Publications

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(abbreviated listing below, also see: PubMed)

  • Koh H, Judge C, Elqura L, Stoto M. Emergency Preparedness as a Catalyst for Regionalizing Local Public Health. Annual Review of Public Health. (In Press 2007)
  • Connolly G, Alpert H, Ferris Wayne G, Koh H.  Trends in Smoke Nicotine Yield and Relationship to Design Characteristics Among Popular U.S. Cigarette Brands, 1997-2005. Tobacco Control. (In Press 2007)
  • Koh H, Cadigan R. Disasters and Social Capital.  In Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, & Kim D (eds). Social Capital and Health.  New York: Springer 2007. (In Press 2007)
  • Koh HK, Joossens LX, Connolly G.  Making Smoking History Worldwide. N Eng J Med. 2007 Apr 12;356;15:1496-8. (In Press 2007)
  • Koh H. Melanoma screening: focusing the public health journey. Arch Dermatol. 2007 Jan;143(1):101-3.
  • Koh H, Jacobson M, Lyddy AM, O'Connor K, Fitzpatrick S, Judge C, Krakow M, Alpert H, Luskin R. A statewide public health approach to improving organ donation: the Massachusetts Organ Donation Initiative. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jan;97(1):30-6. Epub 2006 Nov 30.
  • Chen MS Jr., Shinagawa S, Bal DG, Bastani R, Chow E, Ho RCS, Jones L, McPhee S, Senie R, Taylor V, Kagawa-Singer M, Stewart S, Koh HK, Li FP. Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research, and Training's Legacy: the first 5 years. Cancer. 2006 Oct 15;107(8 Suppl):2006-14
  • Geller A, Emmons K, Brooks D, Powers C, Zhang Z, Koh H, Heeren T, Sober A, Li F, Gilchrest. A Randomized Trial to Improve Early Detection and Prevention Practices among Siblings of Melanoma Patients. Cancer. 2006 Aug 15;107(4):806-14.
  • Bloom B and Koh H: Preparing for Pandemics.  Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. LIX(4): 28-35, 2006.
  • Koh H, McCormack M. Public Health Leadership in the 21st Century. Working Papers of the Center for Public Leadership, Kennedy School of Government, B Kellerman, Editor, Harvard University, Chapter 7, pgs 101-116, 2006.
  • Moore GS, Perlow A, Judge C, Koh HK.  Using Blended Learning in Training the Public Health Workforce in Emergency Preparedness.  Public Health Reports 121; 217-221, 2006.
  • Geller AC, Brooks DR, Colditz GA, Koh HK, Frazier AL. Sun Protection Practices Among Offspring of Women with a Personal or Family History of Skin Cancer. Pediatrics 117(4): e688-694, 2006.
  • Koh H, Shei A, Bataringaya J, Burstein J, Biddinger P, Crowther M, Serino R, Cohen B, Nick G, Leary M, Judge C, Campbell P, Brinsfield K, Auerbach J. Building Community-Based Surge Capacity through a Public Health and Academic Collaboration: The Role of Community Health Centers. Public Health Reports 121: 211-221, 2006.
  • Carpenter C, Ferris Wayne G, Pauly J, Koh H, Connolly GN. New Cigarette Brands with Flavors that Appeal to Youth: Tobacco Marketing Strategies. Health Affairs 24: 1601-1610, 2005.
  • Kenfield SA, Geller AC, Richter EM, Shuman S, O'Riordan D, Koh HK, Colditz GA.  Sun Protection Policies and Practices at Child Care Centers in Massachusetts.  Journal of Community Health 30: 491-503, 2005.
  • Orfaly R, Francis J, Campbell P, Whittemore B, Joly B, Koh H. Train-the-trainer as an Educational Model in Public Health Preparedness. J Public Health Manag Pract. November (Suppl) S123-S127, 2005.
  • Connolly GN, Alpert HR, Rees V, Carpenter C, Wayne GF, Vallone D, Koh H. The Effect of the New York State Cigarette Fire Safety Standard On Ignition Propensity, Smoke Constituents, and the Consumer Market. Tobacco Control 14: 321-327, 2005.
  • O'Connell JJ, Mattison S, Judge CM, Allen HJ, Koh HK.  A Public Health Approach to Reducing Morbidity and Mortality Among Homeless People in Boston.  J Public Health Manag Pract. 11(4) 311-316, 2005.
  • Koh HK, Judge CM, Robbins H, Celebucki CC, Walker DK, Connolly GN. The First Decade of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program. Public Health Reports 120: 482-495, 2005.
