Kurt Christensen, PhD

Smith SH, Vu M, Dangouloff T, Schubert C, Level C, Lamsal R, Christensen KD, Stark Z, Goranitis I, Aujla M, Westover T, Ponte A, Shah N, Servais L, Bailey M, Lavelle T, Grosse S, Norris S, Buchanan J. Health economic evaluations of genomic newborn screening: approaches by studies within the International Consortium on Newborn Sequencing. Eur J Hum Genet. In press.

Ekstein T, Aguilar S, Russell EM, Ellsworth RE, Christensen KD, Hulick PJ, Green RC, Nussbaum RL, Aradhya S, Garcia J. Genetic findings and healthcare utilization among individuals undergoing population genomic screening for actionable hereditary disorders. Genet Med. In press.

Hendricks-Sturrup RM,* Christensen KD,* Lu CY.* Opportunities to improve open All of Us Data to convey CYP2D6 pharmacological relevance and interpretation overall and according to ancestry. Frontiers in Pharmacology. In press.

Hickingbotham MR, Bell M, Zoltick ES. Platt D, Leonhard JR, Hajek C, Green RC, Smith HS, Christensen KD. A lack of information about family health history motivates adopted individuals to pursue elective genomic testing. Am J Med Genet A. 2026;200(4):829-34. PMID:41277191

del Rosario MC, Walmsley SA, Harrison BW, Stephens CT, Zettler B, Rivera-Cruz G, Agrawal P, Brower A, Chigbu S, Christensen KD, Genetti CA, Givens R, Gold NB, Reeves IV, Schichter I, Shariat H, Simon S, Smith HS, Uveges M, Green RC, Holm IA, Pereira S. Diverse participant recruitment for infant sequencing in the BabySeq Project. BMC Med Genomics. 2026;19(1):40. PMID:41593648

Vassy JL, Brunette CA, Yi T, Assimes TL, Christensen KD, Knowles JW, Sturm AC, Sun YV, Alexander N, Cardellino MP, Harrison A, Gerety HL, Pyatt M, Vered R, Wilson PWF, Natarajan P, Whitbourne SB, Gaziano JM, Muralidhar S, Danowski ME. Opportunistic genomic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026; 9(1):e2549664. PMID:41511773

Johannsen AL, Danowski ME, Sitter KE, Preys CL, Gerety HL, Brunette CA, Christensen KD, Gaziano JM, Knowles JW, Muralidhar S, Sturm AC, Sun YV, Whitbourne SB, Yi T, Vassy JL. Primary care providers' perspectives on receiving opportunistic genomic results from a national study: The Million Veteran Program Return Of Actionable Results (MVP-ROAR) Study. Genet Med. 2025;27(6):101416. PMID:40121538

Hendricks-Sturrup RM, Emmott N, Nafie M, Argetsinger S, Edgar L, Johnson-Glover T, Christensen KD. Opportunities amid complexities in returning genetic results to black precision medicine research participants: Interview themes in context with open All of Us data. J Clin Transl Sci. 2025;9(1):e89. PMID:40395398

Platt DM, Blout Zawatsky CL, Christensen KD, Green RC, Hajek C, Hickingbotham MR, Hutchinson AM, LeBlanc JL, Zoltick ES, Jamal L. Primary care providers' experiences with an active elective genetic testing program. Health Educ Behav. 2025;52(1):28-37. PMID:39081055

Adelson SM, Blout Zawatsky CL, Hickingbotham MR, Bell ME, Platt DM, Leonhard JR, Zoltick ES, Hajek CA, Green RC, Christensen KD. Familial communication and cascade testing following elective genomic testing. J Genet Couns. 2025;34(1):e1907. PMID:38757439

Smith HS, Zettler B, Genetti CA, Hickingbotham MR, Coleman TF, Lebo M, Nagy A, Zouk H, Christensen KD, Pereira S, Shah ND, Gold NB, Walmsley S, Sarita Edwards S, Homayouni R, Krasan GP, Hakon Hakonarson H, Horowitz CR, Gelb BD, Korf BR, McGuire AL, Holm IA, Green RC. The BabySeq Project: expanding newborn genome sequencing in a diverse cohort. Am J Hum Genet. 2024;111(10):2094-106. PMID:39288765

