Gayun Chan-Smutko, MS, CGC, is an Associate Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Associate Chair of the Genetic Counseling department at MGH Institute of Health Professions. She serves on the IHP Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion or JEDI Council, the Racial Equity, Justice and Inclusion “Leading for Change” Taskforce, and is a member of the JEDI Community of Practice.
Prior to joining the IHP, Ms. Chan-Smutko was a senior genetic counselor in the Center for Cancer Risk Assessment, where she provided genetic counseling services to patients within the diverse clinical programs at the MGH Cancer Center and Outreach clinics from 2002-2018. Her clinical and academic work focused on hereditary renal cell carcinoma syndromes. She was also Assistant Director of the MS in Genetic Counseling Program at Brandeis University from 2014-2018 and was part of the Brandeis Class of 2002.
Ms. Chan-Smutko has served on work groups and sub-committees for the VHL Alliance, National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) including the NSGC J.E.D.I. Action Planning Taskforce, and Association of Genetic Counseling Program Directors (AGCPD). She is a founding member of the AGCPD Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce.
- BS, Cellular Molecular Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- MS, Genetic Counseling, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Ms. Chan-Smutko's research interests include psychosocial care of emerging young adults with hereditary susceptibility to cancer; genetic counseling pedagogy; diversity, equity and inclusion in genetic counseling.
Ms. Chan-Smutko has published numerous papers - some titles are highlighted below. You can view a complete listing of Ms. Chan-Smutko's publications in her CV.
Introducing the language of antiracism during graduate school orientation.
Creation and utility of 'Boston Minority Genetic Counselors'.
Reflections on diversity, equity, and inclusion in genetic counseling education.
Early onset renal cell carcinoma in an adolescent girl with germline FLCN exon 5 deletion.
