She serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Science Policy & Governance.[3]
Significant publications
Book
Haug, M, R. Whalen, R.E; Aron, Cl., and Olsen, K (Eds.). The Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behaviour. Dordrecht: Kluwar Academic Publishers, 1993.
Book chapters
Olsen, K.L. and Carlson, A., "Federal Science Policy: A Perspective from Inside the Beltway" in Defining Values for Research and Technology-The University's Changing Role. Greenough, W.T, McConnaughay, P. J., and Kesan, J. P. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
Olsen, K.L., "Sex and the Mutant Mouse: Strategies for Understanding the Sexual Differentiation of the Brain," in NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behaviour. M. Haug, R. Whalen, Cl. Aron, and K. L. Olsen (Eds.) Dordrecht: Kluwar Academic Publishers, 1993.
Olsen, K.L., "Genetic Influences on Sexual Behavior Differentiation," in Sexual Differentiation: A Life-Span Approach, Handbook of Neurobiology. Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. A. Gerall, H. Moltz, and I. L. Ward (Eds.) Plenum Press, 1992, pp. 1–40.
Olsen, K.L., "Aromatization: Is It Critical for Differentiation of Sexually Dimorphic Behaviors?" in Neurobiology. R. Gilles and J. Balthazart (Eds.) Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1985, pp. 149–164.
Olsen, K.L., "Genetic Determinants of Sexual Differentiation," in Hormones and Behavior in Higher Vertebrates. J. Balthazart, E. Prove, and R. Gilles (Eds.). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1983, pp. 138–158,
Fox, T.O., Olsen, K.L., Vito, C.C., and Wieland, S.J., "Putative Steroid Receptors: Genetics and Development," in Molecular Genetics and Neurosciences: A New Hybrid. F.O. Schmitt, S.J. Bird, and F.E. Bloom (Eds.). New York: Raven Press, 1983, pp. 289–306.
Olsen, Kathie. L.; Neysa M. Call; Melissa A. Summers; and Ann B. Carlson. "The Evolution of Excellence: Policies, Paradigms, and Practices Shaping U.S. Research and Development. In China, India, and the United States (Special Issue)". Technology in Society: An International Journal, vol. 30, no. 3-4, 2008.
Goldin, D. S.; Dahl, C. A.; Olsen, K. L.; Ostrach, L. H.; Klausner, R. D. (2001). "Biomedicine. The NASA-NCI collaboration on biomolecular sensors". Science. 292 (5516): 443–444. doi:10.1126/science.1059744. PMID11330296. S2CID44386403.
Olsen, K. L.; Heydorn, W. E.; Rodriguez-Sierra, J. F.; Jacobowitz, D. M. (1989). "Quantification of proteins in discrete brain regions of androgen-insensitive testicular feminized Tfm mice". Neuroendocrinology. 50 (4): 392–399. doi:10.1159/000125254. PMID2812273.
Olsen, K. L.; Edwards, E.; Schechter, N.; Whalen, R. E. (1988). "Muscarinic receptors in preoptic area and hypothalamus: Effects of cyclicity, sex and estrogen treatment". Brain Research. 448 (2): 223–229. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(88)91259-0. PMID3378147. S2CID41369568.
Olsen, K. L. (1988). "A comparison of the effects of three androgens on sexual differentiation in female hamsters". Physiology & Behavior. 42 (6): 569–573. doi:10.1016/0031-9384(88)90159-x. PMID3261873. S2CID5540312.
Whalen, R. E.; Gladue, B. A.; Olsen, K. L. (1986). "Lordotic behavior in male rats: Genetic and hormonal regulation of sexual differentiation". Hormones and Behavior. 20 (1): 73–82. doi:10.1016/0018-506x(86)90030-9. PMID3957262. S2CID24726154.
Olsen, K. L.; Whalen, R. E. (1984). "Dihydrotestosterone activates male mating behavior in castrated King-Holtzman rats". Hormones and Behavior. 18 (4): 380–392. doi:10.1016/0018-506x(84)90024-2. PMID6519654. S2CID38442925.
Olsen, K. L. (1983). "Effects of 17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-estra-4,9,11-triene-3-one (R 1881): Evidence for direct involvement of androgens in the defeminization of behaviour in rats". The Journal of Endocrinology. 98 (3): 431–438. doi:10.1677/joe.0.0980431. PMID6604780.
Olsen, K. L.; Whalen, R. E. (1982). "Estrogen binds to hypothalamic nuclei of androgen-insensitive (tfm) rats". Experientia. 38 (1): 139–140. doi:10.1007/bf01944575. PMID7056359. S2CID13136260.
Olsen, K. L.; Whalen, R. E. (1981). "Hormonal control of the development of sexual behavior in androgen-insensitive (tfm) rats". Physiology & Behavior. 27 (5): 883–886. doi:10.1016/0031-9384(81)90058-5. PMID7323196. S2CID1600059.
Whalen, R. E.; Olsen, K. L. (1981). "Role of aromatization in sexual differentiation: Effects of prenatal ATD treatment and neonatal castration". Hormones and Behavior. 15 (2): 107–122. doi:10.1016/0018-506x(81)90022-2. PMID7250905. S2CID36765150.
Olsen, K. L. (1979). "Induction of male mating behavior in androgen-insensitive (tfm) and Normal (King-Holtzman) male rats: Effect of testosterone propionate, estradiol benzoate, and dihydrotestosterone". Hormones and Behavior. 13 (1): 66–84. doi:10.1016/0018-506x(79)90035-7. PMID521021. S2CID44397548.
Whalen, R. E.; Olsen, K. L. (1978). "Prednisolone modifies estrogen-induced sexual differentiation". Behavioral Biology. 24 (4): 549–553. doi:10.1016/s0091-6773(78)91023-4. PMID747592.
Whalen, R. E.; Olsen, K. L. (1978). "Chromatin binding of estradiol in the hypothalamus and cortex of male and female rats". Brain Research. 152 (1): 121–131. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(78)90138-5. PMID679020. S2CID32749637.