About Us

Mission

Mission

The Pennsylvania Cancer Coalition’s (PCC) mission is to engage organizations and key partners in the implementation of the goals of the 2023-2033 Pennsylvania Cancer Control Plan to reduce cancer incidence, morbidity and mortality while improving the quality of all lives touched by cancer.

The PCC is responsible for ensuring the goals of the plan are being implemented, evaluated, and communicated to the citizens of Pennsylvania.

The objective of the 2023-2033 Pennsylvania Cancer Control Plan is to reduce the cancer burden through a collaborative process where partners strategically leverage resources across the cancer care continuum to reduce cancer risk, find cancers earlier, improve treatments, and optimize survivorship.

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Pennsylvania Cancer Coalition Co-Chairs:
Lyn B. Robertson, DrPH, MSN, BSN
Associate Director for Health Equity
and Community Outreach & Engagement
University of Pittsburgh
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Currently, Dr. Robertson serves as Associate Director for Health Equity and Community Outreach and Engagement at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center providing leadership that focuses on health inequities across 29-counties. Work includes projects that address access to care, decreasing cancer burden and improving health outcomes through the implementation of evidence-based interventions. Dr. Robertson has an extensive background in oncology, possessing both clinical and administrative experience. Her work includes substantial community-based research experience, and she has served as principal investigator on several funded research studies. Dr. Robertson holds several faculty positions in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include cancer-related health inequities and decision making related to vaccines.

Dr. Robertson holds a master’s degree in nursing and PhD in Public Health, Community and Behavioral Health, from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed undergraduate studies in nursing at Carlow College.

Casey Monroe, MSW
Senior Director
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Adagio Health
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Casey Monroe is the Senior Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. In this role, she manages the operations of the two breast and cervical cancer screening and two tobacco prevention and control programs with funding provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Prior to this work, Casey served as the Director of Performance Management, Quality Improvement, Accreditation, and Special Projects at the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD). Her role at ACHD included coalition building, policy analysis, grant writing and management, internal and external strategic planning, data analysis, accreditation, organizational development, and the establishment of the department’s performance management and quality improvement systems.

She received her Master’s in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and two daughters.

Pennsylvania Department of Health Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Leadership:
Rebecca S. Kishbaugh
Director
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Adagio Health
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bureau of Health Promotion & Risk Reduction
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Becky Kishbaugh, in her role as director, provides leadership and strategic direction to plan and evaluate comprehensive cancer control in Pennsylvania.

During her tenure, Mrs. Kishbaugh lead and supported efforts to re-build the statewide cancer coalition which is actively engaged in the implementation of the Pennsylvania Cancer Control Plan.
She is also a member of the Sustainability and Public Health Committee, which highlights the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals, social determinants of health, and Pennsylvania health and development indicators.

Ms. Kishbaugh holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Elizabethtown College and is a 2004 graduate of the Leadership Development Institute for Women in State Government

Brenda Anastasio, RN, BSN
Comprehensive Cancer Control Program Director
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
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Brenda Anastasio serves as the Program Director/Section Chief of the Pennsylvania Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (PA CCCP) within the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. In this role she supports the Cancer Division’s mission to reduce the burden of cancer by leading the development and administration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) for PA. This is achieved by providing technical assistance and support to the Pennsylvania Cancer Coalition (PCC) in the development of a data informed State Cancer Plan and the implementation of evidenced-based strategies to achieve cancer health equity and reduce the burden of cancer for all in PA.
Brenda is a member of the Data Advisory Committee and active on several workgroups and steering committees. She serves on the Board of Trustees at Spring Lake Ranch, a therapeutic residential community in Vermont which supports and empowers people with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Brenda holds a Bachelor of Nursing degree and brings 30 years of patient care and management experience to the PA CCCP.

Contact Information

  • Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

    Pennsylvania Department of Health

    625 Forster Street, 10th Floor 

    Harrisburg, PA 17120

    717-783-1457

  • RA-DHCAB_PCC@pa.gov