Jennifer T. Loud is an American nurse practitioner who served as the assistant chief of the

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branch until August 2020.

Life

Loud received a B.S. in Nursing from

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia w ...

in 1981, an M.S. in Nursing from George Mason University in 1992, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the

University of Maryland, Baltimore The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is a public university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1807, it comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the United States ...

in 2008. Loud spent seven years as a nurse practitioner with the

's (NCI) medical oncology branch, working with individuals enrolled in clinical trials of new cancer treatments. During that time, she was a clinical trials coordinator and an associate investigator on two chemoprevention trials for women at increased risk of breast cancer. After joining the NCI division of cancer epidemiology and genetics (DCEG), she earned her doctorate in Nursing Practice from the

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in 2008, and completed NCI’s year-long Senior Executive Enrichment & Development (STEED) Program in 2009. In 2008, Loud was appointed assistant chief of the NCI Clinical Genetics Branch. Her involvement with NCI's Clinical Center

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, first as affiliated scientist and then as deputy chair, established Loud as a resource for human subjects research regulatory matters at NCI. She was a contributor to DCEG’s research portfolio on the behavioral and psychosocial effects of cancer risk assessment and prevention procedures on high-risk individuals. As associate investigator, Loud collected detailed behavioral and psychosocial data to assess the impact of rigorous screening programs on mental health and overall well-being. Prior to her retirement, Loud was assisted in the development and curation of a new web-based data and patient management system. She retired in late August 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Loud, Jennifer Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American women nurses 21st-century American women scientists American medical researchers Women medical researchers University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni National Institutes of Health people Old Dominion University alumni George Mason University alumni