Zoltick ES, Bell M, Hickingbotham MR, Wu AC, Galbraith LN, LeBlanc JL, Lu CY, Leonhard JR, Platt DM, Smith HS, Green RC, Hajek C, Christensen KD. Attitudes, knowledge, and risk perceptions of patients who received elective genomic testing as a clinical service. Genet Med. 2024;26(10):101200. PMID:38943480

Massmann A, Van Heukelom J, Weaver M, Schultz A, Figueroa D, Stys A, Stys TP, Christensen KD. Evaluation of pharmacogenetic automated clinical decision support for clopidogrel. Pharmacogenomics. 2024;25(8-9):391-9. PMID:39258919

Vassy JL, Brunette CA, Yi T, Harrison A, Cardellino MP, Assimes TL, Christensen KD, Devineni P, Gaziano JM, Hui Q, Knowles JW, Muralidhar S, Natarajan P, Pyarajan S, Shi Y, Sturm AC, Whitbourne SB, Sun YV, Danowski ME. Design and pilot results from Million Veteran Program Return of Actionable Genetic Results (MVP-ROAR) study. Am Heart J. 2024;276:99-109. PMID:38762090

Massmann A,* Christensen KD,* Van Heukelom J, Schultz A, Muhammad Hamza Saad Shaukat, Hajek C, Weaver M, Green RC, Wu AC, Hickingbotham MR, Zoltick ES, Stys A, Stys TP. Clinical impact of preemptive pharmacogenomic testing on antiplatelet therapy in a real-world setting. Eur J Hum Genet. 2024;32:895-902. PMID:38424298

Liang JW, Christensen KD, Green RC, Kraft P. Evaluating the utility of multi-gene, multi-disease population-based panel testing accounting for uncertainty in penetrance estimates. NPJ Genom Med. 2024;9(1):30. PMID: 38760335

Brunette CA, Yi T, Danowski ME, Cardellino M, Harrison A, Assimes TL, Knowles JW, Christensen KD, Sturm AC, Sun YV, Hui Q, Pyarajan S, Shi Y, Whitbourne SB, Gaziano JM, Muralidhar S, Vassy JL. Development and utility of a clinical research informatics application for participant recruitment and workflow management for a return of results pilot trial in familial hypercholesterolemia in the Million Veteran Program. JAMIA Open. 2024;7(1):ooae020. PMID:38464744

Kim DeLuca E, Wu AC, Christensen KD, Wright DR, Yeh J, Smith HS. Modernizing newborn screening in the genomic era: importance of health-related quality of life. Pharmacoecon Open. 2024;8(6):787-92. PMID:39361115

Marshall DA, Hua N, Buchanan J, Christensen KD, Frederix GWJ, Goranitis I, IJzerman MJ, Jansen JP, Lavelle TA, Regier DA, Smith HS, Ungar WJ, Weymann D, Wordsworth S, Phillips KA. Paving the path for implementation of clinical genomic sequencing globally - Are we ready? Health Aff Sch. 2024;2(5):qxae053. PMID:38783891

Hendricks-Sturrup RM, Emmott N, Nafie M, Edgar L, Johnson-Glover T, Christensen KD, Argetsinger S, Lu CY. Returning personalized, genetic health test results to individuals of African descent or ancestry in precision medicine research. Health Aff Sch. 2023;12;1:qxad066. PMID:38143510

Vassy JL, Brunette CA, Lebo MS, MacIsaac K, Yi T, Danowski M, Alexander NVJ, Cardellino MP, Christensen KD, Manish Gala M, Green RC, Harris E, Jones NE, Kerman BJ, Kraft P, Preetika Kulkarni P, Lewis ACF, Lubitz SA, Natarajan P, Antwi AA. The GenoVA Study: Equitable implementation of a pragmatic randomized trial of polygenic risk scoring in primary care. Am J Hum Genet. 2023;110(11):1841-52. PMID:37922883

Preys CL, Blout Zawatsky CL, Massmann A, Van Heukelom J, Green RC, Hajek C, Hickingbotham MR, Zoltick ES, Schultz A, Christensen KD. Attitudes about pharmacogenomic testing vary by healthcare specialty. Pharmacogenomics. 2023;24(10):539-49. PMID:37458095

