Doctoral Degree
Ph.D., Psychology, University of Minnesota (2020)
Master's Degree
M.P.H., University of Minnesota (2021)
Research Interests
Social Psychological Processes in Health Behavior Promotion; Close Relationships; Risk Perceptions; Psychosocial Aspects of Hereditary Cancers
Primary Preceptor/Branch/Division
William Klein, Ph.D., Office of the Associate Director, Behavioral Research Program (BRP), Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)
Secondary Preceptor/Branch/Division
Payal Khincha, M.B.B.S., M.S.H.S., Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)
Publications
Werner-Lin, A., Forbes Shepherd, R., Rising, C. J., Thompson, A. S., Huelsnitz, C., Wilsnack, C., Boyd, P., Sleight, A. G., Hutson, S., Khincha, P. P. (2023). How do young people with a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome understand and experience cancer survivorship? Psycho-Oncology, 32, 375-382. doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.6080
Werner-Lin A, Forbes Shepherd R, Rising CJ, Thompson AS, Huelsnitz C, Wilsnack C, Boyd P, Sleight AG, Hutson S, Khincha PP. How do young people with a hereditary cancer predisposition syndrome understand and experience cancer survivorship? "With Li-Fraumeni syndrome, it's just an intermission". Psychooncology. 2022 Dec 13. doi: 10.1002/pon.6080. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36514197.
Huelsnitz CO, Rothman AJ, Simpson JA. Effects of Social Control on Eating and Relational Behaviors in Romantic Relationships. Ann Behav Med. 2022 Nov 18;56(12):1244-1258. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaac011. PMID: 35445689.
Nakamura MS, Huelsnitz CO, Rothman AJ, Simpson JA. Associations Between Parents' Health and Social Control Behaviors and Their Adolescent's Self-Efficacy and Health Behaviors: Insights From the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) survey. Ann Behav Med. 2022 Aug 30;56(9):920-932. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaab113. PMID: 35022658.
Huelsnitz CO, Jones RE, Simpson JA, Joyal-Desmarais K, Standen EC, Auster-Gussman LA, Rothman AJ. The Dyadic Health Influence Model. Pers Soc Psychol Rev. 2022 Feb;26(1):3-34. doi: 10.1177/10888683211054897. Epub 2021 Dec 7. PMID: 34873983.
Huelsnitz CO, Turbitt E, Taber JM, Lewis KL, Biesecker LG, Biesecker BB, Klein WMP. Dyadic concordance and associations of beliefs with intentions to learn carrier results from genomic sequencing. J Behav Med. 2021 Dec;44(6):860-866. doi: 10.1007/s10865-021-00222-0. Epub 2021 May 13. PMID: 33987754.
Rothman AJ, Simpson JA, Huelsnitz CO, Jones RE, Scholz U. Integrating intrapersonal and interpersonal processes: a key step in advancing the science of behavior change. Health Psychol Rev. 2020 Mar;14(1):182-187. doi: 10.1080/17437199.2020.1719183. PMID: 31959071.
Huelsnitz CO, Farrell AK, Simpson JA, Griskevicius V, Szepsenwol O. Attachment and Jealousy: Understanding the Dynamic Experience of Jealousy Using the Response Escalation Paradigm. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2018 Dec;44(12):1664-1680. doi: 10.1177/0146167218772530. Epub 2018 May 17. PMID: 29771201.
Johnson WF, Huelsnitz CO, Carlson EA, Roisman GI, Englund MM, Miller GE, Simpson JA. Childhood abuse and neglect and physical health at midlife: Prospective, longitudinal evidence. Dev Psychopathol. 2017 Dec;29(5):1935-1946. doi: 10.1017/S095457941700150X. PMID: 29162194.