Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Kate McReynolds started her nursing career in the UK in 1987, and prior to coming to Vanderbilt, worked for 12 years at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (Europe's largest cancer center). She is certified in Oncology and Gynecology Nursing, and gained experience in many areas of cancer care. Her last 3 years there were spent working for Dr Ros Eeles (a leading physician in clinical and translational cancer genetics) in the Cancer Genetics unit, involved in research and cancer risk counseling. In this role she co-ordinated the research studies for hereditary gene carriers, designed and implemented the unit's BRCA carrier database, and counseled individuals and their families about hereditary cancer risk.

Kate has a post-graduate qualification in Cancer Genetics from the Institute of Cancer Research, London, and has a Master's degree in Advancing Professional Health Care (Cancer Care), specializing in Cancer Genetics. Her Master's research was a qualitative study looking at the impact on quality of life of prophylactic oophorectomy in BRCA1/2 carriers.