COMPPARE’s Patient, Caregiver, and Minority Stakeholders make a diverse group of prostate cancer survivors and caregivers who have worked with the PI, co-PI, and co-investigators to develop this study and help to monitor our progress through quarterly web conferences. Members include:
- Curtis Bryant, MD, MPH (Proton Co-Investigator)
- Scott Cielewich
- Curtiland Deville, MD (Photon Co-Investigator)
- Rui Dos Santos (Minority Engagement Group Member)
- Deb Hickey (Caregiver)
- Charlie Hill (Minority Engagement Group Member; President and Co-founder of the Hampton Roads Prostate Health Forum and Vice Chair of the 100BMOA International Health and Wellness Committee and a partner with PHEN)
- Aaron J. Katz, PharmD, PhD (Co-Investigator)
- Robert Marckini (Executive Board Member, Founder/President of Brotherhood of the Balloon)
- Virginia Maurer, JD (Executive Board Member; Ethics Advisor)
- J. Daniel McCarthy
- Arnold J. Merriweather (Minority Engagement Group Member)
- Callie Merriweather (Caregiver)
- Jon Mills, JD, PhD (Executive Board Member)
- Calvin Minor
- Tarik Minor
- Ron Nelson (Author of The After Proton Blog)
- Cindy O’Connell (Caregiver)
- Folakemi Odedina, PhD (Executive Board Member)
- Virgil Simons, MPA (Executive Board Member; Minority Engagement Group Member; Founder/President of The Prostate Net)
- Alan R. Sipe
- Neha Vapiwala, MD (Co-Investigator)
- Darren Veneri
- Thomas Wallace (Minority Engagement Group Member; President of Power of Proton, Inc.)
- MerryMac Watson (Caregiver)
- Robert Watson
- John W. Wilmer, Jr., JD