Spring Event
Garten Marketplatz Perennial Farms
5225 County Road 15 Southwest
Byron, MN 55920
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:00pm CT - 9:00pm CT
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Topic
GRAIL Galleri blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening tests
Additional Information
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6:00pm - 6:30pm
Networking
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6:30pm - 6:45pm
ASMNP Announcements and update
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6:45pm - 7:00pm
Pharmacy Representative Discussions
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7:00pm - 8:00pm
Topic: GRAIL Galleri - multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening tests
Speaker: Aishwarya Arjunan, MS, MPH, CGC
- Discuss benefits and limitations of current guideline-recommended screening modalities and the potential role of blood-based tests to improve early cancer detection
- Describe the use of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) for the early detection of multiple cancer types
- Evaluate the recent clinical data on available and emerging blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening tests and their utility in early cancer detection
- Learn about implementing MCED screening into primary care practice, including patient eligibility evaluation, counseling, shared decision-making, and clinical care pathways following a positive result
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8:00pm - 8:30pm
Questions and wrap up
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8:30pm - 9:00pm
Networking
Speakers
Aishwarya Arjunan (she/her) is a board certified and licensed genetic counselor by training and a Senior Medical Science Liaison at GRAIL. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Case Western Reserve University and then received a MS in Genetic Counseling and MPH in Human Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh. She is currently a Doctorate of Public Health student at the University of Illinois Chicago. Prior to GRAIL she worked at Myriad Women's Health (formerly Counsyl), as the Senior Clinical Product Manager of the Foresight Carrier Screen and as a clinical genetic counselor at the Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics and Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Aishwarya is actively involved with the genetic counseling community as a past Director at Large for the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Board of Directors and past President of the Illinois Society of Genetic Professionals.
Event Agenda
Spring Event
Event Agenda
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:00pm CT - 9:00pm CT
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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6:00pm - 6:30pm
Networking
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6:30pm - 6:45pm
ASMNP announcements
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6:45pm - 7:00pm
Pharmacy representative discussion
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7:00pm - 8:00pm
GRAIL Galleri - multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening tests
Aishwarya Arjunan, MS, MPH, CGC
1. Discuss benefits and limitations of current guideline-recommended screening modalities and the potential role of blood-based tests to improve early cancer detection
2. Describe the use of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) for the early detection of multiple cancer types
3. Evaluate the recent clinical data on available and emerging blood-based multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening tests and their utility in early cancer detection
4. Learn about implementing MCED screening into primary care practice, including patient eligibility evaluation, counseling, shared decision-making, and clinical care pathways following a positive result -
8:00pm - 8:30pm
wrap up and questions
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8:30pm - 9:00pm
Networking