The Cancer Center Research Support Office offers full adminsitrative, IT, research operations and facilities support for the laboratories of the NJMS Cancer Research Center. All research operations are managed through this office including faculty recruitment, hires, visas, purchasing and procurement, graduate and post-doctoral training programs, course development and curriculum, the Cancer Education Summer Program, seminar series and events, management of core facilities and shared equipment, grant support, website and database managment and desktop support.



Diane Wheeler
Program Administrator
NJMS UH-Cancer Center H1202
Tel (973) 972-3558
Fax (973) 972-2668
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Diane serves as the Program Administrator for the Cancer Center Research Facility and in this role supports faculty recruitment, visas, hiring, facility and operation budgets, events, and planning. Diane serves as the Executive Assistant to the Director and is involved in all aspects of the daily administration of the Cancer Center to support its research mission.



Lorie-Anne Phillips, M.S.
Research Analyst
NJMS UH-Cancer Center  H1204
Tel (973) 972-2917
Fax (973) 972-2668
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Lorie-Anne provides pre-award support for grant applications inlcuding budget preparation, forms, guidelines, and general "boiler plate" information. She provides administrative support in the preparation of cancer center multi-investigator grants and serves as the Program Coordinator for the NCI funded Cancer Research Summer Student Program ( for more details on the summer program, click here). She also manages the purchase requisitions and billing systems for the shared facilites at the cancer center and provides general support in planning of Cancer Center Research events.



Alexandra Soggiu , M.S.
Manager, Tissue Culture Core Facility
NJMS UH-Cancer Center  H1230
Tel (973) 972-6862
Fax(973) 972-2668
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Alex manages the shared tissue culture facility and the central glass wash and autoclaving facility, in addition to maintaining general research facility equipment and operations including the central temperature, CO2 and liquid nitrogen monitoring systems. She also serves as the research facility's lab safety officer and fire warden. For more information about her facility, click  here.

Timothy Linteau
Programmer Analyst
NJMS UH-Cancer Center H1220
Tel (973) 972-9623
Fax(973) 972-2668
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Gwendolyn Mahon, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Research Administration
Director, Cancer Education Program and Training Programs
185 South Orange Avenue, MSB C-690
Tel (973) 972-1591
 Fax  (973) 972-3585
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