Education:
BA,
Psychology, Lafayette College, 1968
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Ohio University, 1973
Profile:
Dr. Epstein is Distinguished Professor in the Departments
of Pediatrics and Social and Preventive Medicine at the University
at Buffalo, and the Chief of the Division of Behavioral Medicine.
Dr. Epstein is PI on four NIH grants.
Research Interests:
Dr. Epstein's research interests focus on health behavior
change and determinants of eating, physical activity and drug
self-administration.
Selected Publications:
- Epstein, L.H., Paluch, R.A., Consalvi,
A., Riordan, K. & Scholl, T. (2002). Effects of manipulating
sedentary behavior on physical activity and food intake.
Journal of Pediatrics, 140, 334-339.
- Goldfield, G.S., & Epstein, L.H.
(2002). Can fruits and vegetables and activities substitute
for snack foods? Health Psychology, 21, 299-303.
- Epstein, L.H., Saad, F.G., Handley, E.A.,
Roemmich, J.N., & Hawk, L.W. (2003). Habituation
of salivation and motivated responding for food in children.
Appetite, 41, 283-289.
- Wrotniak, B.H., Epstein, L.H., Paluch,
R.A., & Roemmich, J.N. (2004) Parent weight change
as a predictor of child weight change in family-based behavioral
obesity treatment. Arch. Pediatr. Adolesc. Med., 158,
342-347.
- Epstein, L.H., Wright, S.M., Paluch,
R.A., Leddy, J., Hawk, L.W., Jaroni, J.L., Saad, F.G., Crystal-Mansour,
S., & Lerman, C. (2004) Food hedonics and reinforcement
as determinants of laboratory food intake in smokers. Physiology
& Behavior, 81, 511-517.
- Epstein, L.H., Wright, S.M., Paluch,
R.A., Leddy, J.J., Hawk, L.W., Jaroni, J.L., Saad, F.G.,
Crystal-Mansour, S., Shields, P.G., & Lerman, C. (2004)
Relation between food reinforcement and dopamine genotypes
and its effect on food intake in smokers. Am. J. Clin.
Nutr., 80, 82-88.
- Epstein, L.H., Paluch, R.A., Kilanowski,
C.K., & Raynor, H.A. (2004) The effect of reinforcement
or stimulus control to reduce sedentary behavior in the
treatment of pediatric obesity. Health Psychology, 23,
371-380.
- Epstein, L.H., Roemmich, J.N., Paluch,
R.A., & Raynor, H.A. (2005). Influence of changes
in sedentary behavior on energy and macronutrient intake
in youth. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 18, 361-366.
- Epstein, L.H., Saad, F.G., Giacomelli,
A.M., & Roemmich, J.N. (2005) Effects of allocation
of attention on habituation to olfactory and visual food
stimuli in children. Physiology & Behavior, 84,
313-319.
Professional Affiliations:
Dr. Epstein is a fellow in numerous scientific organizations,
and has been the President of the division of Health Psychology,
and recipient of the American Psychological Association Award
for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology.
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