Yue Guan
Research Assistant Professor
Research Assistant Professor
Faculty, Behavioral/Social/Health Educ
Dr. Guan is a board-certified genetic counselor and social behavioral scientist. She holds a Masters of Science in Genetic Counseling and a PhD in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Guan's research work has focused on translational research in precision public health. She has led or served as a co-investigator on projects related to: effective communication of genetic risk, implementation and dissemination of evidence-based genomic applications, and community engagement to expand the reach of genomic services to racial/ethnic minorities and rural communities.
Dr. Guan is the Co-director of the Emory Precision Public Health Research Program (http://precision.emory.edu/). She has also served on serveral national committees, including the American Board of Genetic Counselors (ABGC) Research Committee and the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) Practice Guideline Committee.
Contact Information
1518 Clifton Road NE, GCR 534
Atlanta , GA 30322
Phone: 404.712.1671
Email: yue.guan@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Cancer Prevention
- Community Based Research
- Genetics
- Health Communication
- Health Disparities
- Implementation Science
- Risk Assessment
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy 2015, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Master of Science 2012, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Bachelor of Medicine 2009, Peking University, China
- Bachelor of Art (Dual Degree) 2008, Peking University, China
Affiliations & Activities
Courses:
- Public Health Genomics (HGC 805)
- Program Planning in Health Promotion (BSHES 526)
For complete updated publication list see: Google Scholar
Publications
- Guan Y, McBride CM, Rogers H, Zhao J, Allen CG, Escoffery C, 2020, Initiatives to Scale Up and Expand Reach of Cancer Genomic Services Outside of Specialty Clinical Settings: A Systematic Review, , ,
- Guan Y, Maloney KA, Pollin TI, 2020, Patient perspectives on the diagnostic journey to a monogenic diabetes diagnosis: Barriers and facilitators, , ,
- Guan Y, Condit CM, Escoffery C, Bellcross CA, McBride CM, 2019, Do Women who Receive a Negative BRCA1/2 Risk Result Understand the Implications for Breast Cancer Risk? , , ,
- Guan Y, Nehl E, Pencea I, Condit CM, Escoffery C, Bellcross CA, McBride CM, 2019, Willingness to decrease mammogram frequency among women at low risk for hereditary breast cancer, , ,
- Guan Y, Roter DL, Erby LH, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN, Roberts JS, Green RC, Christensen KD, 2018, Communication Predictors of Patient and Companion Satisfaction with Alzheimer's Genetic Risk Disclosure, , ,
- Guan Y, Maloney KA, Roter DL, Pollin TI, 2018, Evaluation of the informational content, readability and comprehensibility of online health information on monogenic diabetes, , ,
- Guan Y, Roter DL, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN, Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Green RC, Erby LH, 2018, The impact of genetic counselors' use of facilitative strategies on cognitive and emotional processing of genetic risk disclosure for Alzheimer's disease, , ,
- Guan Y, Roter DL, Erby LH, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN, Roberts JS, Green RC, Christensen KD, 2017, Disclosing genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease to cognitively impaired patients and visit companions: Findings from the REVEAL Study, , ,