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Dr. Cote is a molecular cancer epidemiologist who is interested in the intersection of health disparities and tumor biology. She is currently the Director of the Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank at Indiana University. This tissue bank is the only source of normal, healthy breast tissue, donated by people free of breast cancer. An underlying theme of her work is the utilization of tissue to better understand carcinogenesis, from disease initiation to survival, with special emphasis on including participants that have historically been underrepresented in research. Dr. Cote received a BS in Biology from the University of Michigan, a MPH from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Michigan. She spent 22 years at Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, ending as a Professor of Oncology and Associate Center Director for education. Since 2022, Dr. Cote is a Professor in the Fairbanks School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology, the Dr. Carrie Ann Glasscock West Chair in Breast Carcinogenesis, and a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. |
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Presentation Details: Gavin served as a member of the NRG (formerly GOG) Patient Advocacy Committee for 13 years as a member of the Developmental Therapeutics and Ovarian Cancer Committees. She has been a leader of the Patient Advocate Committee of the Mayo Clinic SPORE in Ovarian Cancer since 2009 and a member of its External Advisory Board. In 2021, she joined the University of Chicago/Roswell Park Ovarian SPORE patient advocate committee. Gavin was one of three patient advocates on the Stand Up 2 Cancer Ovarian Cancer Dream Team and most recently was an invited participant in SGO’s Pathways to Progress Summit. In 2018 Gavin was honored as the recipient of Humanitarian and Volunteerism Award from the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists and in 2023 she received the Award for Outstanding Support for Ovarian Cancer Research at the Midwest Focus Conference. Gavin has been published in the following peer reviewed journals: Journal of Public Health, BMC Cancer, JAMA Oncology. Gavin has a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University and a BS from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. |  |