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Kathleen Blazer, EdD, MS, LCGC

City of Hope

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City of Hope

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Kathleen R. Blazer is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Sciences, the Director of the Cancer Genomics Education Program (CGEP), and a bilingual licensed, board-certified cancer risk genetic counselor with the Division of Clinical Cancer Genetics at City of Hope. Dr. Blazer has worked with development, administration, and assessment of the NCI-funded initiatives of the CGEP (a multifaceted cancer genetics education and training program for physician, allied healthcare professionals and post-doctoral researchers) since joining the division in 1998. The outcomes and theoretical framework of her doctorate in education research on distance-mediated approaches to cancer genetics training serve as the cornerstone of the Intensive Course and Clinical Cancer Genomics Community of Practice (CCGCoP), which brings cancer genetics practitioners from diverse practice settings together for professional learning, enduring patient-centered support, and community-based research collaborations across the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Blazer and Dr. Jeffrey Weitzel were co-recipients of the 2019 American Society of Human Genetics Arno Motulsky-Barton Childs Award for Excellent in Human Genetics Education, in recognition of the scope and reach of their education initiatives. Dr. Blazer is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics, the National Society of Genetic Counselors, the American Association of Cancer Education, and the National Human Genome Research Institute Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics.