Bandera has been CPC Program Co-Leader since 2016. She received her MD from the University of Málaga’s School of Medicine, Spain, and her PhD in Epidemiology and Community Health from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, SUNY-Buffalo, where she completed her post-doctoral fellowship in nutrition and cancer epidemiology. She joined CINJ in 2002 and is currently a tenured professor. Bandera was appointed CPC Co-Leader in 2016, Chief of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes in 2018, and Unilever Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Cancer Prevention in 2021. She has served as Director of the CPODS SR since 2020. Bandera’s major research interests include the impact of obesity and body composition and related factors on breast and ovarian cancer risk, treatment outcomes and survival, focusing on cancer health disparities. Bandera has led multiple NCI-funded transdisciplinary cancer epidemiologic studies. Her research collaborations involve many national and international collaborations, including participation in several research consortia as study PI (e.g., OCAC, AMBER, LAGENO) leading to over 300 publications. She has served as PI in several epidemiologic cohort studies, including the Women’s Circle of Health Follow-up Study (R01CA185623) and the New Jersey Breast Cancer Survivors Study of Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors (NJ Commission on Cancer Research), both of which aim to evaluate factors impacting survivorship and prognosis in minority and medically underserved minority women; and KP-ROCS, a cohort study aiming to evaluate racial/ethnic disparities in treatment outcomes and survival after a diagnosis of ovarian cancer (R01CA24318). Bandera is also site PI in a multi-site study evaluating factors affecting ovarian cancer survival in Black women (R01CA237318). Internationally recognized for her expertise in nutrition and cancer, Bandera has served on numerous advisory boards and expert panels for several organizations, including the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF), and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. She also served as Chair of the Lifestyle Behaviors, Energy Balance and Chemoprevention Special Interest Group of the American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) and co-chaired the 2021 ASPO Meeting: Health Equity, Culture, and Cancer. She also has an extensive history of mentoring diverse pre-doctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty, serving as mentor in 3 NIH K01s, 2 K07s, and 1 K99/R00 grant, and four Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research.