HEALTH AND EMOTIONS RESEARCH LABORATORY

Dept. of Psychology  ~ University at Buffalo

 

People – Spring 2008

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.

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

Micah Geer

RECENT GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE STILL INVOLVED WITH RESEARCH

Laura Abrams
Reggie Byron
Mauricio Carvallo
Jessica Englert
Michelle Harper
Debbie Hughes
Melissa Morgan Laidman
Nick Schlienz 

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 Spring 2008:

Amanda Blando

Gary Kwok
Yasmin Raza

Amanda Wilson

Undergraduate students interested in research experience should contact Dr. Hastrup by the middle of the preceding semester. Academic credit is available 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 we undertake.  Lab meetings for Spring 2008 will be at 3 pm on Fridays -- check with Dr. Hastrup regarding specific dates.

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) a minimum GPA of 3.0 during the past two semesters.

Research

Recent projects include research on: 1) assessing awareness of, and developing methods to educate people about, multifactorial causation, including gene-environment-behavior interactions in disease; 2) beliefs about tobacco, cigarette filters, and nicotine, including nicotine replacement products.  It is expected that one research project this fall will focus on ethical issues in disclosure of family health information.

Representative publications:

  • Hastrup, J. L., Thomas, S. N., & Edelstein, M. R. (2007).  Fear of Cancer in a Rural Appalachian Community Following Notification of an Environmental Hazard.  Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, 14, 93-115.
  • 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 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 4/30/08.