Family & Community Health Sciences Personnel
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Sherri M. Cirignano, MS, RD, LDN
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Warren County
Phone: 908-475-6504
Email: cirignano@njaes.rutgers.edu
Expertise: Nutrition and cancer prevention, functional foods programming, food safety and food insecurity, and nutrition and physical activity needs for preschool aged children.
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County
Email: kc1638@njaes.rutgers.edu
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County
Phone: 732-349-1247
Email: cullinen@njaes.rutgers.edu
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)
Dept. of Family and Community Health Sciences
Chair/Program Leader
Dept. of Family and Community Health Sciences
Phone: 848-932-3661
Email: elnakib@njaes.rutgers.edu
Karen M. Ensle, EdD, RDN, FAND, CFCS
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator I (Eqv. to Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County
Phone: 908-654-9854, ext. 1
Email: ensle@njaes.rutgers.edu
Expertise: Obesity prevention; small steps to health and wealth; community transformation and environmental change for healthier cities; garden-enhanced nutrition education; wellness policy changes; nutrition, food safety and health education/training for professionals, limited resource audiences, seniors and the general consumer. Use of technology and social media in disseminating wellness messages
Alexandra Grenci, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County
Phone: 908-788-1342
Email: grenci@njaes.rutgers.edu
Expertise: Diabetes prevention/self-management; obesity prevention/weight management; chronic disease prevention; health promotion; goal setting and self-motivation; school, child, and family wellness; community collaborations in public health; food safety and home food preservation; garden-based nutrition education.
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator I (Eqv. to Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County
Phone: 856-224-8040
Email: hughes@njaes.rutgers.edu
Expertise: Integration of health and food systems to support health and wellness; farm-to-school and school wellness initiatives; professional development programming and support in wellness policy, system and environmental change for school faculty, administration and staff; use of technology and social media in disseminating wellness messages
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County
Phone: 973-353-5959
Email: jonesve@njaes.rutgers.edu
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
Phone: 609-989-6830
Email: ricardo.kairios@rutgers.edu
Expertise: Enhancing food security and improving access to safe and nutritious food in resource-limited communities through systematic, policy-driven, and site-specific initiatives. These efforts are designed to promote healthy behaviors and optimize food practices, fostering an equitable and sustainable food system. Using an intersectional approach to address barriers faced by marginalized communities, with a particular emphasis on advancing health equity and liberation for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals.
Shailja Mathur, M.S., M.Ed., RDN
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County
Phone: 908-526-6295
Email: mathur@njaes.rutgers.edu
Expertise: Chronic Disease Prevention in the community focusing on Diabetes and Stroke targeted to south Asian population in collaboration with Rutgers Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, nutrition education outreach at local farmers market, schools and senior centers, use of social media in disseminating wellness and disease prevention messages.
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator (Eqv. to Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County
Phone: 973-305-5746
Email: js3531@njaes.rutgers.edu
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Dept. of Family and Community Health Sciences
Phone: 848-932-3718
Email: shukaitis@njaes.rutgers.edu
SNAP-Ed Senior Program Coordinator Supervisor
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
Email: ss5378@njaes.rutgers.edu
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County
Phone: 732-431-7260, ext. 7272
Email: tansey@njaes.rutgers.edu
Expertise: Health and wellness promotion, worksite wellness, healthy lifestyles, school wellness initiatives and community health education.
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
Email: mrt102@sebs.rutgers.edu
Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3603
Email: zellers@njaes.rutgers.edu