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	Constance A. Griffin, M.D. Director of Cytogenetics Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins Medicial Institution Dr. Griffin is the Principal Investigator of MACGN. She is the director of the Johns Hopkins Familial Cancer Service and provides clinical attending services in the Colon Cancer Risk Assessment Service. She also directs the Pathology Cytogenetic Laboratory. Her research interests lie in chromosome abnormalities of solid tumors, especially adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, molecular cytogenetics, and developing use algorithms for molecular diagnostic tests in oncology.

	Deborah K. Armstrong, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Oncology and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Dr. Armstrong directs the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center's high dose chemotherapy/stem cell transplant program for breast cancer and ovarian cancer. She is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's Bone Marrow Transplantation Committee and has served as consultant to the Office of Research on Women's Health of the National Cancer Institute on scientific issues for women's health research. Her interests are in breast cancer and gynecologic malignancies.

	Francis M. Giardiello, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; joint appointment in the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Dr. Giardiello serves as a consultant to MACGN providing expertise in inherited colorectal cancer syndromes and is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer and Polyposis Clinic and Registry.

	Betty J. May, M.S., CCRP Research Project Coordinator, Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Ms. May oversees the daily operation of the Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network (MACGN) and is responsible for the recruitment, data collection, management and annual participant follow-up of the MACGN Core Registry. In addition, Ms May has served as study coordinator on the Prostate Cancer Gene Discover Project, Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm (ROCA) Study, Colon Cancer Sibling Pair Study and currently works on the Biospeciman Repository Study

	Sharon J. Olsen, M.S., R.N., A.O.C.N. Assistant Professor, Graduate Instruction, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Ms. Olsen is a consultant to health education efforts of MACGN. She coordinates a primary care graduate nursing program and plans courses and curricula in oncology nursing. She has also developed a comprehensive, research-based, nurse-run cancer prevention and screening program. Her interests lie in cancer prevention and screening, health education, and professional and public outreach Internet based education.

	Ginny Deise, B.S. Research Data Manager/Programmer, Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Ms. Deise manages MACGN databases and leads data management activities. She provides systems analysis and advanced applications/software development, and is involved in developing a genetic cancer risk assessment system for health care providers. She also designs, implements, and maintains the MACGN website.

	Penny Spencer Administrative Coordinator, Molecular Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Ms. Spencer oversees administrative issues and budgets related to the various research projects and MACGN Cancer Registry.

	Carol L. Glickstein Part-time Research Program Assistant, Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Ms. Glickstein primarily supports the annual participant follow-up mailings, telephone reminders, and often conducts telephone questionnaires, data entry and quality control associated with the Core MACGN Cancer Registry. Additionally, she assists with various on-going activities in support of the program and the specimen collection for the DNA Bank.

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