I am truly inspired by the amazing people and energy behind the “JOURNEYS OF INSPIRATION KILIMANJARO CLIMB.” 

 I am an Exercise Psychologist and Physiologist in the Behavioral Medicine Unit of the University of Rochester James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.  My expertise and research is focused on investigating the influence of physical exercise and other integrative therapies on cancer-related fatigue and other side effects resulting from cancer and its treatments. Additional focus is on discerning the etiology and interrelationships among physical exercise, functional capacity, immune function, nuclear and mitochondrial gene expression, and quality of life among cancer patients. 

 I have seen first hand, in many of my family members and patients in the cancer center, the challenges that are faced by cancer survivors.  This is why I am eager to celebrate life with this amazing group of “normal people wanting to live abnormal lives” by CLIMBING KILIMANJARO!  

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