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Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW)
No current vacancy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A 15-member committee of experts advising on breast cancer in young women, covering disease prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and public health.
Who currently sits on it
18 listed
- Anne H. Blaes, MD, MS
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2026 - Arin Ahlum Hanson, MPH, CHES
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2025 - Ashley Dedmon, MPH, CHES®
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2025 - Bethany Applebaum, MPH, MA
Ex-Officio Member · Health Resources and Services Administration - Brooke Vuong, MD, MHA, FACS
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2027 - Cristina M. Checka, MD
Chair · term ends Nov 30, 2024 - Heather Caro, MBA-HM, BSN
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2024 - Jana E. Halaby, MBA
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2024 - Jasmine Dionne Souers
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2026 - Jennifer Rose Klemp, PhD, MPH, MA
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2026 - Joan M. Blakey, PhD, MSW, LMSW
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2027 - Jung-Min Lee, MD
Ex-Officio Member · National Institutes of Health - Kisha I. Coa, PhD
Ex-Officio Member · Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Leigh Hurst
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2024 - Maryam B. Lustberg, MD, MPH
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2025 - Melissa A. Peters, CPO, MSPO
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2024 - Michael A. Howard, MD
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2024 - Samantha Lynn Heller, PhD, MD, FSBI
Member · term ends Nov 30, 2025
This membership list was last checked against an official source on Jul 26, 2026.
What the role involves
- Advise on prevention and early detection of breast cancer in young women
- Advise on diagnosis and public health strategies
- Bring lived-experience perspectives of early-onset breast cancer
How the seat is filled
- Who appoints
- The Secretary of HHS, from nominees provided by CDC
- Who is eligible
- U.S. citizenship is required and federal employees will not be considered for membership. Persons with personal experience with early-onset breast cancer (age 45 and younger) are eligible.
- Residency required
- Not stated by the agency
- Term
- Up to 4 years
- Meets
- Not stated by the agency
- Time commitment
- Not stated by the agency
- Compensation
- Not stated by the agency
- Deadline
- Apr 20, 2026
- Status
- No current vacancy
- Official notice
- federalregister.gov →
- Official membership roster
- cdc.gov →
- Last verified by IAAC
- Jul 26, 2026
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