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

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
 

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

Emily Carey PerezdeAlejo, BS, REHS
Program Manager, ScreenNJ

Tamara Horn, BA
Program Coordinator, ScreenNJ

Theresa Lofton
Staff Assistant
tl720@cinj.rutgers.edu

Daniel Pearson, MA, BA
Principal Statistician
daniel.pearson@rutgers.edu

Ricardo Baerga
Data Control Coordinator

Evelyn Fuertes, NDTR, BA
Community Outreach Coordinator
ef223@cinj.rutgers.edu

Ashley Purper
Cancer Control Specialist

Cecilia Gomez
Cancer Control Specialist

Shantelle James
Cancer Control Specialist

Ryan Moulton
Cancer Control Specialist

Hiral Shukla
Cancer Control Specialist

Monica Gilles
Clinical Care Coordinator – Tobacco Cessation Counselor

Nicole Etienne
Program Coordinator – Marketing

Lorian Wilson
Events Coordinator

Previous 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
• 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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