Green RC, Shah N, Genetti CA, Yu T, Zettler B, Uveges MK, Ceyhan-Birsoy O, Lebo MS, Pereira S, Agrawal PB, Parad RB, McGuire AL, Christensen KD, Schwartz TS, Rehm HL, Holm IA, Beggs AH. Actionability of unanticipated monogenic disease risks in newborn genomic screening: Findings from the BabySeq Project. Am J Hum Genet. 2023;110(7):1034-45. PMID:37279760

Massmann A, Van Heukelom J, Green RC, Hajek C, Hickingbotham MR, Larson EA, Lu CY, Wu AC, Zoltick ES, Christensen KD,* Schultz A.* SLCO1B1 gene-based clinical decision support reduces statin associated muscle symptom risk with simvastatin. Pharmacogenomics. 2023;24(7):399-409. PMID:37232094

Rich MB, Blout Zawatsky CL, Botta JJ, Christensen KD. Public perspective on medications to delay Alzheimer's disease symptoms. J Genet Couns. 2023;32(5):1009-17. PMID:37102213

Christensen KD, McMahon PM, Galbraith LN, Yeh JM, Stout NK, Lu CY, Stein S, Zhao M, Hylind RJ, Wu AC. Modeling benefits, harms and costs of newborn genetic screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: estimates from the PreEMPT Model. Genet Med. 2023;25(4). PMID:36727595

Pereira S, Gutierrez AM, Robinson JO, Christensen KD, Genetti CA, Blout Zawatsky CL, Hsu RL, Zettler B, Uveges MK, Parad RB, Beggs AH, Holm IA, Green RC, McGuire AL. Parents’ decision- making regarding whether to receive adult-onset only genetic findings for their children: findings from the BabySeq Project. Genet Med. 2023;25(3):100002. PMID:36549595

Christensen KD, Zhang M, Galbraith LN, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Nelson SC, Gonzalez S, Argos M, Perreira KM, Daviglus ML, Isasi CR, Cai J, Talavera GA, Blout Zawatsky CL, Green RC, Isasi R, Kaplan R, Sofer T. Awareness and utilization of genetic testing among Hispanic/Latino adults living in the US: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. HGG Adv. 2022;4(1):100160. PMID:36483158

Blout Zawatsky CL, Leonhard JR, Bell M, Moore MM, Petry NJ, Platt DM, Green RC, Hajek C, Christensen KD. Workforce considerations when building a precision medicine program. J Pers Med. 2022;12(11): 1929. PMID:36422106

Zeng C, Bastarache LA, Tao R, Venner E, Hebbring S, Adujar JD, Bland ST, Crosslin DR, Pratap S, Cooley A, Pacheco JA, Christensen KD, Perez E, Zawatsky CLB, Witkowski L, Zouk H, Weng C, Williams MS, Luo Y, Jarvik GP, Green RC, Gibbs RA, Peterson JF, Roden DM, Wiesner GL, Denny JC. Association of pathogenic variants in hereditary cancer genes with multiple diseases: a phenome-wide association study of 229,369 participants. JAMA Oncology. 2022;8(6):835-44. PMID:35446370

Armstrong B, Christensen KD, Genetti CA, Parad RB, Robinson JO, Blout Zawatsky CL, Zettler B, Beggs AH, Holm IA, Green RC, McGuire AL, Smith HS, Pereira S. Parental attitudes toward standard newborn screening and newborn genomic sequencing: findings from the BabySeq Study. Front Genet. 2022;13:867371. PMID:35571041

Leppig K, Appelbaum P, Aufox S, Bland ST, Buchanan A, Christensen KD, Chung WK, Clayton EW, Crosslin D, Denny J, DeVange S, Gordon A, Green RC, Hakonarson H, Harr MH, Henrikson N, Hoell C, Holm IA, Kullo IJ, Jarvik GP, Lammers PE, Larson EB, Lindor NM, Marasa M, Myers MF, Perez E, Peterson JF, Pratap S, Prows CA, Rahm AK, Ralston JD, Rasouly HM, Roden D, Sharp RR, Singh R, Shaibi G, Smith ME, Sturm A, Thiese H, Van Driest SL, Wiesner GL, Williams J, Williams MS, Wynn J, Zawatsky CLB. The reckoning: the return of genomic results to 1,444 participants across the eMERGE3 Network. Genet Med. 2022;24(5):1130-38. PMID:35216901

