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Kara Braunstein West, Ph.D.
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5c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), 2014.
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136 Zeman, J., Suveg, C., West, K.B. : Chapter 3: Developmental psychopathology: Basic principles. Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding (6th edition). J. Maddux & B. Winstead (eds.). Taylor & Francis, September 2024.
183 West, K.B., Plevinsky, J., Amaral, S., Laskin, B., Lefkowitz, D.S.: Predicting psychosocial risk in pediatric kidney transplantation: An exploratory cluster analysis of the Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument. Pediatric Transplantation 27(2): e14454, March 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14454. Epub 2022 Dec 14.
195 Rea, K.E., West, K.B., Dorste, A., Christofferson, E.S., Lefkowitz, D., Mudd, E., Schneider, L., Smith, C., Triplett, K., McKenna, K. : A systematic review of social determinants of health in pediatric organ transplant outcomes. Pediatric Transplantation 27(1): e14418, February 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14418. Epub 2022 Nov 1.
13c Suveg, C., West, K.B., Wilbanks, J.: Parenting children with anxiety and depression. Handbook of Parenting: Interdisciplinary Research and Application. A.S. Morris & J. M. Smith (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 425-445, December 2022.
1bc Cushman, C., West, K.B., Davis, M., LaMotte, J., Eaton, C., Gutierrez-Colina, A., Blount, R., Suveg, C.: The role of executive functioning, healthcare management, and self efficacy in college students’ health-related quality of life. Journal of American College Health 70(8): 2356-2364, November-December 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1862128. Epub 2021 Jan 5.
1e8 Thomassin, K., Jacob, M. L., West, K.B., Hale, M.E., & Suveg, C.: Problems in emotion regulation in child and adolescent anxiety disorders section: Diagnostic components of child and adolescent anxiety disorders. Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders (2nd edition). D. McKay & E.A. Storch (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Page: 191-202, November 2022 Notes: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14080-8_13.
13a West, K.B., Roche, K., White, R., Hale, M., Suveg, C.: Predictors of latent class trajectories of depressive symptoms in Latina mothers. Journal of Family Psychology 36(4): 545-554, June 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1037/fam0000957. Epub 2022 Jan 13.
115 Jones, A., West, K.B., & Suveg, C.: Anxiety in the school setting: A framework for evidenced-based practice. School Mental Health 11: 21649561211068805, January 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1177/21649561211068805.
160 West, K.B., Roche, K.M., White, R.M.B., Suveg, C.: Predictors of latent class trajectories of internalizing symptoms in Latinx adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 49(12): 1593-1605, December 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00854-5. Epub 2021 Jul 31.
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Selected Publications
c9 Lefkowitz, D.S., Triplett, K., Schneider, L., West, K., Anton, C., Rea, K. E., ... & Cousino, M. K. : A consensus-based framework for the psychosocial 37 evaluation of pediatric candidates for cardiothoracic 83 transplant and ventricular assist devices. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 44(4), April 2025.136 Zeman, J., Suveg, C., West, K.B. : Chapter 3: Developmental psychopathology: Basic principles. Psychopathology: Foundations for a Contemporary Understanding (6th edition). J. Maddux & B. Winstead (eds.). Taylor & Francis, September 2024.
183 West, K.B., Plevinsky, J., Amaral, S., Laskin, B., Lefkowitz, D.S.: Predicting psychosocial risk in pediatric kidney transplantation: An exploratory cluster analysis of the Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument. Pediatric Transplantation 27(2): e14454, March 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14454. Epub 2022 Dec 14.
195 Rea, K.E., West, K.B., Dorste, A., Christofferson, E.S., Lefkowitz, D., Mudd, E., Schneider, L., Smith, C., Triplett, K., McKenna, K. : A systematic review of social determinants of health in pediatric organ transplant outcomes. Pediatric Transplantation 27(1): e14418, February 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14418. Epub 2022 Nov 1.
13c Suveg, C., West, K.B., Wilbanks, J.: Parenting children with anxiety and depression. Handbook of Parenting: Interdisciplinary Research and Application. A.S. Morris & J. M. Smith (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 425-445, December 2022.
1bc Cushman, C., West, K.B., Davis, M., LaMotte, J., Eaton, C., Gutierrez-Colina, A., Blount, R., Suveg, C.: The role of executive functioning, healthcare management, and self efficacy in college students’ health-related quality of life. Journal of American College Health 70(8): 2356-2364, November-December 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1862128. Epub 2021 Jan 5.
1e8 Thomassin, K., Jacob, M. L., West, K.B., Hale, M.E., & Suveg, C.: Problems in emotion regulation in child and adolescent anxiety disorders section: Diagnostic components of child and adolescent anxiety disorders. Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders (2nd edition). D. McKay & E.A. Storch (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Page: 191-202, November 2022 Notes: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14080-8_13.
13a West, K.B., Roche, K., White, R., Hale, M., Suveg, C.: Predictors of latent class trajectories of depressive symptoms in Latina mothers. Journal of Family Psychology 36(4): 545-554, June 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1037/fam0000957. Epub 2022 Jan 13.
115 Jones, A., West, K.B., & Suveg, C.: Anxiety in the school setting: A framework for evidenced-based practice. School Mental Health 11: 21649561211068805, January 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1177/21649561211068805.
160 West, K.B., Roche, K.M., White, R.M.B., Suveg, C.: Predictors of latent class trajectories of internalizing symptoms in Latinx adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 49(12): 1593-1605, December 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00854-5. Epub 2021 Jul 31.
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