ALF President and Founder
Meg was inspired to create the program by the work of her friend, Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anticancer: A New Way of Life. Meg was a freelance writer for magazines and had a regular column in Inc. magazine. She was a frequent speaker on the impact of entrepreneurial business on families, a topic covered in her book, For Better or For Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and Their Families. Meg worked with her husband, Gary, in the early years of their business, Stonyfield Yogurt.
ALF Executive Director
She was the founding director of the Payson Center for Cancer Care at Concord Hospital in Concord NH, and served as the Payson Center’s Director for 12 years. Nancy has been a Registered Nurse for over 40 years, holding clinical, education and administrative positions in hospitals and cancer centers in VA, NY and NH. While leading the Payson Center, Nancy was instrumental in developing and launching the Anticancer Lifestyle Program.
Nancy graduated from Simmons College in 1975 with a BA in Nursing and from the University of Rochester in 1981 with a MS in Nursing. She achieved national certification from the Oncology Nursing Society as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse. Over her career, Nancy has spoken to professionals and published articles and book chapters on the topics of palliative care, pain management and complementary therapies in cancer care. Nancy has volunteered for the American Cancer Society for over 30 years. In 2012, she was recognized with the St. George National Award, the highest honor given to volunteers nationwide.
ACLP Marketing Director
With over 15 years of experience, she’s led content strategy, go-to-market campaigns, and successful partnerships for nonprofits and tech companies alike. Her work has appeared on CBS San Francisco, local NPR stations, Patagon Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. Nicole graduated from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and DePaul University. When she’s not at her desk, you’ll find her in her Florida garden and enjoying outdoor adventures with her husband and young son.
ACLP Social Media Director
She is passionate about helping purposeful organizations share their knowledge, build community, and achieve their missions via social media. She is proud to have cultivated ACLP’s social media following into an activated, empowered community. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, she loves to maintain an Anticancer lifestyle by biking in her local community with her husband, making fresh meals at home, and enjoying belly laughs at stand-up comedy clubs.
The Anticancer Lifestyle Foundation Board of Directors provides counsel and direction to the ALF staff. Click on the plus signs to view each bio.
ALF President and Founder
Meg was inspired to create the program by the work of her friend, Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, author of Anticancer: A New Way of Life. Meg was a freelance writer for magazines and had a regular column in Inc. magazine. She was a frequent speaker on the impact of entrepreneurial business on families, a topic covered in her book, For Better or For Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and Their Families. Meg worked with her husband, Gary, in the early years of their business, Stonyfield Yogurt.
ALF Executive Director
She was the founding director of the Payson Center for Cancer Care at Concord Hospital in Concord NH, and served as the Payson Center’s Director for 12 years. Nancy has been a Registered Nurse for over 40 years, holding clinical, education and administrative positions in hospitals and cancer centers in VA, NY and NH. While leading the Payson Center, Nancy was instrumental in developing and launching the Anticancer Lifestyle Program.
Nancy graduated from Simmons College in 1975 with a BA in Nursing and from the University of Rochester in 1981 with a MS in Nursing. She achieved national certification from the Oncology Nursing Society as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse. Over her career, Nancy has spoken to professionals and published articles and book chapters on the topics of palliative care, pain management and complementary therapies in cancer care. Nancy has volunteered for the American Cancer Society for over 30 years. In 2012, she was recognized with the St. George National Award, the highest honor given to volunteers nationwide.
Vice President for Population Health, Concord Hospital
She has over 25 years of healthcare leadership and is dedicated to building effective teams with a focus on building systems of care, and value-based care models using human-centered design and systems thinking. In her current role, Betsey has system level oversight of quality, patient safety, patient experience, population health, community benefits and employee wellness programs. As an ACO executive, she leads performance in alternative payment models across public and commercial populations, and seeks to bridge the gap with physical, behavioral, and community health to positive impact and meet the health needs of the community.
