Our Team

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Allison Harvey has expertise in patient and provider education, with a focus on evidence-based program development, patient engagement and outreach, and evaluation. 

She has a strong background in working collaboratively with non-profit and advocacy organizations, health care networks and the biopharmaceutical industry to develop innovative and impactful programs for patients and providers. 

She has led the development of numerous patient and provider education programs delivered through a variety of mediums, which have reached more than 80,000 patients, caregivers and health care professionals. Allison has more than ten years of experience and leadership in cancer survivorship, patient engagement and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Dr. Aubrey Villalobos has expertise in health behavior and social science research methods, with a focus on prevention, social determinants of health, and community-level interventions. She has more than ten years of public health program leadership and research experience. She is mission-driven to eliminate health inequities through addressing social and structural determinants and has experience in community partnership-building for cancer/chronic disease integration and research agenda setting. 

Topical areas where she has quickly developed specific knowledge required for time-limited projects include patient navigation, disease prevention (breastfeeding, HPV vaccination, viral hepatitis, weight management, tobacco control), food insecurity, cancer survivorship and school-based health promotion. She maintains professional Spanish proficiency. 

Christie Mangir is a skilled consulting leader and portfolio manager with expertise in organization development and patient/provider education. She brings 15 years of experience collaborating with clients across multiple sectors to create, evolve, and achieve their goals. Christie partners with healthcare delivery organizations, professional societies, patient advocacy groups, industry, and policymakers to improve healthcare access, affordability, and quality.

Prior to joining Rhizome, Christie designed and led provider education and quality improvement programs, engaging 25,000+ multidisciplinary cancer care providers in advancing equitable, patient-centered care. Christie’s subject matter expertise includes multidisciplinary care coordination, financial toxicity and needs navigation, shared decision-making, health literacy, remote patient monitoring, and survivorship. Christie also brings her lived experience as a patient with cancer and an innovative mindset as a former digital health startup founder.

Kanako Kashima has expertise in national and community-level capacity-building programs with emphasis on standardizing best practices and designing, executing and evaluating interventions promoting health equity. She is committed to advancing knowledge, research and strategies to dismantle discrimination and systemic barriers to health and equity. Kanako has a strong history of driving towards evidence-based actions by harnessing the ideas of community leaders and multidisciplinary, cross-sector organizations. 

She is also experienced in translating research into consumable materials for healthcare professionals, non-profit leaders, policy makers, community members, and state and tribal health organizations so they may adopt solutions that make a difference. She has topical knowledge of food security, financial security, health communication, cancer and chronic disease integration, health equity integration, community engagement, and patient navigation. 

Dr. Serena Phillips has expertise in social science research methods and is dedicated to addressing social determinants of health and barriers to care among diverse populations living with cancer. She has fifteen years of experience working in healthcare, data, and research positions. Her skills include quantitative and qualitative analysis, data management, project management, research coordination, program evaluation, and patient care. Her direct patient care experience comes from previous positions as a critical care nurse, oncology patient navigator, and hospital-based food pantry coordinator. 

She has experience working with a wide variety of data, such as large national survey datasets, vital statistics, policy data, electronic medical records, and qualitative interview and focus group data. She has also led the development of databases optimizing the needs of diverse stakeholders including patient navigators, organization leaders, and evaluators. She has topical knowledge of patient navigation, housing and food insecurity, financial toxicity, language access, Asian American health disparities, and paid sick leave and tobacco policies. 

Dr. Davis is a social scientist and researcher. She has a PhD from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Catasha’s research interests are in communication effects, campaigns, health communication, race, and psychology of media audience.  

Kelli Vos is an experienced public health communications expert with a unique dual background in public health and communications. Her expertise includes evidence-based communication strategies, marketing, web and content development, media relations, accessibility and 508 compliance, and graphic design. She has subject matter knowledge in cancer and chronic disease, health equity, food and nutrition security, and epidemiology. Her passion is translating complex scientific and public health concepts into digestible, actionable messages for a variety of audiences and formats. View portfolio.

Allison Power is a community health nurse and public health practitioner based in Manchester, New Hampshire. For 15 years she has worked in public health prevention, program evaluation, policy advocacy, and nursing, focused primarily on infectious disease, HIV/AIDS, violence prevention, and refugee health. She began her career in public health supporting national technical assistance projects and quality assurance work at community health centers. She also has experience in coalition management and engagement, gained during her three years managing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) education grant at a state coalition of crisis centers. As part of that grant, she worked closely with community-based organizations implementing evidence-based programming and advocating for state policies to support public health. 

Most recently Allison served as a community health nurse at a city health department, providing public health clinical services including tuberculosis clinical case management, refugee arrival clinics, childhood lead poisoning case management, STD/HIV testing, and immunizations. During the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, she conducted disease investigations, outbreak management in healthcare facilities and workplaces, and mobile community vaccine campaigns. Allison is excited to continue synthesizing her public health and clinical experience to serve patients and communities.