Keck School Faculty

Kayla de la Haye

Kayla de la Haye

Research Scientist (Staff)
Dornsife Center For Economic & Social Research
SSB 2001 N Soto St University Park Campus Los Angeles

International Network for Social Network Analysis: Freeman Award, 2018

RAND Corporation: Brook Scholar Award, 2013

University of Adelaide: Franz Dalziel Prize for Thesis in Psychology, 2011

Australian Psychological Society: Excellent Higher Degree Thesis in Health Psychology, 2011

University of Adelaide: Doctoral Research Medal, 2011

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation: CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship Scholarship, 2007-2010

Estimation of COVID-19 risk-stratified epidemiological parameters and policy implications for Los Angeles County through an integrated risk and stochastic epidemiological model medRxiv. 2020 Dec 14. . View in PubMed

Automatic, wearable-based, in-field eating detection approaches for public health research: a scoping review NPJ Digit Med. 2020; 3:38. . View in PubMed

Identifying Social Network Conditions that Facilitate Sedentary Behavior Change: The Benefit of Being a "Bridge" in a Group-based Intervention Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 06 12; 17(12). . View in PubMed

The role of maternal social networks on the outcomes of a home-based childhood obesity prevention pilot intervention J Soc Struct. 2019 Aug; 20(3):7-28. . View in PubMed

Intergenerational exchange of healthful eating encouragement: Consideration of family ancestry and disease history Fam Syst Health. 2019 12; 37(4):302-313. . View in PubMed

Personal Network Characteristics as Predictors of Change in Obesity Risk Behaviors in Early Adolescence J Res Adolesc. 2019 09; 29(3):710-723. . View in PubMed

Smoking Diffusion through Networks of Diverse, Urban American Adolescents over the High School Period J Health Soc Behav. 2019 09; 60(3):362-376. . View in PubMed

Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis PLoS Med. 2019 09; 16(9):e1002890. . View in PubMed

In-home obesity prevention in low-income infants through maternal and social transmission Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 02; 77:61-69. . View in PubMed

Sensing eating mimicry among family members Transl Behav Med. 2019 05 16; 9(3):422-430. . View in PubMed

Collaboration in Complex Systems: Multilevel Network Analysis for Community-Based Obesity Prevention Interventions Sci Rep. 2019 08 29; 9(1):12599. . View in PubMed

The Co-evolution of Bullying Perpetration, Homophobic Teasing, and a School Friendship Network J Youth Adolesc. 2018 03; 47(3):601-618. . View in PubMed

Adolescent peer networks and the moderating role of depressive symptoms on developmental trajectories of cannabis use Addict Behav. 2018 Jan; 76:34-40. . View in PubMed

Analytic Strategies for Longitudinal Networks with Missing Data Soc Networks. 2017 Jul; 50:17-25. . View in PubMed

Home visitation programs: an untapped opportunity for the delivery of early childhood obesity prevention Obes Rev. 2017 02; 18(2):149-163. . View in PubMed

Let's Move Together Health Educ Behav. 2017 02; 44(1):141-152. . View in PubMed

The dual role of friendship and antipathy relations in the marginalization of overweight children in their peer networks: The TRAILS Study PLoS One. 2017; 12(6):e0178130. . View in PubMed

The Power of Place: Social Network Characteristics, Perceived Neighborhood Features, and Psychological Distress Among African Americans in the Historic Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Am J Community Psychol. 2016 09; 58(1-2):60-8. . View in PubMed

Longitudinal Associations of Homophobic Name-Calling Victimization With Psychological Distress and Alcohol Use During Adolescence J Adolesc Health. 2016 07; 59(1):110-5. . View in PubMed

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial testing the impact of feedback on familial risk of chronic diseases on family-level intentions to participate in preventive lifestyle behaviors BMC Public Health. 2016 09 13; 16:965. . View in PubMed

Whole of Systems Trial of Prevention Strategies for Childhood Obesity: WHO STOPS Childhood Obesity Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 11 16; 13(11). . View in PubMed

Quantifying a Systems Map: Network Analysis of a Childhood Obesity Causal Loop Diagram PLoS One. 2016; 11(10):e0165459. . View in PubMed

Befriending Risky Peers: Factors Driving Adolescents' Selection of Friends with Similar Marijuana Use J Youth Adolesc. 2015 Oct; 44(10):1914-28. . View in PubMed

Friendship Network Characteristics Are Associated with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Early Adolescence PLoS One. 2015; 10(12):e0145344. . View in PubMed

A prospective study of marijuana use change and cessation among adolescents Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Nov 01; 144:134-40. . View in PubMed

Predictors of parent-child relationships that support physical activity in Mexican-American families J Behav Med. 2014 Apr; 37(2):234-44. . View in PubMed

Peer influence on marijuana use in different types of friendships J Adolesc Health. 2014 Jan; 54(1):67-73. . View in PubMed

Covariance among multiple health risk behaviors in adolescents PLoS One. 2014; 9(5):e98141. . View in PubMed

Shared risk: who engages in substance use with American homeless youth? Addiction. 2013 Sep; 108(9):1618-24.. View in PubMed

Response to Rice & Rhoades (2013) Addiction. 2013 Sep; 108(9):1626-7. . View in PubMed

Re: "Are network-based interventions a useful antiobesity strategy? ". Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Sep 01; 178(5):837-8.. View in PubMed

Selection and Influence Mechanisms Associated With Marijuana Initiation and Use in Adolescent Friendship Networks J Res Adolesc. 2013 Sep 01; 23(3). . View in PubMed

Peer influence and selection processes in adolescent smoking behavior: a comparative study Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Feb; 15(2):534-41. . View in PubMed

Neighborhood characteristics and the initiation of marijuana use and binge drinking Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Feb 01; 128(1-2):83-9. . View in PubMed

J Res Adolesc. 2012 Dec 01; 22(4):604-616. . View in PubMed

Influence of peers and friends on children's and adolescents' eating and activity behaviors Physiol Behav. 2012 Jun 06; 106(3):369-78. . View in PubMed

Homophily and contagion as explanations for weight similarities among adolescent friends J Adolesc Health. 2011 Oct; 49(4):421-7. . View in PubMed

How physical activity shapes, and is shaped by, adolescent friendships Soc Sci Med. 2011 Sep; 73(5):719-28. . View in PubMed

Kayla de la Haye is an Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California. She works to promote health and health equity by applying social network analysis and systems science. Her research, funded by the NIH, the NSF, and the DoD, focuses on family and community social networks and social-ecological systems to promote healthy eating, healthy lifestyles, and nutrition security, and to prevent chronic disease. She also studies the role of social networks and systems in group problem solving in families, teams, and coalitions. She serves on the Executive Committee of the International Network of Social Network Analysis (INSNA), and in 2018, she received the INSNA Freeman Award for significant contributions to the study of social structure. Dr. de la Haye holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Adelaide, Australia.
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