Laura Koehly, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator, Social and Behavioral Research Branch
Head, Social Network Methods Section

Selected Publications

McBride, CM, Koehly, LM, Sanderson, SC, Kaphingst, KA. The behavioral response to personalized genetic information: Will genetic risk profiles motivate individuals and families to choose more healthful behaviors? Annual Review of Public Health, 31:89-103. 2010. [PubMed]

Koehly, LM, Peters, JA, Kenen, R, Hoskins, L, Ersig, AL, Kuhn, N, Loud, J, and Greene, MH. Characteristics of health information gatherers, disseminators, and blockers within families at risk of hereditary cancer: Implications for family health education interventions. American Journal of Public Health, 99(12):2203-9. [PubMed]

Ashida, S., Koehly, LM, Roberts, JS, Chen, CA, Hiraki, S, and Green, RC. Disclosing the disclosure: Factors associated with communicating the results of susceptibility genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Health Communication, 14(8):768-84. 2009. [PubMed]

Ersig, AL, Williams, JK, Hadley, DW, and Koehly, LM. Communication, encouragement, and cancer screening in families with and without mutations for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer. Genetics in Medicine, 11(10):728-34. 2009 [PubMed]

Ersig AL, Hadley, DW, and Koehly, LM. Colon cancer screening practices and disclosure following receipt of positive or inconclusive genetic test results for Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer. Cancer, 115(18):4071-9. 2009. [PubMed]

Ashida, S, Loscalzo, AE, Basen-Engquist, K, Singletary, E, and Koehly, LM. Changes in social networks and adaptation after breast cancer diagnosis: differences between older and younger patients. The Gerontologist, 49(4):549-59. 2009. [PubMed]

Ashida, S, Hadley, DW, Vaughn, BK, Kuhn, NR, Jenkins, JF, and Koehly, LM. The impact of familial environment on depression scores after genetic testing for cancer susceptibility. Clinical Genetics, 75(1):43-9. 2008. [PubMed]

Koehly, LM, Peters, JA, Kuhn, N, Letocha, A, Hoskins, L, Kenen, R, Loud, J., and Greene, MH. Sisters in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Families: Communal coping and psychological well-being. Psycho-Oncology, 17(8), 812-821. 2008. [PubMed]

Shiloh, S, Koehly, LM, Jenkins, J., Martin, J, and Hadley, D. Monitoring coping style moderates emotional reactions to genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study. Psycho-Oncology, 17(8), 746-755. 2008. [PubMed]

Yang, M.Q., Koehly, L.M., and Elnitski, L.L. Comprehensive annotation of bidirectional promoters identifies co-regulation among breast and ovarian cancer genes. PLoS Computational Biology, 3(4): e72. 2007. [PubMed]

Koehly L.M., Goodreau S.M., Morris M. Assessing exponential family models for sampled and census network data. Sociol Methodol, 34:241-270. 2004. [PubMed]

Koehly L.M., Peterson S.K., Watts B.G., Kempf K.G., Vernon S.W., Gritz E.R. A social network analysis of communication about hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer genetic testing and family functioning. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarker Prev 12:304-313. 2003. [PubMed]

Peterson S.K., Watts B.G., Koehly, L.M., Vernon S.W., Baile W.F., Kohlmann W.K., Gritz E.R. How families communicate about HNPCC genetic testing: findings from a qualitative study. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 119C:78-86. 2003. [PubMed]

Book Chapters & Excerpts

Koehly L.M, Pattison P. Random graph models for social networks: multiple relations or multiple raters. In: Carrington P, Scott J, and Wasserman S (Eds). Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis, pp. 162-191. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2005.

Koehly L.M., Shivy V.S. Social environments and social contexts: social network applications in person-environment psychology. In: Martin Wand Swartz JL (Eds). Person-Environment Psychology and Mental Health: Assessment and Intervention. pp. 59-87. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2000.

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Last Updated: May 17, 2011