Kunst N, Stout NK, O’Brien G, Christensen KD, McMahon PM, Wu AC, Diller L, Yeh JM. Population-based newborn screening for germline TP53 variants: cost-effectiveness, clinical benefits and value of further research. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022;114(5):722-31. PMID:35043946

Wynn J, Milo Rasouly HM, Vasquez-Loarte T, Saami AM , Sonja I. Ziniel SI, Clayton EW, Christensen KD, Fasel D, Green RC, Heather Hain H, Harr M, Hoell C, Kullo IJ, Leppig KA, Myers MF, Pacyna JE, Perez E, Prows CA, Rahm AK, Campbell-Salome G, Sharp RR, Smith ME, Weiss R, Wiesner GL, Williams JL, Zawatsky CB, Appelbaum PS, Gharavi AG, Chung WK, Holm IA. Do research participants share genomic screening results with family members? J Genet Couns. 2022;31(2):447-58. PMID:34665896

Schwartz TS, Christensen KD, Uveges MK, Waisbren SE, McGuire AL, Pereira S, Robinson JO, Beggs AH, Green RC, Bachman GA, Rabson AB, Holm IA. Effects of participation in a U.S. trial of newborn genomic sequencing on parents at risk for depression. J Genet Couns. 2022;31(1):218-29. PMID:34309124

Hajek C, Hutchinson AM, Galbraith LN, Green RC, Murray MF, Petry N, Preys CL, Zawatsky CLB, Zoltick ES, Christensen KD. Improved provider preparedness through an eight-part genetics and genomic education program, Genet Med. 2022;24(1):214-24. PMID:34906462

Petry NJ, Baye JF, Frear S, Jacobsen K, Massmann A, Schultz A, Heukelom JV, Christensen K. Progression of precision statin prescribing for reduction of statin-associated muscle symptoms. Pharmacogenomics. 2022;23(10):585-596. PMID:35775396

Brunette CA, Dong OM, Vassy JL, Danowski ME, Alexander N, Antwi AA, Christensen KD. A cost- consequence analysis of preemptive SLCO1B1 testing for statin myopathy risk compared to usual care. J Pers Med. 2021;11(11):1123. PMID:34834475

Zawatsky CLB, Shah N, Machini K, Perez E, Christensen KD, Zouk H, Steeves M, Koch C, Uveges M, Shea J, Gold N, Krier J, Boutin N, Mahanta L, Rehm HL, Weiss ST, Karlson EW, Smoller JW, Lebo MS, Green RC, Returning actionable genomic results in a research biobank: analytic validity, clinical implementation and resource utilization. Am J Hum Genet. 2021;108(12):2224-37. PMID:34752750

Pereira S, Smith HS, Frankel LA, Christensen KD, Islam R, Robinson JO, Genetti CA, Zawatsky CLB, Zettler B, Parad RB, Waisbren SE, Beggs AH, Green RC, Holm IA, McGuire AL. The psychosocial impact of newborn genomic sequencing on families in the BabySeq Project: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2021;175(11):1132-41. PMID:34424265

O’Brien G,* Christensen KD,* McMahon PM, Sullivan HK, Stout NK, Diller L, Yeh JM, Wu AC. Estimated cost-effectiveness of genetic testing in siblings of newborns with cancer susceptibility gene variants. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2129742. PMID:34661666 (*denotes co-first authors)

Galbraith LN, Preys CL, Rehm HL, Scheuner MT, Hajek C, Green RC, Christensen KD. Primary care providers’ responses to unsolicited Lynch syndrome secondary findings of varying clinical significance. Genet Med. 2021;23(10):1977-83. PMID:34113000

Yeh JM, Stout NK, Chaudhry A, Christensen KD, Gooch M, McMahon PM, O’Brien G, Rehman N, Zawatsky CLB, Green RC, Lu CMY, Rehm HL, Williams MS, Diller L, Wu AC. Universal newborn genetic screening for pediatric cancer predisposition syndromes: model-based insights. Genet Med. 2021;23(7):1336-71. PMID:33767345

Christensen KD, Schonman EF, Robinson JO, Roberts JS, Diamond PM, Lee KB, Green RC, McGuire L. Behavioral and psychological impact of genome sequencing: a pilot randomized trial of primary care and cardiology patients. NPJ Genom Med. 2021;6(1):72. PMID:34429410

