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Genomics, Risk, and Health Decision-Making Laboratory
Overview
The mission of the Genomics, Risk, and Health Decision-Making Laboratory, launched in 2016 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is to optimize the translation of novel discoveries regarding cancer risk and genomics into clinical practice. Our research concerns cancer risk perceptions and health decision-making in patients, families, healthcare providers, and members of the general public across diverse populations and settings.
Publications
Waters EA, Kiviniemi MT, Hay JL, Orom H. Dismissing “Don’t Know” Responses to Perceived Risk Survey Items Threatens the Validity of Theoretical and Empirical Behavior-Change Research. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2022;17(3):841-851. PMCID: PMC9081103
Hay JL, Schofield E, Kiviniemi MT, Waters EA, Chen X, Kaphingst K, Li Y, Orom H. Examining strategies for addressing high levels of “don’t know” responding to risk perception questions for colorectal cancer and diabetes: An experimental investigation. Psychology and Health. 2020:1-17. PMCID: PMC7952023.
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