Ms. McCormick joined the Center for Cancer Risk Assessment in 2015. She is a senior genetic counselor, having earned a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Biology from The Johns Hopkins University in 2001 and a master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from Brandeis University in 2005. After graduating from Brandeis, she joined the Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she provided clinical genetic counseling and worked on a number of research projects. After joining the CCRA, Ms. McCormick co-founded the MGH Prostate Cancer Genetics Program and currently works on several IRB-approved research projects aimed at advancing our understanding of hereditary prostate cancer and early detection methods. Ms. McCormick also serves as the lead genetic counselor of the Melanoma Genetics Program and provides risk assessment and genetic counseling services in the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetics Program and Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Program. She currently serves on the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Genetic Counselors, which ensures the competence and integrity of the profession in Massachusetts.