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
Marketing little cigars and cigarillos : Advertising, price, and associations with neighborhood demographics
Failed retrieving data.Smoker reactivity to cues : Effects on craving and on smoking behavior
Failed retrieving data.Alcohol and Group Formation : A Multimodal Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol on Emotion and Social Bonding
Failed retrieving data.Individual mobility patterns and real-time geo-spatial exposure to point-of-sale tobacco marketing
Failed retrieving data.Relapse dynamics during smoking cessation : recurrent abstinence violation effects and lapse-relapse progression.
Failed retrieving data.Do smokers crave cigarettes in some smoking situations more than others? Situational correlates of craving when smoking
Failed retrieving data.Cigarette-by-Cigarette Satisfaction During Ad Libitum Smoking
Failed retrieving data.Patterns of intermittent smoking : An analysis using Ecological Momentary Assessment
Failed retrieving data.Effects of smoking abstinence and alcohol consumption on smoking-related outcome expectancies in heavy smokers and tobacco chippers
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of residual invasive disease after core needle biopsy diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ
Failed retrieving data.Trajectories of Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Maternal Sensitivity, and Children's Functioning at School Entry
Failed retrieving data.Effects of alcohol on group formation among male social drinkers
Failed retrieving data.Effects of smoking urge on temporal cognition
Failed retrieving data.Effects of alcohol on risk-seeking behavior : A group-level analysis
Failed retrieving data.Effects of alcohol on controlled and automatic memory processes
Failed retrieving data.Brain vasopressin and sodium appetite
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