Staff: Tracey Goldner, M.A.

Tracey Goldner

Tracey Goldner, M.A.

Former Fellow, Transitioned Outside of the Program

Fellow - Health Communications Intern
Former Organization:

Tracey Goldner, M.A., was a Cancer Research Training Award fellow in the Behavioral Research Program (BRP) from 2015-18. During her fellowship, she worked on internal and external communications for BRP. Day-to-day projects included writing, editing, and designing web, newsletter, fact sheet, and social media content. She was also involved in two web redesigns and a usability study of the BRP website.

Ms. Goldner came to NCI to learn more about how cancer research is conducted and communicated. In 2015, she earned a master's degree in journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism. Before graduate school, she was a community health educator with the U.S. Peace Corps in Turkmenistan and an AmeriCorps member at Harlem RBI (now DREAM), a youth development nonprofit based in East Harlem, New York. She worked in the communications department at Medical Teams International, an international public health nongovernmental organization, from 2004-09. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. In her free time, she enjoys running, yoga, and cooking.


"Where are they now?": Following up with past BRP fellows
Updated January 2019

Current Title
Communications Manager
Northwest Regional Education Service District

How has your BRP fellowship influenced your career?
My fellowship helped me land a fantastic communications position back in my hometown. I'm currently working as a communications manager for an education service district in Hillsboro, Oregon. The communications work I did and the mentoring I received at the National Cancer Institute helped prepare me for this position.

Describe a favorite memory or two from your fellowship experience.
I loved working with Mimi Lising and Mary O'Connell on our website redesign. I also really enjoyed our internal communications campaigns. These included Peeps for tweets, Fruit Roll-Ups for the new travel app, and Springing forward on our new website. I also really enjoyed working with our Featured Grantees. I heard Lisa Feldman Barrett, one of our grantees, on the radio the other day. It was fun to remember the opportunity I had to work with her.

Describe your current position, your current organization, and what you do.
I am the Communications Manager for Northwest Regional Education Service District in Hillsboro, Oregon. Our agency serves 20 school districts in four counties in the northwest corner of Oregon. I am responsible for communicating with staff, students, families, teachers, policymakers, the media, and other community members.



Current and/or past BRP mentors include Mary O'Connell and Mimi Lising.

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