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Amy Starosta, MA
 

  Background: Amy received her BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and her MA from Albany in 2011. Prior to beginning her graduate education, Amy worked with Kurt Barnhart, MD, MSCE, in the Reproductive Research Unit of the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. She in her 6th year of the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at the University at Albany, SUNY and is currently completing her clinical internship at Denver Health Medical Center in the Specialty Primary Care rotation. Prior to internship, Amy worked as a clinical and research extern at the Pediatric Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health and as a research and statistical associate at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University.

Research Interests:

  • Statistics & Psychometrics
  • Assessment and Treatment of Risky Sexual Behavior
  • HIV Prevention
  • Sexual Health
  • Behavioral Medicine
  • Behavioral Management of Pain in Chronic Illness

 

 

 

Current Projects:
Psychometrics for the Multidimensional Condom Attitudes Scale
Web-based motivational enhancement intervention to increase condom use among college women
Impact of sustained attention on pain intensity and pain interference in youth with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)
Decision making processes and Decision Aids for prostate cancer screening