John Gunstad, Ph.D.
Biography
Research Areas:
Does Dr. Gunstad plan to recruit a doctoral student for the next incoming class?
Specialty:
Clinical Neuropsychology, Health, and Sport Psychology
Research Interests:
Students in Dr. Gunstad’s lab conduct research on a broad range of topics related to clinical psychology, with a particular interest in: 1) interventions that can improve mental and physical health outcomes; and 2) strategies to facilitate peak performance. Much of this research is conducted through the Kent State University Student Life Study (https://www.kent.edu/student-life-study), a first-of-its-kind project that will follow 10,000 KSU undergraduates to graduation and beyond to better understand mental, physical, occupational, and social health outcomes during this critical life stage.
Lab Site:
Science of Health Interventions and Peak Performance (SHIPP) Lab
Courses Frequently Taught:
- Introduction to Psychological Assessment (graduate)
- Psychology for Everyday Life (undergraduate)
Publications:
- Burke, E.M., Jenkins, T., Boles, R., Mitchell, J., Inge, T., Gunstad, J., for the Teen-LABS Consortium (2024). Cognitive function 10 years after adolescent bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. Online ahead of print.
- Bond, D., Heinberg, L., Crosby, R., Laam, L., Mitchell, J., Schumacher, L., Gunstad, J., & Steffen, K. (2023). Associations between changes in activity and dietary behaviors after metabolic and bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery, 33, 3062-3068.
- Burke, E., Gunstad, J., Pavlenko, O., & Hamrick, P. (2024). Distinguishable features of spontaneous speech in Alzheimer’s disease and healthy controls. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 31, 575-586.
- Sanborn, V., Gunstad, J., Shrestha, R, Mistler, C., & Copenhaver, M. (2022). Cognitive profiles in persons with opioid use disorder enrolled in methadone treatment. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 29, 462-468.
- Bailey, C., Meyer, J., Soden, D., Tangen, C., Deane, R., Briskin, S., Gunstad, J., Fastenau, P., Smith, P., Solomon, M., & Weiss Kelly, A. (2022). SCAT5 sex differences: normative data, clinical thresholds, and relevance for identification of concussion. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 37, 1536-1544.