Elizabeth A. Rohan, Ph.D., MSW, author of Laboring at the Edge: Effects of Repeated Exposure to Death and Dying on Oncology Doctors, Nurses, and Social Workers will open the Cancer Patient Navigation conference with ClimbingEverest:  Oncology Work as an Expedition in Caring. Dr. Rohan earned her degree in Sociology and Masters in Social Work at Boston College and a joint Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work from Boston University.  Her dissertation focused on the multidisciplinary oncology health care team, which lead to a feature in The Weekly Qualitative Report and publication in the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology.  Dr. Rohan worked in clinical oncology social work at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Center, and taught social work and sociology at her alma maters.  She moved to Atlanta in 2003, working in a small private practice.  For the past year, Dr. Rohan has been translating her clinical knowledge into public health practice at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she works in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.  Dr. Rohan leads CDC's publishing efforts on its  Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program and is involved in many cancer-related health services research and evaluation projects, including a study of the efficacy of patient navigation in colorectal cancer screening.