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Kenneth P. Tercyak, PhD
Kenneth P. Tercyak, PhD, is an assistant professor of oncology and pediatrics at Georgetown University Medical Center and director of pediatric psychology research and service in the Pediatric Oncology Division at Georgetown University Hospital. He is also a member of the Cancer Control Program at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Tercyak received his BA with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD from the University of Florida. He interned at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami School of Medicine and served a fellowship in the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Dr. Tercyak is a behavioral scientist whose primary research interests include biobehavioral cancer, tobacco prevention and control, as well as the psychosocial and behavioral aspects of cancer genetic testing in families. His background is in clinical child and pediatric psychology, and he has studied decision-making, communication and outcomes in several genetic testing contexts.
In support of this research, Dr. Tercyak holds funding from the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH. At Georgetown University, Dr. Tercyak teaches courses in behavioral science, disease prevention and health promotion and lifespan development. Dr. Tercyak is also the associate editor for prevention science at the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and serves as a scientific reviewer for several grant-making agencies, including the NIH, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the American Cancer Society.
Dr. Tercyak is a frequent presenter at national meetings to discuss biobehavioral aspects of cancer and tobacco prevention and control in families. He has contributed more than 60 published works in the fields of behavioral and preventive medicine, and is currently editing a professional handbook on genomics and the behavioral implications of human genetic discoveries for children and families that will be published by Springer in 2009.
