John Gunstad

Research Areas:

• Clinical - Adult
• Clinical - Health

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. 

Research Institutes and Initiatives:

• Kent State University Student Life Study
• Human Performance Education, Research, and Outreach (HERO) Initiative