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Denice Economou, PhD, RN, CNS
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center

Denice Economou, PhD, RN, CNS, AOCN has been in the Department of Nursing Research and Education for the past 11 years at the City of Hope in Duarte, California. She has been the project director for two consecutive R25 training grants for Cancer Survivorship Education. Denice was the Co-Investigator and faculty on an R25 NCI-funded training project with Dr. Arti Hurria –Geriatric Oncology: Educating Nursing to Improve Quality Care completed in 2019. Currently she is providing telehealth follow up as part of an RO1 study coaching colorectal and lung cancer survivors in self-care strategies and coordinating their care between oncologists and PCP’s. Denice is an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, and is dedicated to preparing nurses to care for geriatric oncology patients, cancer survivors and their families. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Advanced Practitioners in Oncology (JADPRO). Denice completed her PhD in Palliative Care from Lancaster University in Lancaster, England. Her research explored the experience of advanced cancer recurrence in patients who perceived themselves as cancer free. She will continue to focus her research on geriatric patients and advanced cancer recurrence.

Lora Rhodes, LCSW
Social Worker, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Lora Rhodes, LCSW, is a senior social worker at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. She received her BS in psychology from Penn State University and MSW from Rutgers University. In her current role, she provides psychosocial support for the senior adult oncology, head and neck cancer, lung cancer and cancer genetics clinical teams.  She is an instructor for the Temple University School of Social Work Continuing Education Program. Prior to her current position, she worked in continuing medical education, developing education programs for physicians, nurses, and social workers. A social worker for over 25 years, she has presented extensively, locally, nationally, and internationally on psychosocial issues facing individuals with cancer.

Shelly Rosenfeld, JD, LLM, Esq.
Co-Director, Disability Rights Legal Center, Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC)

Shelly Rosenfeld, JD, LLM, Esq., is Co-Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center’s Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC). As Co-Director, Shelly provides legal services through CLRC’s national telephone assistance line to people with cancer-related legal issues, counseling cancer patients, health care professionals, and caregivers. Shelly participates in the Orange County Cancer Coalition, volunteers as a Legislative Ambassador of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network, and serves as a Board Member of the Cancer Free Generation, the young professionals division of the Tower Cancer Research Fund. Before becoming an attorney, Shelly worked as a television anchor and reporter for an NBC affiliate in Arizona. Shelly earned an LL.M. at UCLA Law School, a JD at UC Hastings College of the Law, a Masters Degree at Northwestern University, and a BA at UC Berkeley. She is a member of the State Bars of California and the District of Columbia.