Our Team
Meet the researchers, clinicians, and community partners behind the EQUAL Study.
EQUAL Team
Narjust Florez, MD
Principal Investigator, DFCI
Thoracic Medical Oncologist
Associate Director, Cancer Care Equity Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
David Barbie, MD
Co-Investigator, DFCI
Thoracic Medical Oncologist
Director, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology
Associate Director, Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Research
Cloud Paweletz, PhD
Co-Investigator, DFCI
Head of Research, Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Research
Lilin Tong, BS
Medical Student, BUSM
Angela Morabito, BS
Research Assistant, DFCI
Erin Soulia
Regulatory Coordinator, DFCI
Jennifer Lee
Research Data Specialist, DFCI
Fernando Pacheco
Research Data Specialist, DFCI
Collaborators
Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH
Co-Investigator, MGH
Director, Cancer Early Detection and Diagnostics Clinic
Landry Family Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Costa, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator, BIDMC
Medical Oncologist, BIDMC
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Shail Maingi, MD
Co-Investigator, DFCI South Shore
Medical Oncologist, DFCI South Shore
Alys Malcolm, MD
Co-Investigator, DFCI St. Elizabeth's
Medical Oncologist & Medical Director, DFCI St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Pedro Sanz, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator, DFCI Merrimack Valley
Medical Oncologist, DFCI Merrimack Valley
Taylor Ortiz, MD
Co-Investigator, DFCI Merrimack Valley
Medical Oncologist & Medical Director, DFCI Merrimack Valley
Community Partners
This study prioritizes the development of lasting relationships with East Asian and Latinx/Hispanic populations through community partnership and integration of the direct patient voice to not only enhance recruitment efforts of this study and its future iterations, but also to foster trust and increase willingness to participate in future cancer research and interventions.