Thomas Kirchner
Thomas Kirchner
Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Dr. Thomas Kirchner is a clinical-health psychologist and methodologist interested in the analysis and graphical representation of longitudinal and geographic data, including methodologies that link individual behavior to the real-time context in which it occurs. Dr. Kirchner’s research targets momentary influences on the maintenance of health-related behavior utilizing both field-based (ecological momentary assessment) and laboratory-based paradigms. These geographic information systems and analytical methods can then inform public health, research, and policy.
As the Director and Principal Investigator of the mHealth (mobile health) Lab, Dr. Kirchner uses GIS to understand health-related behavior and decision-making in real time (e.g., how people make decisions about what they eat and drink, the places they go to exercise in their neighborhoods, the amount of time they spend outdoors, and whether they smoke cigarettes and/or marijuana). In the Lab, students apply mHealth tools to explore geospatial systems, technology, research, and community advocacy. Students learn how to leverage the power of their cell phones to collect data about neighborhoods and experiences.
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Education
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MS, Clinical and Biological/Health Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAPhD, Clinical and Biological/Health Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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Areas of research and study
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Behavioral Determinants of HealthGeographic Information Science (GIS)Geographically-explicit EMALongitudinal Data AnalysisSocial BehaviorsUrban InformaticsUrban Science
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Publications
Publications
Association of TAS2R38 haplotypes and menthol cigarette preference in an African American cohort
Failed retrieving data.Indicators of dependence for different types of tobacco product users : Descriptive findings from Wave 1 (2013–2014) of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study
Failed retrieving data.Tobacco outlet density and converted versus native non-daily cigarette use in a national US sample
Failed retrieving data.A randomized trial comparing the effect of nicotine versus placebo electronic cigarettes on smoking reduction among young adult smokers
Failed retrieving data.American spirit pack descriptors and perceptions of harm : A crowdsourced comparison of modified packs
Failed retrieving data.Spatio-temporal determinants of mental health and well-being : advances in geographically-explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA)
Failed retrieving data.The Moment Study : Protocol for a mixed method observational cohort study of the Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems (ANDS) initiation process among adult cigarette smokers
Failed retrieving data.Tobacco retail outlet density and young adult tobacco initiation
Failed retrieving data.Cigarette price variation around high schools : Evidence from Washington DC
Failed retrieving data.Cue reactivity in converted and native intermittent smokers
Failed retrieving data.Electronic cigarette advertising at the point-of-sale : A gap in tobacco control research
Failed retrieving data.Implementation of a multimodal mobile system for point-of-sale surveillance : Lessons learned from case studies in washington, dc, and new york city
Failed retrieving data.National enforcement of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act at point-of-sale
Failed retrieving data.National Enforcement of the FSPTCA at Point-of-Sale
Failed retrieving data.The impact of the tobacco retail outlet environment on adult cessation and differences by neighborhood poverty
Failed retrieving data.Tobacco retail outlet advertising practices and proximity to schools, parks and public housing affect Synar underage sales violations in Washington, DC
Failed retrieving data.Cameras for public health surveillance : A methods protocol for crowdsourced annotation of point-of-sale photographs
Failed retrieving data.Cantrell et al. Respond
Failed retrieving data.Crowdsourcing applications for public health
Failed retrieving data.Longitudinal human mobility and real-time access to a national density surface of retail outlets
Failed retrieving data.Nicotine dependence, "background" and cue-induced craving and smoking in the laboratory
Failed retrieving data.Rapid grading of fundus photographs for diabetic retinopathy using crowdsourcing
Failed retrieving data.Cue reactivity in non-daily smokers : Effects on craving and on smoking behavior
Failed retrieving data.Ecological Momentary Assessment
Failed retrieving data.Geospatial exposure to point-of-sale tobacco : Real-time craving and smoking-cessation outcomes
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