Betsey is a graduate of University of Vermont and holds a Masters in Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health. She is a thought leader and actively involved in community health coalitions, advisory councils and non-profit Boards focused on population health and community health improvement.
Director, Integrative Medicine Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center
He is a co-founder and past president of the Society for Integrative Oncology and the former vice-chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health. For more than 25 years, Dr. Cohen has led a team conducting research and delivering clinical care in integrative medicine, including lifestyle interventions. Dr. Cohen has published over 200 scientific articles in top medical journals. As an ACLP Board Member, he provides scientific guidance and supports integrating evidence-based integrative medicine practices into the program.
Manager, Integrative Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute
Susan has been a nurse for almost 40 years working in many different clinical settings. She started her role at Atrium Health, Levine Cancer Institute in 2013 and manages a multi-disciplinary team providing evidence-based integrative care for oncology patients. Their multi-site program serves patients in North and South Carolina.
Susan and her team launched an insurance-reimbursed Shared Medical Appointment project centered around the ACLP curriculum and created a virtual space through group appointments for patients to address lifestyle change and be supported by evidence-based education and the strength of the patient cohort. Now as the RN Manager for Integrative Oncology, Cancer Survivorship, Senior Oncology and the Pre-habilitation Program, she encourages patients to take advantage of this resource for themselves and their families.
Susan and her husband live in Charlotte, NC and have two young adult children. She enjoys hiking, pickleball, knitting and traveling and always enjoys learning something new herself from the ACLP.
CEO & Founder, Old Field Ventures
The company’s focus is founded on bringing digital health technologies & virtual care solutions to market. She is the former Chief Marketing Officer at Capital Blue Cross, where she was responsible for shaping the company’s brand narrative while also leading strategic diversification, digital advancement and product solutions.
Prior to joining Capital, Donna founded the Geneia Company, which was acquired by Capital BlueCross in June of 2011. Before Geneia, she was Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Choicelinx Corporation, which was acquired by CIGNA in 2005. Prior to Choicelinx, Donna served in several roles at Healthsource, Inc. including VP of Sales & Marketing to Chief Executive Officer of the Healthsource New England based companies. Donna holds a Bachelors Degree in Healthcare Administration from Rivier University and has a Masters Degree in Science from Boston University.
Chief Executive Officer of New England Women’s Healthcare
Prior to joining New England Women’s Healthcare, Jody led cancer programs at the University of Connecticut and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center- Harvard Cancer Collaborative, and was Director of the Payson Center for Cancer Care at Concord Hospital in Concord, N.H.
Jody received his Bachelor’s degree in Management of Information Systems from Central Connecticut State University and holds a Master’s in Business Administration degree from University of Connecticut.
Film Producer
She is involved with NGOs in the fields of healthcare and human rights, including Human Rights Watch and the International Aids Alliance. She sits on the board of the New York Fund for Public Health, which assists the NYC health department with incubating new public health initiatives. She is the producer of The “C” Word, a documentary about her cousin, David Servan-Schreiber, whose work inspired the creation of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program.
The Anticancer Lifestyle Foundation Advisory Board is composed of experts in the fields of oncology, nutrition, fitness, mindset, and personal environment. Click on the plus signs to view each bio.
Integrative Oncologist, UCSF Osher Center
He graduated from Brown University in 1972 and from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1977.
After completing an Internal Medicine residency at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in San Francisco, Dr. Abrams became a fellow in Hematology-Oncology at the UCSF Cancer Research Institute in 1980. His interest in botanical therapies led him to pursue a two-year Fellowship in the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona that he completed in December 2004.
Dr. Abrams’ particular passion in the field is nutrition and cancer. Since completing his Fellowship, He has been providing Integrative Medicine consultation to people living with and beyond cancer at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. His integrative oncology interests are in medicinal mushrooms, Traditional Chinese Medicine interventions and nutrition. He co-edited the Oxford University Press textbook Integrative Oncology with Andrew Weil, M.D.. Dr. Abrams is a member of the NCI PDQ CAM Editorial Board, and was President of the Society for Integrative Oncology in 2010.
