Stroup Research Program - People

Administration

Patricia Helmick (Meetings & Appointments)
609-633-0500
Patricia.Helmick@doh.nj.gov

Cindy York (Grants & Budgets)
Administrative Research Associate
cy291@cinj.rutgers.edu

Lisa Paddock, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director
Cancer Surveillance Research
Cancer Epidemiology Services
Lisa.Paddock@doh.nj.gov

Heather Stabinsky, MSEd, CTR
Program Manager
Cancer Surveillance Operations
New Jersey State Cancer Registry
Heather.Stabinsky@doh.nj.gov

 

Graduate Students

PhD - Epidemiology

  • John Aremu (jba57@sph.rutgers.edu), Doctoral Candidate in Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: Investigating the Role of Vitamin D in Head and Neck Cancer, Graduate Advisor, 2021-Present
  • Jie Li (ljru@cinj.rutgers.edu), Doctorate in Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: The Influence of Residential History in Asian Enclaves on Cancer Outcomes among Asian American Subgroups in New Jersey, Graduate Advisor, 2017-Present
  • Nimit Shah (nns52@sph.rutgers.edu), Doctoral Candidate in Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: Barriers and Predictors of Physical Fitness among Volunteer Firefighters, Dissertation Committee Member, 2021-Present
  • Daniel Wiese (daniel.wiese@temple.edu), PhD, Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University: Using Residential Histories to Estimate Area-Based Poverty: An exploratory analysis of colon cancer survival in New Jersey, Fall 2016 – Spring 2020.

MS - Epidemiology

  • Shromona Sarkar (ss3954@sph.rutgers.edu), Master of Science in Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: TBD, Graduate Advisor, 2022-Present

MPH - Epidemiology

  • Julie Cortes (jmc792@sph.rutgers.edu), Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: Cervical Cancer Incidence among Hispanic/Latina Women in New Jersey by Nativity, Graduate Advisor, 2021-Present
  • Nabarun Ghosh (ng584@njms.rutgers.edu), Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: Exploring the relationship between obesity, cardiometabolic disease, socioeconomic status, and diet quality, 2021-Present
  • Caroline Morales (cbm72@cinj.rutgers.edu), Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health: Burden of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) syndrome associated cancers in New Jersey, 2022-Present

Previous Graduate Students:

  • Katelyn Roman, MPH Epidemiology, 2019
  • Kelly Lenahan, MPH Epidemiology, Spring 2019
  • Karina DeMair, MPH Epidemiology, Fall 2016
  • Tony Okoro, PharmD, MPH Epidemiology, Spring 2016
  • Aishwarya Kulkarni, BDS, MPH Epidemiology, Spring 2016
  • Preethi Raghava, MBBS, MPH Epidemiology, Spring 2015