Research Interests:
- Health literacy
- Online health information seeking
- Caregiver social support
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Executive Director
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Department of Patient Education
Background
Education and Training
- 2017 - PhD- Community Health and Health Behavior, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 2016- MS - Community Health and Health Behavior, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 2006 - MLS - Library and Information Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 2005 - MA - English Literature, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Fellowship
- 2017-2019 - NRSA T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Primary Care Research Institute, Department of Family Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Publications
LaValley SA, Kiviniemi MT, Gage-Bouchard EA. Where people look for online health information. Health Info Libr J. 2017 Jun;34(2):146-155. doi: 10.1111/hir.12143. Epub 2016 May 21. PubMed PMID: 27207817.
LaValley SA. End-of-Life Caregiver Social Support Activation: The Roles of Hospice Clinicians and Professionals. Qual Health Res. 2018 Jan;28(1):87-97. doi: 10.1177/1049732317732963. Epub 2017 Oct 11. PubMed PMID: 29020845.
Gage-Bouchard EA, LaValley S, Devonish JA. Deciphering the Signal From the Noise: Caregivers' Information Appraisal and Credibility Assessment of Cancer-Related Information Exchanged on Social Networking Sites. Cancer Control. 2019 Jan-Dec;26(1):1073274819841609. doi: 10.1177/1073274819841609. PubMed PMID: 31010296; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6480997.
Gage-Bouchard EA, LaValley S, Warunek M, Beaupin LK, Mollica M. Is Cancer Information Exchanged on Social Media Scientifically Accurate?. J Cancer Educ. 2018 Dec;33(6):1328-1332. doi: 10.1007/s13187-017-1254-z. PubMed PMID: 28721645; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5775059.
LaValley SA, Gage-Bouchard EA. Life Course Stage and Social Support Mobilization for End-of-Life Caregivers. J Appl Gerontol. 2020 Aug;39(8):820-827. doi: 10.1177/0733464818766666. Epub 2018 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 29644908.