Christensen KD, Bell M, Blout CL, Galbraith LN, Green RC, Hutchinson AM, Jamal L, LeBlanc JL, Leonhard JR, Moore M, Mullineaux L, Petry N, Platt DM, Shaaban S, Schultz A, Tucker BD, Van Heukelom J, Wheeler E, Zoltick ES, Hajek C. Precision population medicine in primary care: the Sanford Chip experience. Front Genet. 2021;12(274). PMID:33777099

Pereira S, Hsu RL, Islam R, Robinson JO, Ramapriyan R, Sirotich E, Maxwell MD, Majumder M, Blout C, Christensen KD, Mehlman M, Parasidis E, Gardner CL, Killian JM, De Castro M, Green RC, McGuire AL. Airmen and healthcare providers’ attitudes toward the use of genomic sequencing in the US Air Force: findings from the MilSeq Project. Genet Med. 2020;22(12):2003-2010. PMID:32807975

Wiesner GL, Rahm AK, Appelbaum P, Aufox S, Bland S, Blout CL, Christensen KD, Chung WK, Clayton EW, Green RC, Harr MH, Henrikson N, Hoell C, Holm IA, Jarvik GP, Kullo IJ, Lammers PE, Larson EB, Lindor NM, Marasa M, Myers MF, Peterson JF, Prows CA, Ralston JD, Rasouly HM, Sharp RR, Smith ME, Van Driest SL, Williams JL, Williams MS, Wynn J, Leppig KA. Returning results in the genomic era: Initial experiences of the eMERGE Network. J Pers Med. 2020;10(2):E30 PMID:32349224

Mackay ZP, Dukhovny D, Phillips KA, Beggs AH, Green RC, Parad RB, Christensen KD. Quantifying downstream health care utilization in studies of genomic testing. Value Health. 2020;23(5):559-65. PMID:32389220

Christensen KD, Karlawish J, Roberts JS, Uhlmann WR, Harkins K, Wood EM, Obisesan TO, Le LQ, Cupples LA, Zoltick ES, Johnson MS, Bradbury MK, Waterston LB, Chen CA, Feldman S, Perry DL, Green RC. Disclosing genetic risk for Alzheimer’s dementia to individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2020;6(1):e12992. PMID:32211507

Christensen KD, Hulick PJ. Basic genetics concepts: Chromosomes and cell division. In UpToDate, Slavotinek A (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA. 2020. Updated 2021, 2024.

Christensen KD, Hulick PJ. Basic genetics concepts: Basic genetics concepts: DNA regulation and gene expression. In UpToDate, Slavotinek A (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA. 2020. Updated 2021, 2024.

Robinson JO, Wynn J, Biesecker B, Biesecker LG, Bernhardt B, Brothers KB, Chung WK, Christensen KD, Green RC, McGuire AL, Hart MR, Griesemer I, Patrick DL, Rini C, Veenstra D, Cronin AM, Gray SW. Psychological outcomes related to exome and genome sequencing result disclosure: a meta-analysis of seven Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) Consortium studies. Genet Med. 2019;21:2781-90. PMID:31189963

Hart MR, Biesecker BB, Blout CL, Christensen KD, Amendola LM, Bergstrom KL, Biswas S, Bowling KM, Brothers KB, Conlin LK, Cooper GM, Dulik MC, East KM, Everett JN, Finnila CR, Ghazani AA, Gilmore MJ, Goddard KAB, Jarvik GP, Johnston JJ, Kauffman TL, Kelley WV, Krier JB, Lewis KL, McGuire AL, McMullen C, Ou J, Plon SE, Rehm H, Richards CS, Romasko EJ, Sagardia AM, Spinner NB, Thompson ML, Turbitt E, Vassy JL, Wilfond BS, Veenstra DL, Berg JS, Green RC, Biesecker LG, Hindorff LA. Secondary findings from clinical genomic sequencing: prevalence, patient perspectives, family history assessment, and health-care costs from a multisite study. Genet Med. 2019;21:1100-10. PMID:30287922

Hylind RJ, Chandler SF, Beausejour Ladouceur V, Roberts AE, Bezzerides V, Christensen KD, Coggins M, Lakdawala NK, MacRae CA, Abrams DJ. Phenotypic characterization of individuals with variants in cardiovascular genes in the absence of a primary cardiovascular indication for testing. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2019;12:e002463. PMID:30919684

