The THRIVE Study team is comprised of researchers from institutions including Georgetown University, Hackensack Meridian Health, MedStar Health, and Duke University. Our team also includes key staff from state cancer registries in New Jersey and California. This collaborative effort brings together expertise in behavioral science, epidemiology, health services research, and clinical care for patients with colorectal cancer.
The team also includes members of the Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB), composed of individuals living with colorectal cancer and caregivers. The SAB members provide valuable input to guide survey development and study activities.
LISA HALL, MBA
Stakeholder Advisory Board Member
Person Living with mCRC
Impact Chair
Apollo Global Management
JULIA H. ROWLAND, PHD
Stakeholder Advisory Board Member & Consultant
Former mCRC caregiver
Senior Strategic Advisor
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
KIM NEWCOMER, BS
Stakeholder Advisory Board Member
Stage IV Rectal Cancer Survivor
Director of Volunteers
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
LEE JONES, MBA
Stakeholder Advisory Board Member
Stage IV Colon Cancer Survivor
Research Advocate
SWOG Cancer Research Network
Fight CRC
BOBBIE KHAN, MS, RN, OCN
Stakeholder Advisory Board Member
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Principal Investigator
Professor of Oncology
Georgetown University
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-investigator
Assistant Professor of Oncology
Georgetown University
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Project Coordinator
Georgetown University
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
HEATHER DERRY-VICK, PHD
Co-investigator
Assistant Faculty Member
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian Health
AMANDA KHOUDARY, BA
Research Coordinator
Senior Behavioral Research Coordinator
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian Health
OSAIRYS BILLINI, BA
Research Coordinator
Behavioral Research Coordinator
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian Health
LISA PADDOCK, PHD, MPH
Site Principal Investigator
Deputy Director
Cancer Surveillance Research
Rutgers CINJ & NJ State Cancer Registry
EILEEN FLORES, DrPH, MPH
Team Lead
Research Scientist
NJ State Cancer Registry
FIZZA SULAIMAN,BS, MS
Study Coordinator
Research Teaching Specialist III
NJ State Cancer Registry
CYNTHIA NUNEZ
Recruiter
Research Teaching Specialist III
NJ State Cancer Registry
WENDY CEDENO
Recruiter
Research Teaching Specialist III
NJ State Cancer Registry
MONICA POWELL
Research Technician
Cancer Surveillance Research Program
New Jersey State Cancer Registry,
Cancer Epidemiology Services, NJDOH
ANSHU SHRESTHA, PHD, MPH
Site Principal Investigator
Research Scientist III
Cancer Registry of Greater California
Public Health Institute
DIMITRA FELLMAN, BS
Project Coordinator
Research Associate III
Cancer Registry of Greater California
Public Health Institute
SOPHIE ZHANG, MPH
Project Coordinator
Research Associate IV
Cancer Registry of Greater California
Public Health Institute
ALBANY MAGALLANES
Key Recruitment Staff
Research Associate I
Cancer Registry of Greater California
Public Health Institute
TANIA LOBO, MS
Data Manager
Director of Operations
(Survey and Data Management) SRBSR
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
NIKITA LILARAMANI, BDS, MPH, CPH
Data Manager/ Analyst
(Survey and Data Management) SRBSR
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Georgetown University
LI LIN, MS
Senior Biostatistician
Center for Health Measurement
Department of Population Health Sciences
Duke University School of Medicine
JAEIL AHN, PHD
Biostatistician
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics,
Bioinformatics and Biomathematics
Georgetown University
BRYCE B. REEVE, PHD
Co-investigator
Professor of Population Health Sciences
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Center for Health Measurement
Duke University School of Medicine
HUNTER GRONINGER, MD, FAAHPM
Clinical Co-Investigator
Director, Section of Palliative Care
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Scientific Director, MedStar Palliative Care
JOHN L. MARSHALL, MD
Clinical Co-Investigator
Physician Executive Director
Medstar Washington DC, Integrated Hematology Oncology Division