Who We Are
OFFICE - Leadership and Staff
Leadership
Dr. Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, Office of Community Engagement
Staff
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Michelle Moseley, MA, CHES
Community Health Educators – National Outreach Network Lead -
Priscilla J. Banks, MA
Community Programs Director -
Research Assistant
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Program Assistant
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Cancer CHE Educators
National Outreach Network Community Health Educators (NON/CHE)
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) is currently a National Outreach Network Community Health Educators site. The NON/CHE seeks to strengthen the National Cancer Institute’s ability to develop and disseminate culturally appropriate, evidence-based cancer information and education strategies tailored to the specific needs and expectations of racially and ethnically diverse communities experiencing cancer health inequities and disparities. NON/CHE initiatives address and advance the National Cancer Advisory Board's Blue Ribbon Panel Recommendations to the Cancer MoonshotSM. HDFCCC Office of Community Engagement houses the NON/CHE to integrate within the Cancer Center and facilitate community-academic partnerships.
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Marynieves Diaz-Mendez
Community Health Educator-National Outreach Network -
Ching Wong
Community Health Educator-National Outreach Network
Community Advisory Board Members

Chair, Community Advisory Board

Co-chair, Community Advisory Board
Executive Director, Chinese Community Health Resource Center (CCHRC)
Founding CEO, Asian Alliance for Health

Board Member, San Francisco Interfaith Council
Chair, Faith Communities Committee Chair

Founder and Executive Director, Latina Breast Cancer Agency
Chair, SF Women’s Cancer Network

Director, Urban Male Health Initiative (UMHI) of the Alameda County Department of Public Health
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Founder and lead, Rise Up Solutions

CEO, Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area (CSC)
Jim’s earlier career was at Stanford University, where he was Assistant Dean for Campus Affairs and director of several departments, ranging from the Disability Resource Center and the Childcare Resource Center, to Campus Concerts and Student Government. He received an A.B. with distinction in Human Biology from Stanford, and also attended the Honors Program at Santa Clara University and the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Jim has served in a variety of leadership roles in health and human services, both locally and nationally. He has served on the board of directors of the international Cancer Support Community organization, the Center for Community Benefit Organizations, Rotary Club of Concord, the Contra Costa Human Services Alliance, United Way of the Bay Area, California Association of Postsecondary Educators of the Disabled, the Institute on Alcohol, Drugs and Disability, the President’s Committee on Employment of the Disabled, Recording for the Blind, Concord American Little League, and Monument Impact. Jim has also served on the advisory boards for the JFK University School of Professional Psychology and the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy. In his spare time, Jim enjoys playing music, a variety of sports and fitness activities, gardening, spending time with his family, and volunteering with other local community organizations. He has played and coached baseball at several levels, and currently enjoys working with the Concord Junior Giants program. He lives with his wife Yvonne in Concord, and they have three adult children, Jevana, Alyssa and Sam.

Founding Chair, Faith Communities Committee (Ex-officio)
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Director, Cancer Navigation Program, Zuckerberg San Francisco General

Regional Language, Health Disparities and Olmstead Coordinator, US Dept of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, San Francisco

Founder, Latino Cancer Institute
As the Founder and past CEO of the SF Bay Area based Latinas Contra Cancer since 2003, Duron put in place a series of local programs that serve as a template for addressing the void in services for Latinos around issues of cancer. These include educational programs to raise awareness and promote early intervention, psychosocial support services and one on one navigation through the cancer experience - directed to the low-income, Spanish speaking community.
Ms. Duron is dedicated to increasing Latino engagement in genetics testing, clinical trials and other research. She serves on the Independent Review Board for the All of Us Research Program of the National Institutes of Health and is active on a committee reporting to the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. Ms. Duron recently joined the Board of MEDA (Mission Economic Development Agency) in San Francisco which promotes economic equity and social justice through asset building and community development - a vision that aligns with her work.
A Hodgkin Lymphoma cancer survivor. Ms. Duron was an award winning TV news broadcaster for 43 years... inducted into the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame in 2009. Among other honors, the San Jose Silicon Valley Business Journal named her a Woman of Influence in 2008. She was named one of the most Influential Bay Area Latinos in 2005 by the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber. The Latino Caucus of the California Legislature honored her distinguished career with the Spirit Award in 2011. And for her work in nonprofit service after the age of 50, she won the National Encore.org Purpose Prize in 2013.

Executive Director, Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Berkeley

Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC)

Senior Hospital Systems Manager, American Cancer Society
UCSF Affiliated Faculty and Staff
These faculty are actively working won community engaged programs and projects in partnership with the community agencies in our HDFCCC network.
Nynikka R. Palmer, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Urology
Helen Diller Family Chair in Community Education and Outreach for Urologic Cancer
Co-lead SF CAN Prostate Cancer Task force
Galen Joseph, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, UCSF
Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
Co-Leader Cancer Control Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCSF HDFCCC)
Associate Director, UCSF HDFCCC
Tung Nguyen, MD
Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF
Co-Leader Cancer Control Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCSF HDFCCC)
Rena Pasick, DrPH
Co-Leader SF CAN Prostate Task Force
Kate Shumate, MPA,
Chief of Staff, HDFCCC
Kaya Balke,
Program Administrator, HDFCCC
Strategic Partnerships
- San Francisco Cancer Initiative (SFCAN)
- Alameda County Department of Public Health
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
- Lazarex Cancer Foundation iMPACT Program
- UCSF Cancer Resource Center
Please contact Michelle Moseley or Kim Rhoads for more information on community engagement opportunities.