She is currently working on several studies, including chemoprevention for colon cancer and genetic counseling for families at high risk for breast/ovarian cancer and/or colon cancer. Ms. Brogan has been a registered nurse for 19 years and received a master’s degree in nursing from Georgetown University. When she began her career as a research nurse in 1994, she worked with newly diagnosed breast cancer patients and offered them participation in clinical trials. Ms. Brogan was a nurse educator and project director of a study at Lombardi Cancer Center counseling women newly diagnosed with breast cancer about possible genetic mutations in BRCA1/2.