On this episode of the PQI Podcast, we sit down with Jenny Hoang, PharmD, a 2024 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and pharmacist at Texas Oncology. Jenny shares how her uncle’s cancer diagnosis inspired her career — and how she’s already making an impact through an innovative pilot program that brings the Five Love Languages into oncology care.

This 6-week program, developed in collaboration with social workers, helps patients and their partners strengthen communication during treatment. The results have been powerful: reduced anxiety, greater emotional support, and even one couple saying it “saved their marriage.”

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How love languages can be adapted into cancer care.
• Why pharmacists are uniquely positioned to support patients beyond medications.
• The measurable benefits patients and caregivers experienced from this pilot.
• How programs like this connect to NCODA’s PQI mission of improving quality of life.