Charité Ricker, MS, CGC, is a genetic counselor and Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. She leads the cancer genetic counseling program at Los Angeles General Medical Center, where she provides care to individuals and families at risk for inherited cancer syndromes, including Lynch syndrome and hereditary colorectal cancer. With over 20 years of experience, Charité has dedicated her career to expanding access to genetic services in underserved settings, with a focus on culturally responsive care and health equity.
She has extensive experience counseling in Spanish, working with medical interpreters, and supporting patients across a wide range of literacy levels. Charité is particularly interested in how clinical settings, cultural context, and family dynamics influence decision-making around hereditary cancer risk, screening, prevention, and cascade testing.
Charité received her BS in Genetics from Texas A&M University and her MS in Genetic Counseling from California State University, Northridge. She is part of a multi-PI team on an NIH R01 grant developing and evaluating a computer-generated avatar that delivers pre-test genetic education in Spanish and English. She also co-leads the Engagement Optimization Unit of USC’s Cancer Moonshot initiative focused on Hispanic colorectal cancer patients.