Leadership of Peers for Progress

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  Edwin B. Fisher, PhD

  Global Director
  Peers for Progress

  Professor
  Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill

  Provides overall leadership and strategic guidance to the Peers for Progress program. Works with partners and others active in diabetes to develop key collaborative relationships.
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  Patrick Yao Tang, MPH

  Program Manager
  Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill

  Manages Peers for Progress projects and collaborations, providing technical assistance to collaborators in the form of resource development, program design and evaluation, and expert training.
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  Veronica A. Carlisle, MPH, CHES

  Community Health Educator
  Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center,
  Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health,
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Work with community partners, organizational partners, academic partners and Lineberger to assist with the integration of peer support approaches into programs and research to enhance cancer care from cancer prevention to cancer survivorship throughout UNC, North Carolina and the region.
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  Sarah Kowitt

  Research Assistant
  Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill

  Sarah is broadly interested in the nexus between physical and mental health and how chronic disease “self” management is influenced by a variety of different factors at the community and interpersonal levels.
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  Rebeccah Sokol

  Research Assistant
  Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill

  Rebeccah’s research interests include evaluating the impact of peer support programs on health outcomes among hardly reached populations. She is primarily interested in studies and interventions related to the family context’s influence on diet-related health outcomes.