The 17th International Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancer
May 23 – May 24, 2023
NCI Shady Grove Rockville, Maryland
Registration now open!
Registration for in-person participation closes May 14 and for virtual participation on May 22.
At the 17th International Meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancer (IMPAHC), there will be a variety of seminars, panel discussions, roundtables, and workshops. Below is listed a selection of the topics that will be covered:
Sample Topics of Interest
Family communication about inherited cancer risk
Child and adolescent needs in hereditary cancer care
Return of research and/or clinical sequencing results
Applying medical decision making models to genomic medicine
Pandemic impacts on hereditary cancer risk management
Psychosocial facets of rare syndromes: Beyond BRCA
Communication and impact of polygenic risk scores
Dialogue and Debate
Provider facilitated return of results: Ethical and empirical arguments
Population genetic testing
Measuring psychosocial outcomes in hereditary cancer care
Roundtables and Workshops
Sustaining engagement in lifelong high-risk surveillance
Building interprofessional team science in research and practice
Seeking competitive funding for state-of-the-art research
Leveraging implementation science in genomic medicine