Guan Y, Roter DL, Erby LH, Wolff, JL, Gitlin LN, Roberts JS, Green RC, Christensen KD. Communication predictors of patient and companion satisfaction with Alzheimer’s genetic risk disclosure. J Health Commun. 2018;23:807-14. PMID:30325721

Holm IA, Agrawal PB, Ceyhan-Birsoy O, Christensen KD, Fayer S, Frankel LA, Genetti CA, Krier JB, LaMay RC, Levy HL, McGuire AL, Parad RB, Park PJ, Pereira S, Rehm HL, Schwartz TS, Waisbren SE, Yu TW. The BabySeq Project: implementing genomic sequencing in newborns. BMC Pediatr. 2018;18:225. PMID:29986673

Phillips KA, Deverka, PA, Marshall DA, Wordsworth S, Reiger DA, Christensen KD, Buchanan J. Methodological Issues in assessing the economic value of next-generation sequencing tests: many challenges and not enough solutions. Value Health. 2018;21:1033-42. PMID:30224106

Christensen KD, Phillips KA, Green RC, Dukhovny D. Cost analyses of genomic sequencing – lessons learned from the MedSeq Project. Value Health. 2018;21:1054-61. PMID:30224109

Christensen KD, Vassy JL, Phillips KA, Blout CL, Azzariti DR, Lu CY, Robinson JO, Lee K, Douglas MP, Yeh JM, Machini K, Stout NK, Rehm HL, McGuire AL, Green RC, Dukhovny D. Short term costs of integrating whole genome sequencing into primary care and cardiology settings: a pilot randomized trial. Genet Med. 2018;20:1544-53. PMID:29565423

Mitchell PB, Ziniel SI, Savage SK, Christensen KD, Weitzman ER, Green RC, Huntington NL, Mathews DJ, Holm IA. Enhancing autonomy in biobank decisions: too much of a good thing? J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2018;13:125-38. PMID:29471711

Roberts JS, Robinson JO, Diamond PM, Bharadwaj A, Christensen KD, Lee KB, Green RC, McGuire AL. Patient understanding of, satisfaction with, and perceived utility of whole genome sequencing: findings from the MedSeq Project. Genet Med. 2018;20:1069-76. PMID:29300387

Christensen KD, Bernhardt BA, Jarvik GP, Hindorff LA, Ou J, Biswas S, Powell BC, Grundmeier RW, Machini K, Karavite DJ, Pennington JW, Krantz ID, Berg JS, Goddard KAB. Anticipated responses of early adopter genetic specialists and nongenetic specialists to unsolicited genomic secondary findings. Genet Med. 2018;20:1186-95. PMID:29388940

Guan Y, Roter DL, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN, Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Green RC, Erby LH. The impact of genetic counselors' use of facilitative strategies on cognitive and emotional processing of genetic risk disclosure for Alzheimer's disease. Patient Educ Couns. 2018;101:817-23. PMID:29203084

Christensen KD, Uhlmann WR, Roberts JS, Linnenbringer E, Whitehouse PJ, Royal CDM, Obisesan TO, Cupples LA, Butson MB, Fasaye G-A, Hiraki S, Chen CA, Siebert U, Cook-Deegan R, Green RC. A randomized controlled trial of disclosing genetic risk information for Alzheimer’s disease via telephone. Genet Med. 2018;20:132-141. PMID:28726810

Vassy JL, Christensen KD, Schonman EF, Blout CL, Robinson JO, Krier JB, Diamond PM, Lebo M, Machini K, Azzariti DR, Dukhovny D, Bates DW, MacRae CA, Murray MF, Rehm HL, McGuire AL, Green RC. The impact of whole genome sequencing on the primary care and outcomes of healthy adult patients: a pilot randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2017;167:159-69. PMID:28654958

Jamal L, Robinson JO, Christensen KD, Blumenthal-Barby J, Slashinski MJ, Perry DL, Vassy JL, Wycliff J, Green RC, McGuire AL. When bins blur: patient perspectives on categories of results from clinical whole genome sequencing. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2017;8:82-8. PMID:28949844

Guan Y, Roter DL, Erby LH, Wolff JL, Gitlin LN, Robers JS, Green RC, Christensen KD. Disclosing genetic risk of Alzheimer’s disease to cognitively impaired patients and visit companions: findings from the REVEAL Study. Patient Educ Couns. 2017;100:927-35. PMID:28012682