  • Koh H, Geller A:  Cancer Prevention: Preventing Tobacco-Related Cancers in Cancer:  Principles and Practice of Oncology 7th Edition, in DeVita V, Hellman S, Rosenberg S, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, New York, 2005: 493-505.
  • Koh HK, Judge CM, Ferrer B, Gershman S. Using Public Health Data Systems to Understand and Eliminate Cancer Disparities. Cancer Causes Control 16(1):15-26, 2005.
  • Koh H, Geller A.  Skin Cancer Prevention Comes of Age.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004 Dec; 27(5): 484-485.
  • Chiller, K, Washington C, Sober A, Koh H: Cancer of the Skin.  Chapter 73:497-503. 6th Edition, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Kasper D ed McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004.
  • Silverman JG, Pratt C, Reed E, Nagy BJ, Whitaker DK, Baker C, Decker MR, Koh H, Pavlos C.  The CARE Communities Project: An Academic, Practitioner, and Federal Public Health Agency Collaboration to Improve Intimate Partner Violence Services for Underserved Communities.  Public Health Reports Nov-Dec. 119(6):590-3, 2004.
  • Fiore MC, Croyle RT, Curry SJ, Cutler CM, Davis RM, Gordon C, Healton C, Koh HK, Orleans CT , Richling DE, Satcher D, Seffrin J, Williams C, Williams LN, Keller PA, Baker TB: Preventing 3 Million Premature Deaths, Helping 5 Million Smokers Quit: A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation: American Journal of Public Health, Feb 2004; 94: 205-210.
  • Koh H: The Birth of Korean American Cancer Control. in Koh H, Barber C eds, Korean American Cancer Control and Awareness. Korean and Korean American Studies Bulletin, Volume 13, Nos 1/2:3-5, 2003.
  • Koh H, Barber C editors: Korean American Cancer Control and Awareness.     Korean and Korean American Studies Bulletin, Volume 13, Nos1/2:1-133, 2003.
  • Geller A, Emmons K, Brooks D, Zhang Z, Powers C, Koh H, Sober A, Miller D, Li F, Haluska F and Gilchrest B: Skin Cancer Prevention Practices Among  Siblings of Patients with Melanoma. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 49:631-8, 2003.
  • Koh H, Tavares B, Pavlos C: Human Rights from a U.S. State Health Department Perspective. Health and Human Rights 7: 167-174, 2003.
  • Koh, H., Walker, DK: The Role of State Health Agencies in Cancer Prevention and Control: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 12(3):261S-268S, 2003.
  • Geller A, Miller D, Annas G, Demierre MF, Gilchrest B, Koh H: Melanoma Incidence and Mortality Among U.S. Whites (1969-1999).  Journal of the American Medical Association 288: 1719-1720, 2002.
  • Geller A, Venna S, Prout M, Miller D, Demierre, MF, Koh, H Gilchrest B: Should the skin cancer examination be taught in medical school?  Archives of Dermatology 138: 1201-1203, 2002.
  • Geller, A., Prout, M, Miller, D., Siegel, B., Sun, T., Ockene, J., Koh, H: Evaluation of a Cancer Prevention and Detection Curriculum for Medical Students. Preventive Medicine 35:78-86, 2002.
  • Averbach A, Lam, D., Lam, LP, Sharfstein J, Cohen B, Koh, H:  Smoking Behaviors and Attitudes Among Restaurant Workers in Boston's Chinatown:  A Pilot Study.  Tobacco Control 11, Suppl. 2, ii 34-37. 2002.
  • Koh H:  Accomplishments of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program.  Tobacco Control 11 Suppl. 2: ii1-3, 2002.
  • Atkinson K, Zuckerman B, Sharfstein J, Levin D, Blatt R, Koh H:  A Public Health Response to Emerging Technology:  Expansion of the Massachusetts Newborn Screening Program.  Public Health Reports 116: 122-131, 2001.
  • Sober A, Koh H, Wittenberg P, Washington C:  Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers. 15th Edition, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Braunwald E ed McGraw-Hill, New York, Pgs. 554-558, 2001.
  • Coogan P, Geller A, Adams M, Benjes L, Koh H:  Sun Protection Practices in Pre-adolescents and Adolescents:  A School-Based Survey of almost 25,000 Connecticut Schoolchildren.  Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 44:512-9, 2001.
  • Geller A, Prout M, Sun T, Krane R, Schroy P, Demierre M, Benjes L, Baki J, Mozden P, Koh H, Stanfield L:  Cancer Skills Laboratories for Medical Students: A Promising Approach for Cancer Education.  Journal of Cancer Education 15; 196-199, 2000.