Staff: Gina Tesauro, MSW

Gina Tesauro, MSW

Organization:

• Office of the Associate Director (OAD)
• Behavioral Research Program (BRP)

Contact:
gina.tesauro@nih.gov
240-276-6786

Gina Tesauro, M.S.W., is a Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) alumna who worked as a Program Analyst in the Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for six years. During her time with OCS, she focused on all aspects of survivorship with a particular interest in the impact of cancer on the family. Prior to her tenure with OCS, Ms. Tesauro was a Presidential Management fellow who performed details at both the Federal Center for Mental Health Services and the White House, where she worked on the White House Conference on Mental Health. Ms. Tesauro holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ms. Tesauro currently manages the Small Grants Program for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03s). This program is designed to fund pilot projects by investigators new to behavioral cancer control research, with the goal of supporting and fostering the professional development of new behavioral scientists by helping them acquire additional skills and data to apply for other grants.

Additionally, as a Program Analyst in the Office of the Associate Director (OAD), Ms. Tesauro provides guidance on grants policy, portfolio management and administrative procedures for the Behavioral Research Program (BRP), OAD, within DCCPS.

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Selected Publications and Presentations

• Mollica MA, Tesauro G, Gallicchio L, Doose M, Page LL, Maher ME, Tonorezos E. Lung cancer survivorship research at the National Institutes of Health funded during Fiscal Years 2017–2024. Cancer Surviv Res Care 2025 Jan 27:1-13.
• Gallicchio L, Mollica M, Tesauro G, Doose M, Guida JL, Maher ME, Tonorezos E. Rare cancer survivorship research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2017 to 2023. Cancer Causes Control 2025 Jan 21.
• Rowland JH, Gallicchio L, Mollica M, Saiontz N, Falisi AL, Tesauro G. Survivorship Science at the NIH: Lessons Learned From Grants Funded in Fiscal Year 2016. J Natl Cancer Inst 2019 Feb 1; 111(2):109-117.
• Perna FM, Dwyer LA, Tesauro G, Taber JM, Norton WE, Hartman AM, Geller AC. Research on Skin Cancer-Related Behaviors and Outcomes in the NIH Grant Portfolio, 2000-2014: Skin Cancer Intervention Across the Cancer Control Continuum (SCI-3C). JAMA Dermatol 2017 May 1; 153(5):398-405.
• Tesauro GM, Seger YR, Dijoseph L, Schnell JD, Klein WM. Assessing the value of a Small Grants Program for behavioral research in cancer control. Transl Behav Med 2014 Mar; 4(1):79-85.

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