Program Officer | lklarkin@med.umich.edu

For the past 18 years, Knoll has been working in academic research, hospital, and non-profit public health settings focused on health equity, access to care, community empowerment, building sustainable partnerships, and community-engaged research. Knoll received his master’s degree in public health from the University of Michigan in Health Behavior and Health Education. Prior to joining MICHR, Knoll was a project manager at the National LGBT Cancer Network and managed activities related to the CDC’s Networking2Save federal award (CDC’s National Network Approach to Preventing and Controlling Tobacco-related Cancers in Special Populations). Knoll also served as the director of the Office of Cancer Health Equity and Community Engagement at Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, where he lead initiatives building community and patient capacity to engage in research.