Saman Zeeshan, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Research Interests:

Martisha Lynn Kanard-Dwyer, MA, LSW, LCADC(c)
Clinical Chaplaincy, Social Work and Addictions
The Center for Great Expectation Roots to Recovery

Research Interests:

• Active involvement with community houses or worship around health initiatives
• Member of RWJ Barnabas and NBTS Ethics Boards
• Health Disparities involving women of color

Zeeshan Ahmed, PhD
Assistant Professor and Core Member Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research.
Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

Research Interests:

Maria Venetis, PhD

Associate Professor, Communications, Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information

Research Interests:

• patient and support provider resilience
• promoting communication
• patient and support provider supportive communication
• patient and clinician communication

Linda Loughman Tanzer, BA

Chief Administrative and Operating Officer, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Research Interests:

• I am interested in creating an optimal environment and maintaining funding for that activities of the cancer center that support research and other work relating to cancer health disparities/equity research, health policy, and community outreach and engagement.

Beth Ann Savage, PhD

Assistant Professor, Nursing Science, Rutgers University School of Nursing

Research Interests: 

• Disparate outcomes in childhood malignancies
• Racial and ethnic differences in the risk of toxicities during childhood cancer treatment
• Neighborhood influences on the outcomes for children undergoing childhood cancer

Daniel Pearson, MA, BA

Community Cancer Control Specialist, Community Outreach and Engagement, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and ScreenNJ

Research Interests:

• Assisting healthcare organizations to better understand their catchment area needs
• Using data to support improvements to the community outreach and engagement process

Michelle Ashley, MSN/MPH, RN, OCN, CBCN, CN-BN, NCTTP

Community Nurse Navigator, Community Outreach and Engagement, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

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