Ensuring Cancer Care Equity For North Baton Rouge

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.

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Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care Community Advisory Board
Name Affiliation
Iris Raby Baton Rouge General Hospital
Charles Daniel Geaux Ride
Renada Deschamp Woman’s Hospital
Tyrone Dunn  100 Black Men Metropolitan BR Cancer Survivor
Nancy Gosserand Cancer Services
Hope Hickerson HealthyBR
Courtney Hunt National Coalition of 100 Black Women Metropolitan BR
Shirley Lolis Metro Health
Jasmin Matthews Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Cheryl Michelet Cancer Survivor
Lakesha Collins-Patterson Open Health Care Clinic
Ebony Starks Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation
Pashion Norman Healthy Blue