1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their life. Work Stride is here to help.
Initially created at Johns Hopkins for Johns Hopkins employees, the Work Stride program provides a safe, confidential space for anyone to seek guidance as they navigate cancer.
Work Stride can also guide your managers on the best ways to support your employees.
A key component of Work Stride is the Oncology Nurse Navigator. Our Work Stride Nurse Navigators are specially trained nurses, available by email, text message, phone and video to provide expert navigation, trusted information, emotional support and guidance to employees and managers.
Work Stride Oncology Nurse Navigators are clinically trained in all facets of the cancer experience, leveraging:
All Johns Hopkins workplace oncology nurse navigators are certified by the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators
Watch this short video to learn more about the role of the nurse navigator.
Lillie D. Shockney, R.N., B.S., M.A.S., served as the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center from 1997 to 2018 and also served as the director of the Johns Hopkins Cancer Survivorship programs from 2011 to 2018. She is a two-time breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in her 30s and again at age 40. She has worked at Johns Hopkins since 1983. Though an oncology nurse, her primary faculty appointment is in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is a full professor in surgery and oncology in 2016.
The President of The Johns Hopkins University, Dean of the School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees appointed her to a faculty chair as a University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer. This is the first time in the history of the institution that a hospital nurse has been appointed to a distinguished service designation, and also the first nurse to climb to the top of the physician’s academic ladder.
Terry Langbaum, M.A.S., worked at Johns Hopkins for more than 40 years. From 2001 to 2017, Terry served as the chief administrative officer of the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. During this time, she worked with Lillie Shockney on cancer survivorship initiatives, and together they developed Work Stride to help Johns Hopkins employees who had been diagnosed with cancer, using her own experience as a cancer patient to support and guide others. The Work Stride program has been recognized as a best practice for cancer care by external organizations, including the Maryland Comprehensive Cancer Control Program. By 2016, Terry and Lillie had developed the program for use by companies outside of Johns Hopkins. Today, Work Stride is being offered as an employee benefit by corporations across the country. After a valiant battle with cancer, Terry Langbaum passed away in 2019. Her legacy lives on in the many lives she touched over her life and career, and within the Work Stride program.
