currently live in Pleasanton, California. |
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