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Director of Clinical Programs, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health; Director, Proton Ocular Radiation Oncology
Dr. Mishra received her undergraduate degree with honors in Biology at Harvard University, her M.D. from UCSF, and M.P.H. degree at the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her radiation oncology residency in 2008 at UCSF and thereafter joined the faculty. She is the Director of the Ocular Tumor Radiation Therapy Program and a global leader in specialized oncology care.
She focuses on integrative oncology and mind-body medicine (MBM) and co-piloted an ongoing group medical visit series on mindfulness practices adapted for diverse populations during active cancer care. She has incorporated techniques from multiple global traditions, Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery, and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
Dr. Mishra has published multiple significant research articles and book chapters, delivered invited and plenary presentations globally, educated and trained numerous mentees, and received research awards from national and international organizations. She has led significant multi-institutional efforts in research and clinical guidelines development. Dr. Mishra strives to improve patient-centered outcomes and healthcare disparities with a team-based strategic approach. She is passionate about centering care with a personalized, evidence-informed, and inclusive lens, ultimately to help empower patients, providers, teams, and communities.
Medical Director, Breast Program Jersey Shore Medical Center
Prior to that, Dr. Patel was a breast surgeon at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, for 12 years. During this time, Dr. Patel was also an instructor in surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock. Before her move to New Jersey, Dr. Patel was the New Hampshire State Chair of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Cancer, and in that capacity, she led the development of survivorship programs in New Hampshire. Dr. Patel has been an author on numerous publications related to the clinical treatment of breast cancer. She has always been an active promoter of healthy lifestyle behaviors among her patients and was an early supporter of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program.
President and co-founder, the Environmental Working Group
Cook is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances.
Under Cook’s leadership over the past 20 years, EWG has empowered American families with easy-to-use, data-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in foods, drinking water, cosmetics and other household products. These unique digital resources are searched hundreds of millions times by consumers, journalists and policy makers.
In the last several years, Cook and EWG have been in the forefront of national and state campaigns to require the labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients.
In May 2014, Cook received the prestigious “Champion for Children Award” from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Public Health.
Cook earned a B.A. in history, B.S. in agriculture and M.S. in soil science at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Professor and Researcher, Psychosocial Oncology, U. of Calgary
She is the Director of Research and works as a Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychosocial Resources at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. She is a fellow of the Mind and Life Institute and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
Dr. Carlson’s research in Psychosocial Oncology, Integrative Oncology and specifically in Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery has been published in many high-impact journals and book chapters, and she published a patient manual in 2010 with Michael Speca entitled: Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery: A step-by-step MBSR approach to help you cope with treatment and reclaim your life, in addition to a professional training manual in 2009 with Shauna Shapiro entitled The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating mindfulness into psychology and the helping professions.
Dr. Carlson has published over 150 research papers and book chapters, holds several millions of dollars in grant funding and is regularly invited to present her work at international conferences, most recently in China, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and all across Canada and the USA. She presented a TEDx talk called Mindfulness for Personal and Collective Evolution in 2016.
Specialist in Clinical Nutrition
“Dr. Greger is licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University. Dr. Greger’s nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org, which is now a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity. His books How Not to Die and How Not to Diet became instant New York Times best sellers. See the list of his publications here.
Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network
He also serves as science director of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment. He has a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and masters in public health from Harvard University. Dr. Schettler is co-author of several books and numerous papers addressing various aspects of human health and the environment. Recently, he published The Ecology of Breast Cancer: The Promise of Prevention and the Hope for Healing.
Professor, Ohio State University
First to propose the Biobehavioral Model of Cancer Stress and Disease Course (1994), she has authored three books and over 150 research articles in clinical psychology and cancer control.
