Community Outreach & Engagement Team

Meet our Team

Anita Kinney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FABMR
Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology,
Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity
School of Public Health,
Associate Director for Population Science and Community Outreach
Director, ScreenNJ
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers University

Rita Musanti, PhD, APN-BC
Co-Director, ScreenNJ
Assistant Director for Community Outreach and Engagement
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Mary O’Dowd, MPH
Co-Director, ScreenNJ
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Executive Director, Health Systems and Population Health Integration
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 

Sharon Pine, PhD
Assistant Director for Research

Ana Natale-Pereira, MD, MPH, FACP
Strategy and Development Leader for COE-Newark

Emily Carey PerezdeAlejo, BS, REHS
Program Manager

Tamara Horn
Program Coordinator

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

Bernilda Quinones
Breast Cancer Navigator

Ariana Figueroa
Breast Cancer Navigator

Daniel Pearson, MA, BA
Community Cancer Control Specialist
daniel.pearson@rutgers.edu

Evelyn Fuertes, NDTR, BA
Community Cancer Control Specialist
ef223@cinj.rutgers.edu

Domonique Noel, BS
Community Cancer Control Specialist
domonique.noel@rutgers.edu

Michelle Jansen, MS, MAT, BA
Community Cancer Control Specialist
jansenmi@cinj.rutgers.edu

Theresa Lofton
Staff Assistant
tl720@cinj.rutgers.edu

Interns

• Fall 2020
  • Kate Chloe-Coronado, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, A Needs Assessment of Cancer Screening and Prevention Resources for Clients Served at Federally Qualified Health Centers, Mentor: Michelle Jansen

Previous Interns

• Summer 2020
  • Mayowa Oke, Center for Health and Wellbeing, Global Health Program, Princeton University, New Jersey Map Analysis, Mentors: Dr. Anita Kinney and Dr. Rita Musanti
• Spring 2020
  • Ryan Moulton, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Demographics of Hispanics Communities in New Jersey for Focus Group Intervention, Mentor: Michelle Jansen,
  • Emily Heidt, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Identifying HPV Related Healthcare Disparities within the LGBTQ+ New Brunswick Community, Mentor: Evelyn Fuertes
• Summer 2019
  • Olivia Foran, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Community Health Needs Intervention, Mentor: Dr. Rita Musanti
  • Mildred J. Rivera, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Gloucester and Atlantic Counties Needs Analysis for Breast Cancer, Mentor: Dr. Rita Musanti
  • Aiman Khan, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Breast Cancer Community Health Needs Assessment Analysis, Mentor: Dr. Rita Musanti
• Spring 2019
  • Fatema Haque, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Disseminating Cancer Education Through Outreach (Concentration in Lung Cancer), Mentor: Dr. Rita Musanti and Emily Carey
  • Kayla Farah, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Disseminating Colorectal Cancer Education Through Community Outreach, Mentor: Dr. Rita Musanti and Emily Carey

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