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Jennifer Klemp, PhD, MPH, MA

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  • Director of cancer survivorship, associate professor of medicine, and a cancer risk and genetic counselor at the University of Kansas Cancer Center
  • Founder and CEO of Cancer Survivorship Training, Inc
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Jennifer R. Klemp, PhD, MPH, MA, is director of cancer survivorship, an associate professor of medicine in the division of clinical oncology and a cancer risk and genetic counselor at the University of Kansas Cancer Center.

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She is the founder and CEO of Cancer Survivorship Training, Inc,an online education company supporting healthcare professionals, and is the principal of Cancer Resource Partners, LLC, an organization providing consulting and resources to healthcare-related organizations and providers.

Dr. Klemp has worked in breast cancer prevention and survivorship since 1996. Her clinical research interests focus on cancer genetics, shared decision-making regarding options to manage cancer risk, the impact of lifestyle modification in cancer survivors and the development of cancer survivorship programming. She has both published and presented work on these topics.

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Q&A: Dr. Jennifer Klemp Answers Questions About PALB2 Research

09/15/14 | BY: Erin Rowley, Jennifer Klemp

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine looked at harmful mutations, or changes in the DNA of a cell, found on the PALB2 gene. The study found that, like BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, PALB2 mutations greatly increase a person’s chance of getting breast cancer.

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