HEALTH
Dept. of Psychology
~ University at
People –Fall 2009
DIRECTOR:
Dr. Jan Hastrup
(Park 321; 716-645-0217; e-mail: jhastrup@buffalo.edu).
Dr. Hastrup has
a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and an M.S. in Epidemiological Research; her
research is interdisciplinary, and involves cognitive health psychology and
public health, especially prevention. She is a faculty member in the
Department of Psychology in the University at Buffalo and is affiliated with
the Behavioral Neuroscience Area, and has an additional appointment in the
Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine. She accepts graduate
students with an interest in Health Psychology into the Master's Program in the
Dept. of Psychology.
ASSOCIATED FACULTY:
Dr.
Len Simms
Dr.
Erwin Segal
In addition,
there are several collaborative projects in progress with members of the Cancer
Prevention, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics Department at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute (Drs. K. Michael Cummings, Andrew Hyland, Gary Giovino, Richard
O'Connor, Susan McCann, Maansi Travers, and Martin Mahoney).
CURRENT
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Anne Bartone
Shannon Sweeney
Tom Welch
Matt Wisniewski
RECENT
GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO
Laura Abrams
Reggie Byron
Mauricio Carvallo
Jessica Englert
Michelle Harper
Debbie Hughes
Graduate students who are interested in participating in the
research in this laboratory may contact Dr. Hastrup at any time during the
calendar year. Dr. Hastrup accepts one or more students each year who
have interests in health psychology for the M.A. program in Psychology .
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS for Fall 2009:
Laurelle Bona
Mason Bucior
Danielle Smith
Chelsea Virgadamo
Requirements for
applying to work in this research group are:
1) an
interest in research in the health or emotions areas or in scientific
methodology;
2) good
interpersonal skills;
3) excellent
work habits (responsibility; punctuality; attention to detail); and
4) 3.0 GPA (minimum) past 2 semesters required; 3.3 GPA past 2
semesters highly recommended.
Undergraduate
students interested in research experience should contact Dr. Hastrup by the middle
of the preceding semester. Academic credit is available through PSY 498 and
hours are flexible, except for 60-75 minute lab meetings at which attendance is
required and which will be announced in advance.
Students are
involved in planning, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting research, and are
usually exposed to 2 or 3 different projects each semester. The weekly
lab meeting allows us not only to take care of organizing these efforts, but
also to discuss the design and interpretation of the research.
Lab members need
to be responsible and punctual, and pay careful attention to research
procedures in working with participants.
Everyone involved in conducting research sessions also completes the
online behavioral CITI course to fulfill educational requirements.
https://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp
Before beginning
this, please see the Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review
Board's helpful instructions at
http://www.research.buffalo.edu/rsp/irb/behavioral_sciences/Submitting_Information_SBSIRB.cfm
Students are
expected to develop skills in using the SPSS program for data analysis; some
lab meetings will be devoted to teaching this program, with additional practice
time available. Research assistants are
also expected to explore a research topic and give a brief presentation at the
end-of-semester meeting; more information about this assignment and some
examples will be given during lab meetings.
Undergraduate
research assistants spend an average of 8 hrs./week including lab meetings,
conducting research sessions, gaining experience with SPSS, and preparing the
presentation. The hours are fairly flexible, except for
the lab meeting which is required.
Research
Current projects
include research on: 1) beliefs about tobacco, cigarette filters, and nicotine,
including nicotine replacement products; 2) assessing awareness of, and
developing methods to educate people about, multifactorial causation, including
gene-environment-behavior interactions in disease; duration of impact of health
educational materials in both of the above areas.
Representative publications:
- Keefe, S. E. , Hastrup, J. L., & Thomas, S.
N. (2005). Psychological testing in Appalachia. In S. E.
Keefe (Ed.), Appalachian cultural competency.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
- Cummings, K. M., Hyland, A., Giovino, G. A.,
Hastrup, J. L., Bauer, J., & Bansal, M. A. (2004). Are smokers
adequately informed about the health risks of smoking and medicinal
nicotine? Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6, S333-S340.
- Bansal, M. A., Cummings, K. M., Hyland, A.,
Bauer, J. L. Hastrup, J. L., & Steger, C. (2004). Do
smokers want to know more about the cigarettes they smoke? Results
from the EDUCATE study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research,
6, S289-S302.
- Piniewski-Bond, J., Celestino, P. B., Mahoney,
M. C., Farrell, C. D., Bauer, J. E., Hastrup, J. L., & Cummings,
K. M. (2003). A cancer genetics education campaign: Delivering
parallel messages to clinicians and the public. Journal of Cancer
Education, 18, 95-99.
- Feskanich,
D., Hastrup, J. L., Marshall, J. R., Colditz, G. A., Stampfer, M.J.,
Willett, W. C., & Kawachi, I. (2002). Stress and suicide in the Nurses'
Health Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56,
95-98.
- Hastrup,
J.L., Kraemer, D.T., Bornstein, R., & Trezza, G. (2001). Crying frequency
across the lifespan. Chapter in R. Cornelius & A.
Vingerhoets (Eds.), Adult crying: Psychological and psychobiological
aspects (pp. 55-70). Harwood.
- Hastrup, J. L., Cummings, K. M., Swedrock, T.,
Hyland, A., & Pauly, J. L. (2001). Consumers' knowledge and
beliefs about the safety of cigarette filters. Tobacco Control,
10, 84.
- Cummings, K. M., Hastrup, J. L., Swedrock, T.,
Hyland, A., Perla, J., & Pauly, J. L. (2000). Consumers'
perception of risk associated with filters contaminated with glass
fibers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention, 9,
977-979.
- Swedrock, T.L., Hyland, A., & Hastrup, J.
(1999). Changes in the focus of cigarette advertisements in the
1950s. Tobacco Control, 8, 111-112.
- Marshall, J.R., Hastrup, J.L., & Ross,
J.S. (1999). Mismeasurement and the resonance of strong
confounders: Correlated errors. American Journal of Epidemiology, 150,
88-96.
Lab facilities:
Park 340 is a
research/data processing/interview room
Park 341A serves
as both a group research room and a meeting/work area
Park 327 is the
office and message center
Park 316 is the
waiting area for research participants
Some research
projects may take place at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in downtown
Buffalo. Roswell is easily accessible by car and by public
transportation.
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This page is
maintained by Dr.
Jan Hastrup, and was last updated on 11/20/09.