Leadership





Principal Investigators

Rachael Leon Guerrero, PhD, RDN, LD
University of Guam

Neal Palafox, MD, MPH
UH Cancer Center

Brenda Hernandez, PhD, MPH
UH Cancer Center
Core Leaders

Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD
UH Cancer Center

Kevin Cassel, DrPH
UH Cancer Center

Grazyna Badowski, PhD
University of Guam

Thaddeus A. Herzog, PhD
University of Guam

Tressa Diaz, PhD, MSW
University of Guam

Yvette C. Paulino, CPH, Ph.D.
University of Guam
Project Leaders

Adrian Franke, PhD
UH Cancer Center

Ana Joy Mendez, PhD, RN
University of Guam

Pallav Pokhrel, PhD, MPH
UH Cancer Center

Francis Dalisay, PhD
University of Guam

Monica K. Esquivel, PhD, MS, RDN, CSSD
UH Cancer Center

Tanisha Aflague, PhD
University of Guam

Brenda Hernandez, PhD, MPH
UH Cancer Center

Laura Biggs, PhD
University of Guam

Angela Sy, DrPH
UH Cancer Center

Tressa Diaz, PhD, MSW
University of Guam

Deng Youping, PhD
UH Cancer Center

Peiwen Fei, MD, PhD
UH Cancer Center

John Shepherd, PhD
UH Cancer Center

Grazyna Badowski, Ph.D.
University of Guam

Tedros Bezabeh, Ph.D.
University of Guam
Co-Investigators

Angela Sy, DrPH
UH Cancer Center

Munirih Taafaki, MS, CCRP
UH Cancer Center

Antoinette Kleiner, RN, MSN
University of Guam

Thaddeus A. Herzog, PhD
UH Cancer Center

Scott Okamoto, PhD, MSW
UH Cancer Center

Wayne Buente, PhD, MS
UH Cancer Center

Yoshito Kawabata, PhD
University of Guam