Baton Rouge Blog Posts
October 5, 2023
This project, an Alliance initiative funded by the Merck Foundation, focuses on addressing cancer disparities throughout the continuum of care and advancing health equity for the medically underserved. Working collaboratively with Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge General and other community organizations, this effort will provide care coordination; patient-centered communication and engagement; and supportive and palliative care to improve cancer equity for North Baton Rouge residents.
Learn more about the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care.
Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care Community Advisory Board
| Name | Affiliation |
| Hope Hickerson | HealthyBR |
| Chauna Banks | Metro Council District 2 Jewel J. Newman Community Center |
| Alfreda Tillman Bester | Southern University Law Center’s Vulnerable Communities & People’s Initiative |
| Charles Daniel | Geaux Ride |
| Tyrone Dunn | 100 Black Men Metropolitan BR Cancer Survivor |
| Sandra Glenn | Cancer Survivor |
| Nancy Gosserand | Cancer Services |
| Courtney Hunt | National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metropolitan BR |
| Shirley Lolis | Metro Health |
| Renada Deschamp | Woman’s Hospital |
| Jasmin Matthews | Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center |
| Dr. Ruby Sheree Miller | Southern University School of Nursing |
| Lakesha Collins-Patterson | Open Health Care Clinic |
| Ebony Starks | Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation |
| Kathy Victorian | Healthy Blue |
