Jan Gryczynski Research Associate Degree: M.A., Applied Sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Phone: 410-837-3977 Email: jgryczynski@friendsresearch.org

Research Interests

Jan Gryczynski’s research has focused on the social contexts of substance use, abuse, intervention, and policy from various stakeholder perspectives using quantitative and qualitative approaches.  His research interests include human services policy, program evaluation, deviant behavior, and the social and policy ramifications of substance use.  Currently, Mr. Gryczynski is working on a community-based participatory research project aimed at improving behavioral health and service access among urban American Indians.  His role on the project includes community service needs research and the evaluation of a substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis prevention program targeting at-risk American Indians living in Baltimore, Maryland.  He is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Selected Publications

Gryczynski, J., Feldman, R., Carter-Pokras, O., Kanamori, M., Chen, L., & Roth, S. (in press). Contexts of tobacco use and perspectives on smoking cessation among a sample of urban American Indians. Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 21(2). Abstract

Gryczynski, J., Schwartz, R. P., O’Grady, K., & Jaffe, J. H. (2009). Dropout from interim methadone and subsequent comprehensive methadone maintenance. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 35, 394-398. Abstract
 
Gryczynski, J., Schwartz, R. P., O’Grady, K., & Jaffe, J. H. (2009). Treatment entry among individuals on a waiting list for methadone maintenance. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 35(5), 290-294. Abstract
 
Ward, B., & Gryczynski, J. (2009). Social learning theory and the effects of living arrangement on heavy alcohol use: Results from a national study of college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 70, 364-372. Abstract

Wiechelt, S. A., Gryczynski, J., & Johnson, J. L. (2009). Designing HIV preventative interventions for urban American Indians: Evolution of ‘The Don’t Forget Us’ program. Health & Social Work, 34(4), 301-304. Abstract

Ward, B., & Gryczynski, J. (2007). Alcohol use and participation in organized recreational sports among university undergraduates. Journal of American College Health 56(3), 273-280. Abstract

Johnson, J. L., Gryczynski, J., & Wiechelt, S. (2007). HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and hepatitis prevention needs of Native Americans living in Baltimore: In their own words. AIDS Education & Prevention, 19(6), 531-544. Abstract

Gryczynski, J., Johnson, J. L., & Coyhis, D. (2007). The healing forest metaphor revisited: The seen and unseen world of substance use. Substance Use & Misuse 42(2-3), 475-484. Abstract

Marsella, A., Watson, P., Johnson, J., & Gryczynski, J. (2007). Ethnocultural perspectives on disaster and trauma: Foundations, issues, and applications. New York: Springer.

Johnson, J. L., Baldwin, J., Haring, R. C., Wiechelt, S. A., Roth, S., Gryczynski, J., & Lozano, H. (2007). Chapter 4: Essential information for disaster management and trauma specialists working with American Indians. In A. Marsella, P. Watson, J. Johnson, and J. Gryczysnki (Eds.). Ethnocultural perspectives on disasters and trauma: Foundations, issues, and applications. New York: Springer.