Susan LaValley, PhD, MS, MLS, MA

Executive Director
Department of Patient Education

Research Interests:

  • Health literacy
  • Online health information seeking
  • Caregiver social support

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Executive Director
  • 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

  Full Publications list on PubMed

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.