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Student Leaders of FocuSStem NextGen

Developed by Teens for Teens

Student Leaders
Professional Steering Committe

Prior Student Executive Board Members

  • Alexander Boerner

  • Tykesha Boyer

  • Christian Bepler

  • Sadie Blaszczyk

  • Jadelena Truong

  • Nikhil Kondagunta

  • Daria Podgorski

  • Emily Bretton

  • Kendall McCary

  • Ziad Fehmi

  • Bianca Palicha

  • Karim Dirani, MD

Steering Committee at Karmanos Cancer Institute

Laura Zubeck, RN, BSN, MBA

Director of Patient, Community, and Nursing Education, and Volunteer Services; Karmanos Cancer Center

Leslie Cortes

FocuSStem NextGen
Program Coordinator; Karmanos Cancer Institute

Elisabeth Heath, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Associate Center Director for Translational Sciences; Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University

Joe Weertz

Educational Outreach Coordinator;
Wayne State University
Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Rouba Ali, MD

Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program; Wayne State University and Karmanos Cancer Institute
NAAMA National President

Tamara Collins

Marketing & Communications Director; Karmanos Cancer Institute

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