Meet our Woman to Woman Team

Emily Hinchcliff, MD, MPH
​Dr. Hinchcliff hails from upstate New York originally, then received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She stayed on to complete residency training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Integrated Residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology, followed by a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. During fellowship, she also received her Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health, with a concentration in clinical trial design and epidemiology. Throughout her training, she has received numerous accolades and awards for her excellence in clinical care, skills as an educator, and her leadership.
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She is excited to provide comprehensive and personalized care for women with gynecologic malignancies. Passionate about improving outcomes for these patients, her research interests center on developing novel therapeutic options through the design of innovative early phase clinical trials. She has a particular focus on the role of immunotherapy in gynecologic cancer, and has received funding for both clinical and translational research in this area. Additionally, she has served on multiple national committees including the New Investigators Committee of NRG Oncology, and the Society for Gynecologic Oncology Education and Program Committees.

Jenna Z. Marcus, MD
 Dr. Marcus received her medical degree from Wayne State University prior to completing her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at NYU Medical Center in New York. She completed fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center and was Assistant Professor and Chief of Clinical Research for Gynecologic Oncology at Rutgers University prior to joining the faculty at Northwestern. 
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She is a recognized leader in education and has completed a fellowship in higher academic leadership at the Rutgers Leadership Academy. Throughout her training, Dr. Marcus has received numerous awards and accolades for her teaching of students and trainees as well as for her clinical service. She continues to be recognized for her dedication to the academic mission and training of residents and was awarded the institutional APGO Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021.

Nicole Tasker, RN, MSN, FNP-BC
Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from High Point University and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Chester University. She started her oncology nursing career at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, working with adult hematological malignancies. After years of bedside nursing, Nicole advanced her career by earning a Master of Science Family Nurse Practitioner degree at Simmons College in Boston while continuing to provide care for patients with hematological malignancies. 

​Nicole joined the gynecologic oncology team at Northwestern in December 2018. She feels fortunate to work with a wonderful team and continue to provide compassionate and quality care to women with gynecologic cancers. 

Annie Goss, LSW
Annie is an oncology social worker in both the gynecologic oncology and urology clinics. She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and went on to receive her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago.
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Annie first joined the gynecologic oncology team as the clinical social work intern while she completed her master's degree and was later hired as the full-time oncology social worker. She is passionate about patients and their caregivers feeling supported and empowered throughout the cancer treatment journey and is grateful to be a part of a team that provides compassionate care. Annie feels incredibly fortunate to continue her work with this patient population as a full-time social worker and is excited to work with the Woman-to-Woman program.

Anne Grace, PhD
Anne is a senior clinical research associate in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Northwestern University.  She graduated from Kent State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology and received her PhD in biomedical science from the University of Toledo.  After completing a postdoctoral fellowship in immunology at Thomas Jefferson University and a research administration fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Anne took her first job at Northwestern where she has been working in different roles of research administration for the past 10 years.  

Anne joined the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in 2015 and feels very fortunate to work with an incredibly dedicated team of clinicians and researchers.  Her involvement with Woman to Woman began in 2016 when she helped obtain program funding and assisted with the development and implementation of the Northwestern chapter.  Anne is excited to see the program grow and is grateful to have the opportunity to work with such a supportive group of patient volunteers and advocates.    

​Dara Alynna Belarmino, BA
Dara graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Whittier College. Her passion for patient care has been ingrained in her since childhood with a strong belief in quality of life and patient care beyond treatment. Dara started her healthcare career in 2011 as a monitor technician in telemetry at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. She continued working in healthcare as a patient access representative in a local community hospital before moving on to UCLA Health, where she was the Executive Assistant and Fellowship Coordinator at the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center.

​Dara joined the gynecologic oncology team as an Administrative Coordinator at Northwestern Medicine in September 2019. She is excited to serve as program coordinator for the Woman to Woman program. She looks forward to working with this dedicated team of professionals and inspiring group of patient volunteers and mentees.