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7427
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Kenneth P. Tercyak is affiliated with Georgetown University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics intersecting medicine, genetics, pediatrics, public health, and behavioral health.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad field, they have published extensively on several subfields:

  • Genetics
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions

Their research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Skin Protection and Aging

Kenneth P. Tercyak has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers in recent years, including:

  • Multiple approaches to enhancing cancer communication in the next decade: translating research into practice and policy, 2021, Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Opinions of African American adults about the use of apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) genetic testing in living kidney donation and transplantation, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Effect of risk messages on risk appraisals, attitudes, ambivalence, and willingness to smoke hookah in young adults, 2020, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
  • Effects of pictorial warning label message framing and standardized packaging on cigarette packaging appeal among young adult smokers, 2021, Addictive Behaviors
  • Tailored Mobile Messaging Intervention for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults: A Randomized Trial, 2021, American Journal of Public Health

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Healthcare
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer

In their collaborative work, Kenneth P. Tercyak has frequently co-authored papers with:

  • Marcelo M. Sleiman
  • Mary Rose Yockel
  • Yelena P. Wu
  • Darren Mays
  • Adina Fleischmann

An award associated with the scientist is the Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), received in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Childhood Illness-Related Parenting Stress: The Pediatric Inventory for Parents

    Randi Streisand;Suzanne Braniecki;Kenneth P. Tercyak;Anne E. Kazak

  • Genetic testing: psychological aspects and implications.

    Caryn Lerman;Robert T. Croyle;Kenneth P. Tercyak;Heidi Hamann

  • All in the family: Evaluation of the process and content of sisters' communication about BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic test results

    Chanita Hughes;Caryn Lerman;Marc Schwartz;Beth N. Peshkin

  • Identifying and Characterizing Adolescent Smoking Trajectories

    Janet Audrain-McGovern;Daniel Rodriguez;Kenneth P Tercyak;Jocelyn Cuevas

  • Association of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms with levels of cigarette smoking in a community sample of adolescents.

    Kenneth P. Tercyak;Caryn Lerman;Janet Audrain

  • Childhood Trichotillomania: Clinical Phenomenology, Comorbidity, and Family Genetics

    Robert A. King;Larry Scahill;Lawrence A. Vitulano;Mary Schwab-Stone

  • Nicotine dependence treatment for patients with cancer.

    Lisa Sanderson Cox;Nicole L. Africano;Kenneth P. Tercyak;Kathryn L. Taylor

  • Parental smoking exposure and adolescent smoking trajectories

    Darren Mays;Stephen E. Gilman;Richard Rende;George Luta

  • Pediatric-Specific Parenting Stress and Family Functioning in Parents of Children Treated for Cancer

    Randi Streisand;Anne E. Kazak;Kenneth P. Tercyak

  • Psychological response to prenatal genetic counseling and amniocentesis.

    Kenneth P Tercyak;Suzanne Bennett Johnson;Shearon F Roberts;Amelia C Cruz

  • Patient Satisfaction With Cancer Genetic Counseling: A Psychometric Analysis of the Genetic Counseling Satisfaction Scale

    Tiffani A. DeMarco;Beth N. Peshkin;Bryn D. Mars;Kenneth P. Tercyak

  • Parental communication of BRCA1/2 genetic test results to children.

    Kenneth P. Tercyak;Chanita Hughes;David Main;Carrie Snyder

  • Parent-child factors and their effect on communicating BRCA1/2 test results to children.

    Kenneth P Tercyak;Beth N Peshkin;Tiffani A DeMarco;Barbara M Brogan

  • Applying a behavioral economic framework to understanding adolescent smoking.

    Janet Audrain-McGovern;Daniel Rodriguez;Kenneth P. Tercyak;Leonard H. Epstein

  • Weight, dietary behavior, and physical activity in childhood and adolescence: implications for adult cancer risk.

    Bernard F. Fuemmeler;Margaret K. Pendzich;Kenneth P. Tercyak

  • Medical Mistrust Influences Black Women’s Level of Engagement in BRCA1/2 Genetic Counseling and Testing

    Vanessa B. Sheppard;Darren Mays;Kenneth P. Tercyak;Thomas LaVeist

  • Effects of coping style and BRCA1 and BRCA2 test results on anxiety among women participating in genetic counseling and testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk.

    Kenneth P. Tercyak;Caryn Lerman;Beth N. Peshkin;Chanita Hughes

  • Adolescents' social environment and depression: social networks, extracurricular activity, and family relationship influences.

    Michael J. Mason;Christopher Schmidt;Anisha Abraham;Leslie Walker

  • Quality of Life After Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients Who Underwent BRCA1/2 Gene Testing

    Kenneth P. Tercyak;Beth N. Peshkin;Barbara M. Brogan;Tiffani DeMarco

  • Multiple behavioral risk factors among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer in the survivor health and resilience education (SHARE) program

    Kenneth P. Tercyak;Jessica R. Donze;Sowmya Prahlad;Revonda B. Mosher

Frequent Co-Authors

Caryn Lerman
Caryn Lerman University of Southern California
Judy Garber
Judy Garber Harvard University
Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir
Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Randi Streisand
Randi Streisand George Washington University
Anne E. Kazak
Anne E. Kazak Nemours Children's Health System
Leonard H. Epstein
Leonard H. Epstein University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Suzanne Bennett Johnson Florida State University
Suzanne M. Miller
Suzanne M. Miller Fox Chase Cancer Center
Michael J. Mason
Michael J. Mason University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Larry W. Hawk
Larry W. Hawk University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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