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Genomics, Risk, and Health Decision-Making Laboratory

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Jennifer L. Hay
Attending Psychologist; Director, Genomics, Risk & Health Decision-Making Laboratory
Jada G. Hamilton
Associate Attending Psychologist; Co-Director, Genomics, Risk & Health Decision-Making Laboratory

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.

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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.

Hay JL, Lee EH, Christian SN, Schofield E, Hamilton JG, Yang C, Hedayati B, Sadeghi K, Robson ME, Halpern A, Zhang L, Orlow I. Interest and Utility of MC1R Testing for Melanoma Risk in Dermatology Patients with a History of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer. J Skin Cancer.2022; 4046554. PMCID: PMC9357806.

Hay JL, Meyer White K, Sussman A, Kaphingst K, Guest D, Schofield E, Dailey YT, Robers E, Schwartz MR, Zielaskowski K, Li Y, Buller D, Hunley K, Berwick M. Psychosocial and cultural determinants of interest and uptake of skin cancer genetic testing in diverse primary care. Public Health Genomics. 2019:1-11. Epub 2019/08/23.

Hamilton JG, Robson ME. Psychosocial effects of multigene panel testing in the context of cancer genomics. Hastings Center Report. 2019 May;49 Suppl 1:S44-S52. doi: 10.1002/hast.1016.

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People

Jennifer L. Hay
Attending Psychologist; Director, Genomics, Risk & Health Decision-Making Laboratory
Jada G. Hamilton
Associate Attending Psychologist; Co-Director, Genomics, Risk & Health Decision-Making Laboratory

Members

Etson Barthelus
Clinical Research Coordinator
Phillip Camille
Clinical Research Supervisor
Anthony Chicaiza
Research Project Associate
Stephanie Christian-Afflu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Rosario Colon
Office Coordinator
Catherine Fanjoy
Clinical Research Coordinator
Venecia Genille Cano
Clinical Research Coordinator
Susan Holland
Clinical Research Manager
Sabrina Oliveros
Clinical Research Coordinator
Giulia Ongaro
Giulia Ongaro
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Caroline Salafia
Predoctoral Research Fellow
Jennifer Bowers
Jennifer Bowers
Kechna Cadet
Kechna Cadet
Clairiola Etienne
Clairiola Etienne
Genoff Garzon
Margaux Genoff Garzon
Rebecca Gebert
Mallorie Gordan
Mallorie Gordan
Natalia Halpern
Natalia Halpern
Chloé Martin
Chloé Martin
Hannah Ovadia
Isabel Pagán-López
Clinical Research Coordinator
Fiona Puccio
Fiona Puccio
Kristen Riley
Kristen Riley
Vivian Rodriguez
Vivian Rodriguez
Lili Sar-Graycar
Lili Sar-Graycar
Ibrahim Shah
Ibrahim Shah
Malwina Tulman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Gina S. Yanza

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