While at the University of Iowa, Dr. Andersen received the Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching (1985) and the Distinguished Scholar Award in Research (1988). Moving to Ohio State University (OSU) in 1989, she has received the Distinguished Scholar Award (2000) and the Distinguished Lecturer Award (2003). For the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center she was the Director of the Behavioral Measurement Shared Resource and the Livestrong Survivorship Center of Excellence (2008-2011).
Other awards include the Senior Investigator Award for Outstanding Contributions in Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association (2003), the Minton Hero of Hope Medal of Honor from the ACS (Ohio, 2004), Fellow status in AAAS (2004), and Senior Investigator Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (Cancer SIG, 2004). She holds an NIH/NCI (K05) Research Career Award (Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral, and Population Sciences (2004-09, 2010-2015).
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
From 2010 to 2015, she served as director of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the Osher Foundation Distinguished Professor of Integrative Medicine. Margaret has also served as a Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Advancing Health in Washington DC; a Senior Scientific Advisor to the Office for Research on Women’s Health at the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and the first Deputy Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at NIH.
Professionally, Margaret has been engaged in clinical practice and research in the areas of stress, mind-body interactions, and health. She is currently the Associate Editor of Psychology, Health and Medicine and the author or co-author of over 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
Margaret also serves as the Chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health which includes 69 leading integrative health and medicine centers throughout North America including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers. She has also been President of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research (ABMR), President of the American Psychosomatic Society and President of the Division of Health Psychology of the APA. She has received numerous awards and professional recognition for her work. In 2001, Margaret was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Health and Medicine Division, formerly known as the Institute of Medicine.
Medical Director, Dana Farber/NH Oncology-Hematology
Dr. Walsh received her BA from Wellesley College, her medical degree from SUNY/Upstate Medical University, and completed her Internal Medicine residency and Oncology/Hematology fellowship at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. Dr. Walsh is board certified in Hematology and Oncology, and cares for patients with a variety of cancers. She enthusiastically joined the Anticancer Lifestyle team at its inception, knowing that the program would resonate with patients and help empower them during their cancer journey, and she remains an advisor to the program.
President & CEO, Pelotonia
Doug is a three-time cancer survivor and globally recognized cancer advocate. After overcoming chondrosarcoma during his sophomore year of college and malignant melanoma twice since, Doug and his family founded the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting, educating and connecting young adults, as well as their families and friends, who are affected by cancer. In 2001, Doug joined Livestrong as Director of Survivorship, and served as Livestrong President and CEO for 7 years. His story and accomplishments have been featured on many major media outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, NBC News, ABC News, and MSNBC.
President, Oncology Section, American Physical Therapy Association
He earned his Ph.D. in exercise science from the University of Texas at Austin and then completed a four-year research fellowship at UC Irvine. After teaching exercise physiology at Louisiana State University for 7 years, he entered physical therapy school and earned a license to practice in 1999. Brief teaching stints at Texas Woman’s University and Texas Tech University were followed by a 10 year adventure in patient care and research in oncology rehabilitation at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Morris came to Wingate University after having served as Director of Rehabilitation Services at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.
His interests in oncology are focused on oncology rehabilitation and specifically on the use of exercise training as a treatment modality for cancer prevention and cancer survivorship. He has authored over 20 articles and coauthored several book chapters in the area of oncology rehabilitation. He has spoken both nationally and internationally on the role of exercise training in oncology rehabilitation and is involved in local efforts to establish exercise programs for cancer survivors. Steve is enthusiastic about the role of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program in assisting cancer survivors and their caregivers on their cancer journey.
Mindfulness instructor, East Coast Mindfulness
She was a founding member of our ACLP team and created the Mindfulness/Stress Reduction curriculum pillar of our course. Margaret taught mindfulness and trained mindfulness teachers at the Center for Mindfulness located at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is certified to teach MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) and is a founding member of the NH Professional Mindfulness Community. Margaret holds a Master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College.
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