Associate Professor of Psychology

Clinical Science

Office: 323 Wilson Hall
Phone: (615) 322-7800
Fax: (615) 343-8449
Email:

Degrees

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982.

Research Area

Schlundt's area of interest is behavioral medicine with specific focuses on nutrition and behavior, and racial and ethnic health disparities. He is currently involved in several major studies including Project REACH 2010, a CDC funded demonstration project designed to reduce disparities in diabetes and heart disease among African American residents of North Nashville, and the Southern Community Cohort Study, a study funded by the National Cancer Institute to look at genetic, behavioral, psychological, nutritional, and environmental reasons behind ethnic disparities in cancer and other chronic illnesses between Blacks and Whites living in the Southeastern United States. Schlundt is also involved in developing and testing culturally competent approach to weight loss, increasing physical fitness, and preventing relapse after medical and behavioral interventions for diabetes.

Representative Publications

Schlundt, D.G., Hargreaves, M.K., Buchowski, M. (2003). The eating behavior patterns questionnaire predicts dietary fat intake in African American women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 3, 338-345.
Miller, S.T., Schlundt, D.G., Pichert, J.W., Ahmed, N.U. (2002). Shaping Environments for reductions in type 2 diabetes risk behaviors: A look at CVD and Cancer Interventions. Diabetes Spectrum, 14, 176-182
Hargreaves, M.K., Schlundt, D.G., Buchowski, M.S. (2002). Contextual Factors Influencing the Eating Behaviors of African American Women: A Focus Group Investigation, Ethnicity and Health, 7, 133-147.
Young-Hyman, D. Schlundt, D.G., Herman, L., De Luca, F., & Counts, D. (2001). Evaluation of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome in 5- to 10-Year-Old Overweight/Obese African-American Children. Diabetes Care, 24:1359-1364.
Schlundt, D.G., Mushi, C., & Larson, C. (2001). Use of Innovative Technologies in the Evaluation of Nashville's REACH 2010 Community Action Plan for Reducing Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in the African American Community. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 24, 51-60.
Young-Hyman, D., Schlundt, D.G., Herman, L., & Scott, D. (2000). Care giver perception of children's obesity-related health risk: A study of African American Families. Obesity Research, 8, 241-248.
Schlundt, D.G., Stetson, B.A., & Plant, D.D. (1999). Situation taxonomy and behavioral diagnosis using prospective self-monitoring data: Application to dietary adherence in patients with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 21 , 19-36.
Schlundt, D.G., Plant, D. Rowe, S, & Pichert, J.W. (1999). What are the eating cognitions of children whose chronic diseases do and do not require attention to diet? Patient Education and Counseling, 36, 279-286.
Hargreaves, M.K., Schlundt, D.G., Buchowski, M. (1999). Stages of change and the intake of dietary fat in African American women: Improving stage assignment using a new Eating Style Questionnaire. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 99 (11), 1392-1399.