Christensen KD, Savage SK, Huntington NL, Weitzman ER, Ziniel SI, Bacon PL, Cacioppo CN, Green RC, Holm IA. Preferences for the return of individual results from research on pediatric biobank samples. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2017;12:97-106. PMID:28421887

Conway-Pearson LS, Christensen KD, Savage SK, Huntington NL, Weitzman ER, Ziniel SI, Bacon PL, Cacioppo CN, Green RC, Holm IA. Family health history reporting is sensitive to small changes in wording. Genet Med. 2016;18:1308-11. PMID:27148937

Baptista NM, Christensen KD, Carere DA, Broadley SA, Roberts JS, Green RC. Adopting genetics: motivations and outcomes of personal genomic testing in adult adoptees. Genet Med. 2016;18:924-32. PMID:26820063

Robinson JO, Carroll TM, Feuerman LZ, Perry DL, Hoffman-Andrews L, Walsh RC, Christensen KD, Green RC, McGuire AL. Participant and study decliners’ perspectives about the risks of participating in a clinical trial of whole genome sequencing. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2016;11:21-30. PMID:26928896

Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Whitehouse PJ, Royal CDM, Obisesan TO, Cupples LA, Vernarelli JA, Bhatt DL, Linnenbringer E, Butson MB, Fasaye G-A, Uhlmann WR, Hiraki S, Wang N, Cook-Deegan R, Green RC. Disclosing pleiotropic effects during genetic risk assessment for Alzheimer disease: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:155-63. PMID:26810768 Editorial. Murray MF. Genomics: prediction, prevention, priorities, and Punnett. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:197-8. PMID: 26810850

Christensen KD, Vassy JL, Jamal L, Soleymani Lehmann L, Slasinski MJ, Perry DL, Robinson JO, Blumenthal-Barby J, Feuerman LZ, Murray MF, Green RC, McGuire AL. Are physicians prepared for whole genome sequencing? A qualitative analysis. Clin Genet. 2016;89:228-34. PMID:26080898

Lupo PJ, Robinson JO, Diamond PM, Jamal L, Danysh HE, Blumenthal-Barby J, Lehmann LS, Vassy JL, Christensen KD, Green RC, McGuire AL. Patients’ perceived utility of whole-genome sequencing for their healthcare: findings from the MedSeq Project. Per Med. 2016;16:13-20. PMID:27019659

Robinson CL, Jouni H, Kruisselbrink TM, Austin EE, Christensen KD, Green RC, Kullo IJ. Disclosing genetic risk for coronary heart disease: effects on perceived personal control and genetic counseling satisfaction. Clin Genet. 2016;89:251-7. PMID:25708169

Green RC, Christensen KD, Cupples LA, Relkin NR, Whitehouse PJ, Royal CDM, Obisesan TO, Cook-Deegan R, Linnenbringer E, Butson MB, Fasaye G, Levinson E, Roberts JS. A randomized non-inferiority trial of condensed protocols for genetic risk disclosure of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2015;11:1222-30. PMID:25499536

Christensen KD, Dukhovny D, Siebert U, Green RC. Assessing the costs and cost-effectiveness of genomic sequencing. J Pers Med. 2015;5:470-86. PMID:26690481

Holm IA, Iles BR, Ziniel SI, Bacon PL, Savage SK, Christensen KD, Weitzman ER, Green RC, Huntington NL. Participant satisfaction with a preference-setting tool for the return of individual research results in pediatric genomic research. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2015;10:414-26. PMID:26376753

Besser AG, Sanderson SC, Roberts JS, Chen CA, Christensen KD, Lautenbach DM, Cupples LA, Green RC. Factors affecting recall of different types of personal genetic information about Alzheimer’s disease risk: the REVEAL Study. Public Health Genomics. 2015;18:78-86. PMID:25634646

Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Kardia SLR, McBride CM, Linnenbringer E, Green RC. Associations between self-referral and health behavior responses to genetic risk information. Genome Med. 2015;7:10. PMID:25642295

Vassy JL, Christensen KD, Slashinski MJ, Lautenbach DM, Robinson JO, Blumenthal-Barby J, Feuerman LZ, Lehman LS, Murray MF, Green RC, McGuire AL. ‘Someday it will be the norm’: physician perspectives on the utility of genome sequencing for patient care. Per Med. 2015;12:23-32. PMID:25642274

