Office: Muenzinger D351C
Education:聽PhD,聽Arizona State University, 1997
Research Interests:聽The main thrust of my research has focused on a transdisciplinary approach to the study of health and risk behavior, and the development of theory-based interventions to improve health behaviors including physical activity and healthy diet and reduce risk behaviors including unsafe sexual behavior and substance use. Most recently, I and my colleagues have been heavily focused on the public health implications of cannabis legalization. We study harm reduction in the context of high potency cannabis concentrates and the potential influence of cannabis on the obesity epidemic as well as potential benefits of cannabis in terms of anxiety, pain, opiate use, and the amelioration of side effects due to cancer and its treatment. We also study the relationship of cannabis to physical activity and the potential risks and benefits of cannabis use among older adults. With students and postdocs, I pursue secondary interests in evolutionary social and health psychology with a focus on attraction and mating and on the role our evolution as a species may play in current health behavior challenges.
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