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Jan Gryczynski Degree: M.A., Applied Sociology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County |
Research Interests
Jan Gryczynski’s research interests include the design and investigation of behavioral health interventions and service delivery processes, with an emphasis on underserved populations. Within this context, his work has examined the role of social, cultural, and policy factors in shaping health behavior, service system practices, and outcomes. Currently, he is working as the Evaluator of a community participatory research project to prevent infectious diseases among urban American Indians. He is also currently working on several studies funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, including as Project Manager of a randomized clinical trial of counseling intensity for African Americans treated with buprenorphine; as Co-Investigator on a project to design an innovative computerized HIV risk reduction intervention; and as Co-Investigator and Project Manager of a clinical trial comparing the effectiveness of clinician- vs. computer-delivered brief intervention for illicit drug misuse, conducted at two health centers in New Mexico. He is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Selected Publications
Gryczynski, J., Kinlock, T. W., Kelly, S. M., O’Grady, K. E., Gordon, M. S., & Schwartz, R. P. (in press). Opioid agonist maintenance for probationers: Patient-level predictors of treatment retention, drug use, and crime. Substance Abuse. Abstract
Gryczynski, J., Mitchell, S. G., Peterson, T., Gonzales, A., Moseley, A., & Schwartz, R. P. (in press). The relationship between services delivered and substance use outcomes in New Mexico's Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment (SBIRT) Initiative. Drug & Alcohol Dependence. Abstract
Gryczynski, J., & Ward, B.W. (2011). Social norms and the relationship between religiosity and cigarette use among adolescents in the United States. Health Education & Behavior, 38(1): 39-48. Abstract
Gryczynski, J., Feldman, R., Carter-Pokras, O., Kanamori, M., Chen, L., & Roth, S. (2010). 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.