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Kenneth Tercyak

Kenneth Tercyak
Primary Position
Professor & Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Job Responsibilities
Research
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Leadership
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
I am a behavioral scientist and cancer prevention and control specialist at Georgetown’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, DC. My research focuses on biobehavioral aspects of cancer risk and risk reduction.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Cancer Prevention & Control Program, Division of Population Sciences
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center,
3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 4100, Washington, DC 20007
eMAIL
tercyakk@georgetown.edu
Phone(s)
202-687-0802
Keywords
risk
prevention
genetics
genomics
survivorship
Publications of Interest

Sharff ME, Demarco TA, Mays D, Peshkin BN, Valdimarsdottir HB, Garber JE, Schneider KA, Patenaude AF, Tercyak KP. Parenting through genetic uncertainty: Themes in the disclosure of breast cancer risk information to children. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2011 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22085394.

Tercyak KP, Hensley Alford S, Emmons KM, Lipkus IM, Wilfond BS, McBride CM. Parents' attitudes toward pediatric genetic testing for common disease risk. Pediatrics. 2011 May;127(5):e1288-95. Epub 2011 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 21502235.

Mays D, Black JD, Mosher RB, Heinly A, Shad AT, Tercyak KP. Efficacy of the Survivor Health and Resilience Education (SHARE) program to improve bone health behaviors among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer. Ann Behav Med. 2011 Aug;42(1):91-8. PubMed PMID: 21328040.

Tercyak KP. Introduction to the special issue: psychological aspects of genomics and child health. J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Jul;34(6):589-95. Epub 2008 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 19060299.

Streisand R, Braniecki S, Tercyak KP, Kazak AE. Childhood illness-related parenting stress: the pediatric inventory for parents. J Pediatr Psychol. 2001 Apr-May;26(3):155-62. PubMed PMID: 11259517.