Christine Baze
Musician
Lead Singer, The Skills of Ortega

In January of 2000 Christine Baze quit her day job to pursue full-time her one true passion, music.  One week later, she saw blood.  Her doctor told her not to worry because she had had normal Pap tests in the past.  But he was wrong. On April 18, 2000, she was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer with extensive lymphatic invasion.  Ten days later she had a radical hysterectomy, pelvic radiation, and chemotherapy followed by internal radiation.  Within four months she was done with treatment and left with a deep, dark depression.  Music, the one passion that always centered her was gone.   Finally, life seemed to change for Christine while she was watching the movie Harold and Maude.  Inspired by Maude's attitude in the face of challenge and darkness, Christine knew she needed to help others using her music and her voice, so she created Popsmear.org, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and educating women about cervical cancer, HPV and the modern technologies available to help women feel confident in maintaining their cervical health.  Popsmear.org is the organization through which Christine launched her Yellow Umbrella Tour coming to 20 cities this fall (2004).  Named one of Ms. Magazine's "50 Women Who Have Made a Difference in 2003," Christine continues to spread the word about preventing cervical cancer and HPV awareness.

Lisa Y. Harris, M.D.
Primary Care Physician, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Private Practice, Rochester, NY

Lisa Harris, M.D. was born in Oneida, New York, the eldest child and only daughter of the honorable Judge Roy and Mrs. Lucille King. Dr. Harris attended Monroe Jr. Sr. High School and then furthered her education at the University of Rochester, where she received a B.S. in neurosciences.  Later, she attended Morehouse School of Medicine where she received her medical degree. Her training was completed at the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, MI. Dr. Harris is boarded in two specialties, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, allowing her to care for both the adult and pediatric populations. Currently, Dr. Harris is in private practice in Downtown Rochester, NY.  In addition to a busy medical practice, Dr. Harris is a licensed evangelist in the Church of God in Christ, a Sunday school teacher, youth group leader, President of the Young Women's Christian council at her local church. She is a member of Jack and Jill of Rochester, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physician Executives and serves on numerous boards in her community. 

J. Thomas Cox, M.D.
Director, Gynecology and Colposcopy Clinic
University of California, Santa Barbara

J. Thomas Cox, M.D. is Director of the Gynecology Clinic, Student Health Services, University of California, Santa Barbara, and recent Executive Medical Director of the National HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention Resource Center.  Dr. Cox's expertise in Pap management issues has provided opportunities to serve in numerous public service capacities related to screening for cervical cancer and abnormal Pap management. His accomplishments include: serving as one of the primary authors of the first national  consensus guidelines on abnormal Pap management, membership on the American Cancer Society's Cervical Screening Guidelines Committee, and serving as the primary advisor on cervical screening for the Title X clinics in Regions IV, V and VI, for the National Public Health Service's Bureau of Primary Health Care, and for Planned Parenthood's National Medical Committee. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease and an author of the medical text Modern Colposcopy.

Mark H. Stoler, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Gynecology
University of Virginia Health System

Mark H. Stoler, M.D. is Professor of Pathology and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center.  He is an internationally recognized expert in Cytopathology, Gynecologic pathology and HPV biology.  Dr. Stoler received his initial training in pathology at the University of Rochester where he also received his undergraduate and medical school training.  Following a specialized fellowship consisting of both surgical and cytopathology as well as molecular biology, he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Rochester from 1985-1989. In 1989, he moved to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he served as Staff Pathologist and the Medical Director of the Histology Laboratory.  In 1993, Dr. Stoler was recruited to the University of Virginia where he is currently also the Associate Director of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology.  Dr. Stoler is currently on the Board of Directors and Secretary of the American Society for Clinical Pathology. His service on both the Steering Committee and Pathology Quality Control Committee for the NCI-sponsored ASCUS-LSIL Triage Study is a direct application of his research, which has focused on the study of gene expression in human disease, especially the relationship between human papillomaviruses and cervical carcinogenesis.  Dr. Stoler is the author or co-author of over 177 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters. He is editor-in-chief of both Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, and the International Journal of Gynecological Pathology and is an Associate Editor for the 4th Edition of Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, the leading textbook of surgical pathology.

Anna Giuliano, Ph.D.
Cancer Epidemiology
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

Anna Giuliano, Ph.D. is Professor of Epidemiology and  Program Leader of the Risk Assessment, Detection, and Intervention Program of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.  For the last fifteen years Dr. Giuliano has worked nationally and internationally conducting studies of HPV infection among women and men.  In addition to examining the natural history of HPV infection, she has been actively involved in prevention interventions such as those promoting cervical cancer screening among underserved women in the US and in Latin America, and has participated in the on-going trials of the HPV Prevention Vaccine.

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest

Elissa L. Orlando is a 20-year veteran of public affairs programming and multimedia storytelling. Orlando is director of national programming and special projects at WXXI Public Broadcasting. She was producer of the nationally televised Crucible of Freedom companion program to Ken Burns Not for Ourselves Alone.  Orlando has won several New York State broadcasting awards for television news reporting in Somalia Africa, Homestead Florida and other local and national venues.  She is a recipient of the Gracie award for television programming from American Women in Radio and Television, and she is the recipient of a Telly award for her production of the TV documentary Reclaiming the Crescent.  Orlando also received the Woman of the Distinction award from the Jefferson County Women's Conference in 1995. She was formerly TV news and public affairs director at WXXI, where she also served as executive producer, Website editor and news anchor of Need to Know, WXXI's Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine.