Dialogues

Jun 30, 2025, 06:33

Beyond the cancer diagnosis: Interview with Janet de Groot, hosted by Adrian Pogacian

In the most recent episode of ‘Beyond the Cancer Diagnosis’, Adrian Pogacian has an insightful dialogue with focus on Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) intervention, together with Janet de Groot, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Psychiatry, Oncology and Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School, University of Calgary.

Janet de Groot, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Psychiatry, Oncology and Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School, University of Calgary, is a psychiatrist, researcher, and educator, with advanced training in psychotherapy and narrative medicine. Her continuous peer-reviewed funding includes CIHR for Continuing Education grants and Alberta Cancer Foundation (2020-2024) clinical grant funding. Her numerous awards include the Canadian Psychiatry Association Award for Most Outstanding Continuing Education Activity in Psychiatry in Canada (2008) and an Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada May Cohen award for Equity, Diversity and Gender (2024).

Janet supervises graduate, postgraduate and undergraduate trainee. Her research encompasses, professional identity formation, Indigenous health, psychosocial oncology, and wellness research. Currently, Janet leads the Alberta Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) initiative to train multidisciplinary clinicians to provide CALM for people with advanced cancer, who may invite a family member.

Adrian Pogacian, licensed clinical psychologist, with executive education in Psycho-oncology, holding a degree in Global Health Diplomacy from Geneva Graduate Instituteand a certificate in Medical Intel Course from NATO School, Oberammergau.

Currently, invited speaker and associate lecturer with focus on Impact of Cancer Diagnosis on Couples and Families, Communication in Cancer Care and managing Fear of Recurrence. His expertise is on Coping with Cancer and Posttraumatic Growth.

Additionally, Founder of INCKA Psycho-oncology Center incka.org, Host of Beyond the Cancer Diagnosis Interview Series at OncoDaily.com, Journalist at CancerWorld.net, co-author of the first Romanian Multimodal Care Guideline in Pediatric Onco-hematology, active contributor to the International Psycho-oncology Society, presently IPOS Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FORwards) Special Interest Group Board Member (2025-2027), IPOS Early Career Professionals in Psycho-Oncology CommitteeFounding Member (2023-2026) and Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) member.