Faculty and Staff

The Georgia Cancer Study (GCS) is lead by a team from the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH).  The Principal Investigator (PI) is Dr. Roberd M. Bostick.  The Project Director and Co-Investigator is Dr. Theresa Gillespie.  The core project staff are:

Principal Investigator:

Roberd ("Robin") M. Bostick, MD, MPH; Professor of Epidemiology, Professor (Joint) of Hematology & Oncology, and Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar, Emory University, 2003 to present; BS, Wofford College, 1973; MD, the Medical University of South Carolina, 1976; Resident in Family Medicine, the Medical University of South Carolina, 1976-79; MPH, University of Minnesota, 1990. ...(more)

Program Director / Co-Investigator:

Theresa Gillespie, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine; Clinical Associate, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. ...(more)

Co-Investigators:


Mark Bouzyk, Ph.D. is the Director, Center for Medical Genomics, Emory University School of Medicine. Dr Bouzyk is the director of the Center for Medical Genomics (CMG) at Emory University, Atlanta. ...(more)

Otis W. Brawley, MD, is a professor of hematology, oncology, and medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology at the Emory Rollins School of Public Health. He also serves as associate director of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. ....(more)

Michael Goodman, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University School of Public Health.  He holds two graduate degrees: a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Kaunas Medical University in his native Lithuania and a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. ...(more)

Jonathan M. Liff, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Heath at Emory. He also serves as Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the Georgia Center for Cancer Surveillance (GCCS), a Center at Emory that tracks cancer rates and outcomes in the State. ...(more)

Pamela J. Mink, Ph.D., M.P.H.  Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (2007-present); Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar (2007-present); Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute (1999-2002); Ph.D. (1999), M.P.H. (1995) epidemiology, University of Minnesota . ...(more)

Paul Terry, Ph.D.. is a Rollins Assistant Professor; BA, State University of New York, 1986; MPH, University of Connecticut, 1990; Med. dr. (Ph.D.), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 2001; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2002. ...(more)

Project Manager:

Toni Chociemski, MPH, BS, is a staff member in the Department of Epidemiology of the Emory University School of Public Health.   She has extensive experience managing large clinical and research trials as well as a background in programming, data management, data collection, recruitment, and interviewing. ...(more)

Technical Research Specialist:

Chad Haase, B.S., is one of the newest members to the Georgia Cancer Study team. Chad received his BS from Washington State University with a degree in Zoology. Prior to joining the Georgia Cancer Study, he worked in research for nine years at the Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pathology. ...(more)

Phlebotomist II:

Loree Mincey-Jackson has worked in the medical community as a Phlebotomist for more than ten years. Her experience at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ involved working with adults and children. ...(more)

Research Data Coordinator:

Michelle Carlberg, MPH, is a recent graduate of Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, receiving a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Epidemiology.  ...(more)


Senior Research Interviewer:

Ellen Liss, MA.

Graduate Research Assistants:

Grace Jama-Adan
Vincent Chen
Monica Rajendra
Jennifer Stanley