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Sara Elnakib, PhD, MPH, RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Chair/Program Leader

Phone: 848-932-3661

Email: elnakib@njaes.rutgers.edu

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Jennifer Shukaitis, MPH

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)

Phone: 848-932-3718

Email: shukaitis@njaes.rutgers.edu

Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County

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Joanne Kinsey, MS, CFCS, CWWS

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Phone: 609-625-0056

Email: jkinsey@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Worksite Wellness, health promotion, healthy lifestyle community outreach using social media & technology.

Cooperative Extension of Cape May County

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Chris Zellers, MPH

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator III (Eqv. to Asst. Professor)

Phone: 609-465-5115, ext. 3603

Email: zellers@njaes.rutgers.edu

Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County

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Luanne J. Hughes, M.S., RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator I (Eqv. to Professor)

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

Cooperative Extension of Hunterdon County

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Alexandra Grenci, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

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.

Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County

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Shailja Mathur, M.S., M.Ed., RDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Senior Program Coordinator

Phone: 848-932-3598

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.

Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County

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Rachel Tansey, MA

Family & Community Health Sciences Senior Extension Associate

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.

Cooperative Extension of Ocean County

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Joanne Kinsey, MS, CFCS, CWWS

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

Phone: 609-625-0056

Email: jkinsey@njaes.rutgers.edu

Expertise: Worksite Wellness, health promotion, healthy lifestyle community outreach using social media & technology.

Cooperative Extension of Union County

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Karen M. Ensle, EdD, RDN, FAND, CFCS

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator I (Eqv. to Professor)

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

Cooperative Extension of Warren County

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Sherri M. Cirignano, MS, RD, LDN

Family & Community Health Sciences Educator II (Eqv. to Assoc. Professor)

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.