Webinar: High Risk of Fear of Cancer Recurrence

Monday, June 15, 2026, 1 to 2 p.m. EDT (check your timezone here)

FEATURING:

1. Lauren Rudy is a PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology at the University of New Brunswick. She holds a Master of Arts in Educational and Counselling Psychology from McGill University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Mount Allison University. Lauren’s research is dedicated to advancing the field of psycho-social oncology, with a particular focus on the psychological mechanisms underlying fear of cancer recurrence and on identifying the unique needs of cancer survivors in rural and remote areas. Lauren is currently completing her pre-doctoral residency in the Calgary Clinical Psychology Residency Program, with rotations at a psychosocial oncology clinic and an operational stress injury clinic.
2. Prof. Dr. Marije van der Lee holds an endowed chair in Psycho-Oncology at Tilburg University, department Clinical and Medical Psychology. She works as Head of the scientific research department and is part of the management team of the Helen Dowling Institute (HDI) and provides patient care as a registered Health psychologist. Her research line in clinical psycho-oncology focuses on the effect of (e-)interventions, and a better understanding of how interventions work and what intervention works best for whom. She developed  two online therapy programs which were successfully implemented. She aims at personalizing clinical psycho-oncology interventions.
3. Dr. Sophie Lebel is a clinical psychologist and a professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on cancer survivorship and psychosocial interventions. Her expertise is on managing fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and this year she won the Bernie Fox Memorial award from IPOS in recognition of her work in this area. Over the past 15 years, she has been working on an FCR intervention called FORT, a group intervention for survivors that has been tested through clinical trials and is currently being culturally adapted in several countries. She is currently developing and testing FORT adaptations for caregivers and parents of pediatric cancer survivors. With funding from the Canadian Cancer Society, she is implementing FORT in 5 different Canadian oncology centres. She has held several leadership positions, including Chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, Lead of the practice guidelines on the management of fear of cancer recurrence for Ontario Health, and co-director of the clinical psychology program at the University of Ottawa. Clinically, she works with cancer survivors and their loved ones across all phases of the disease trajectory.

REGISTRATION:

• FREE for IPOS members
• $10 USD for non-member from Low-to-middle income countries (LMIC)
• $20 USD for all other non-members

Special Instructions:

• This webinar will be recorded and may be made available later.
• Access information will be included in your registration confirmation.
• There are no refunds