Chairpersons:
Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD
Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy
Director, Community Outreach & Minority Affairs, Prostate Disease Center
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Johannes W. Vieweg, MD, FACS
Professor of Urology
Chairman, Department of Urology
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Conference Coordinator
Shannon Pressey, MS
Research Programs Coordinator
Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy,
College of Pharmacy
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA
Scientific Program Committee Chairpersons
Rick Kittles, PhD
Associate Professor
Section of Hematology/ Oncology
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Renee Reams, PhD
Professor
Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
College Of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Florida A& M University
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Carole Kimberlin, PhD
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Department of Pharmaceutical
Outcomes & Policy
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL USA
Scientific Review Committee Chairpersons
Rich Segal, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical
Outcomes and Policy
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL USA
Robin Roberts, MB BS, FRCSC, MBA
Urologist
Director, University of the West Indies,
School of Clinical Medicine and Research,
The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
Frank Chinegwundoh, MBBS
Consultant Urological Surgeon
St Bartholomew’s Hospital,
Newham University Hospital,
London UK
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of London
J. Olufemi Ogunbiyi, MBBS, FWACP, IFCAP
Professor
Department of Pathology
UCH/College of Medicine,
University of Ibadan,
Nigeria
Patient/Physician Symposium Committee Chairpersons
Virgil H. Simons, MBA
Founder & President
The Prostate Net
Hackensack, NJ USA
John Andrews
The Prostate Net
Community Engagement & Advocacy Committee Chairpersons
Angela Adams, PharmD
Executive Director,
The Central Florida Pharmacy Council
Orlando, FL, USA
Charles Griggs, MS
100 Black Men Jacksonville Inc.
Titilola Akinremi, MBChB, FMCPath, MPH, FUICC
Chief Consultant Anatomic Pathologist
Head, Department of Pathology
Chairman, Educational Advisory Committee
Chairman, Health Research Ethics Committee
Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta,
Ogun State, Nigeria
Conference Logistics, PR & Marketing Committee
John Andrews
The Prostate Net
Levi H. McIntosh, Jr. ED.D.
Vice President of Operations
100 Black men of Jacksonville, Inc
Program Coordinator APEL Health Services
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Helen Goh
Director, Outreach and Communications
Department of Urology, College of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA
Shannon Pressey, MS
Research Programs Coordinator
Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy,
College of Pharmacy
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA
Sponsorship
Funding for this conference was made possible, in part, by an award provided by the Division of
Cancer Control and Population Sciences and the Division of Cancer Prevention of the National
Cancer Institute (Award Number R13CA144439) and an educational grant (Grant Number
57377) from AstraZeneca.
The conference was organized by the University of Florida Department of Urology, University of
Florida Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, The Prostate Net, and the 100
Black Men of Jacksonville.
Additional sponsors were Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL; Abeokuta Federal Medical Centre, Ogun
State, Nigeria; Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Ogun State, Nigeria; University
of Florida Shands Cancer Center, Gainesville, FL; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL;
First Coast Audio Visual, Jacksonville, FL; and University of Florida Shands Jacksonville, FL.