Kahn CM, Rini C, Bernhardt BA, Roberts JS, Christensen KD, Evans JP, Brothers KB, Roche MI, Berg JS, Henderson GE. How can psychological science inform questions about clinical genomic sequencing? J Genet Couns. 2015;24:193-204. PMID:25488723

McLaughlin HM, Ceyhan-Birsoy O, Christensen KD, Kohane IS, Krier J, Lane WJ, Lautenbach D, Lebo MS, Machini K, MacRae C, Azzariti DR, Murray M, Seidman CE, Vassy JL, Green RC, Rehm HL. A systematic approach to the reporting of medically relevant findings from whole genome sequencing. BMC Med Genet. 2014;15:134. PMID:25714468

Vassy JL, Lautenbach DM, McLaughlin HM, Kong SW, Christensen KD, Krier JB, Kohane IS, Feuerman LZ, Blumenthal-Barby JS, Roberts JS, Lehmann LS, Ho CY, MacRae CA, Seidman CE, Murray MF, McGuire AL, Rehm HL, Green RC. The MedSeq Project: A randomized trial of integrating whole genome sequencing into clinical medicine. Trials. 2014;15:85. PMID:24645908

Christensen KD, Kalia SS, Green RC. Secondary findings from genetic testing. In UpToDate, Raby BA (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA. 2014. Updated 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024., 2025.

Gray SW, Martins Y, Feuerman LZ, Bernhardt BA, Biesecker BB, Christensen KD, Joffe S, Rini C, Veenstra D, McGuire,AL, for the CSER Consortium Outcomes and Measures Working Group. Social and behavioral research in genomic sequencing - approaches from the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium Outcomes and Measures Working Group. Genet Med. 2014;16:727-35. PMID:24625446

Christensen KD, Green RC. How could disclosing incidental information from whole-genome sequencing affect patient behavior? Per Med. 2013;10:377-86. PMID:24319470

Lautenbach DM, Christensen KD, Sparks JA, Green RC. Communicating genetic risk information for common disorders in the era of genomic medicine. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2013;14:491-513. PMID:24003856

Terry SF, Christensen KD, Metosky S, Rudofsky G, Deignan KP, Martinez H, Johnson-Moore P, Citrin T. Community engagement about genetic variation research. Popul Health Manag. 2012;15:78-89. PMID:21815821

Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Uhlmann WR, Green RC. Changes to perceptions of the pros and cons of genetic susceptibility testing after APOE genotyping for Alzheimer disease risk. Genet Med. 2011;13:409-14. PMID:21270636

Hock KT, Christensen KD, Yashar BM, Roberts JS, Gollust SE, Uhlmann WR. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: an assessment of genetic counselors' knowledge and beliefs. Genet Med. 2011;13:325-32. PMID:21233722

Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Shalowitz DI, Everett JN, Kim SYH, Raskin L, Gruber SB. Disclosing individual CDKN2A research results to melanoma survivors: interest, impact, and demands on researchers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011;20:522-9. PMID:21307304

Roberts JS, Christensen KD, Green RC. Using Alzheimer's disease as a model for genetic risk disclosure: implications for personal genomics. Clin Genet 2011;80:407-14. PMID:21696382

Christensen KD, Jayaratne TE, Roberts JS, Kardia SLR, Petty EM. Understandings of basic genetics in the United States: results from a national survey of black and white men and women. Public Health Genomics. 2010;13:467-76. PMID:20203477

Roberts JS, Shalowitz DI, Christensen KD, Everett JN, Kim SYH, Raskin L, Gruber SB. Returning individual research results: development of a cancer genetics education and risk communication protocol. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2010;5:17-30. PMID:20831418

Christensen KD, Roberts JS, Royal CDM, Fasaye, GA, Obisesan T, Cupples LA, Whitehouse PJ, Butson MB, Linnenbringer E, Relkin NR, Farrer L, Cook-Deegan R, Green RC. Incorporating ethnicity into genetic risk assessment for Alzheimer disease: the REVEAL Study experience. Genet Med. 2008;10:207-14. PMID:18344711

Harvey EK, Fogel CE, Peyrot M, Christensen KD, Terry SF, McInerney JD. Providers' knowledge of genetics: A survey of 5915 individuals and families with genetic conditions. Genet Med. 2007;9:259-67. PMID:17505202