Task Force Workgroups

Task Force Standing Committees

Breast Cancer

Co-Chair: Loretta Mikulski
               Patient Advocate
               South Jersey Breast Cancer Coalition

Co-Chair: Margaret Rojewski, RN, BC, MPH
               New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

• Awareness and Education
• Research and Surveillance
• Treatment

Colorectal Cancer

• Awareness and Education
• Treatment

Gynecologic Cancer

Co-Chair: Dara Marcozzi
(Ovarian) National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Southern New Jersey Division
               The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

Co-Chair: Margaret Rojewski, RN, BC, MPH
(Cervical) New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

• Access to Care
• Public Awareness and Education
• Patient Awareness and Education
• Professional Awareness and Education
• Research

Lung Cancer

Chair:      Jason Plaia
               American Cancer Society

• Tobacco Control
• Provider Education
• Early Detection and Treatment
• Research

Melanoma

Chair:      Jarrod P. Kaufman, MD, FACS
              Advanced Surgical Associates of Central Jersey
              NJ State Chair, Commission on Cancer of the American College of               Surgeons

Co-Chair:   Arnold Baskies, MD, FACS
               Our Lady of Lourdes Health System
               President-Elect, American Cancer Society, Eastern Division

• Awareness
• Education
• Treatment

Oral/Pharyngeal Cancer

Chair:      David Lederman, DMD
               Lakewood Pathology Associates
               New Jersey Dental Association

• Public Awareness
• Public Access
• Professional Awareness and Education
• Research and Surveillance

For more information, go to the Oral Cancer Workgroup's webpage.

Prostate Cancer

Chair:      Betty Gallo
               The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
               The Dean and Betty Gallo Prostate Cancer Center

Co-Chair:  Candido Africa, MD
                New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

• Public Awareness and Education
• Patient/Client Education for Screening & Follow-up
• Access to Care
• Information for Medical Practitioners
• Research and Surveillance

Palliation

Chair:      Joan Monaghan, MS, RN, APN C
               Hackensack University Medical Center

Co-Chair: Theresa Beck, RN, MPA
              Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey

• Education
• Access

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Chair:      Elisa V. Bandera, MD, PhD
               The Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Co-Chair:  Mary Ann Ellsworth, MS, RD
               New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services                

• Cancer Prevention
• Research
• Cancer Survivorship

Childhood Cancer

Chair:        Peri Kamalakar, MD
                Valerie Fund Children’s Center
                Saint Barnabas Health Care System

• Adolescent and Young Adult Treatment
• Secondary Malignancies
• Pain and Palliative Care
• Family Support
• Education
• Advocacy

Advocacy Ad Hoc

Chair:      Sr. Maggie Lopez
               American Cancer Society, Eastern Division

• Structure and Funding
• Access
• Health Disparities

Communications

Chair:      Teri Cox, MBA
              American Cancer Society, Eastern Division
              Cox Communications Partners, LLC

• Implement communications plan
• Raise awareness and utilization of cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment resources
• Strengthen partnerships

Evaluation

Chair:      Marcia Sass, Sc.D
              University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of               Public Health

• Assessing implementation of the NJCCCP
• Measuring changes in health outcomes