KERYN E. PASCH, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor, Health Education
Kinesiology & Health Education

Office:
Bellmont Hall Room 514
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712
Mail code: D3700
Phone: 512-232-8295; Fax: 512-471-3845

E-mail: kpasch@mail.utexas.edu
Website: http://www.edb.utexas.edu/pasch/index.html

Keryn E. Pasch, M.P.H., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas, Austin. She received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology with a minor in Interpersonal Relationships Research from Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota and her Master’s in Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Pasch was also a National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Cancer Prevention and Control in the Michael and Susan Dell Center for the Advancement of Health Living at the Austin Regional Campus of the University of Texas School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the social, personal, and environmental influences on child and adolescent health, specifically the areas of substance use and obesity. 

Dr. Pasch's CV

Educational Background

  • 2008 National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, School of Public Health, UT Austin Regional Campus
  • 2007 Ph.D. University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis MN Behavioral Epidemiology
  • 2003 M.P.H. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC Health Behavior and Health Education
  • 1998 B.A. University of Illinois Chicago IL Psychology

Selected Publications

  • Fulkerson, J. A., Pasch, K. E., Stigler, M. H.,  Farbakhsh, K., Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A. (in press).  Longitudinal associations between family meals and parent-child communication among racially-diverse urban youth. Journal of Family Psychology
  • Pasch, K. E., Stigler, M. H., Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A. (in press). Parents' and children’s self report of parenting factors: How much do they agree and which is a stronger predictor of early adolescent alcohol use? Health Education Journal
  • Hearst, M. O., Pasch, K. E., Fulkerson, J. A., Lytle, L. A. (in press). Does weight status influence weight-related beliefs and the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages and fast food purchases in adolescents? Health Education Journal 
  • Samuelson, A., Lytle, L. A., Pasch, K. E., Farbakhsh, K., Moe, S. G., Sirard, J., Kubik, M.  (in press). The Physical Activity Climate in Minnesota Middle and High Schools. Journal of Physical Activity & Health
  • Pasch, K. E., Nelson, M. C., Lytle, L. A., Moe, S. G. (2010). Adolescent sleep, risk behaviors, and depressive symptoms: Are they linked? American Journal of Health Behavior, 34(2): 237-48.
  • Nelson, M. C., Pasch, K. E., Lust, K., Story, M, Ehlinger, E. (2009). Latent class analysis of lifestyle characteristics and health risk behaviors among college youth. Prevention Science, 10(4): 376-86.
  • Hearst, M. O., Lytle, L. A., Pasch, K. E., Heitzler, C. (2009). Inventory versus checklist approach to school vending and a la carte assessment. Journal of School Health, 79(12): 593-8.
  • Pasch, K. E., Perry, C. L., Stigler, M. H., Komro, K. A. (2009).  Sixth grade students who use alcohol: Do we need primary prevention programs for “tweens”? Health Education and Behavior; Aug;36(4):673-95
  • Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Hearst, M. O., Farbakhsh, K. (2009). Does outdoor alcohol advertising around elementary schools vary by the ethnicity of students in the school? Ethnicity and Health, 14(2): 225-236
  • Nelson, M. C., Lytle, L. A., Pasch, K. E. (2009). Improving literacy around energy-related issues: The need for a better understanding of the concepts behind energy intake and expenditure among adolescents and their parents. Journal of the American Dietetic Association; Feb;109(2):281-7
  • Pasch, K. E., Hearst, M. O., Nelson, M. C., Forsythe, A., Lytle, L. A. (2009). Alcohol outlets and youth alcohol use: Exposure in suburban areas. Health & Place; 15:642-646.
  • Fulkerson, J., Lytle, L. A., Nelson, M. C., Moe, S. G., Heitzler C., Pasch, K. E. (2008). The development and validation of a home food inventory that assesses foods implicated in the obesity epidemic. Journal of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 5: 55.
  • Fulkerson, J. A., Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L. (2008).  Relationships between alcohol-related informal social control, parental monitoring and adolescent problem behaviors among racially diverse urban youth. Journal of Community Health, Dec;33(6):425-33.
  • Pasch, K. E., Nelson, M. C., Lytle, L. A., Moe, S. G., Perry, C. L. (2008). The adoption of risk-related factors through early adolescence: Associations with weight status and implications for causal mechanisms. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43(4):387-93
  • Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Veblen-Mortenson, S., Farbakhsh, K., Toomey, T. L., Stigler, M. H., Jones-Webb, R., Kugler, K. C., Pasch, K. E., Williams, C. L. (2008). Outcomes from a randomized controlled trial of a multi-component alcohol use preventive intervention for urban youth: Project Northland Chicago. Addiction, 103(4), 521-698
  • Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Hearst, M. O., Farbakhsh, K. (2007). Outdoor alcohol advertising near schools: Where is it located, what does it advertise and how is it related to intentions and use among young adolescents? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68(4): 587-596.
  • Donenberg, G. R., Bryant, F. B., Emerson, E., Wilson, H. W., Pasch, K. E. (2003). Tracing the Roots of Early Sexual Debut Among Adolescents in Psychiatric Care. The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(5), 594-608.

Conference Presentations and Posters

  • Pasch, K. E., Klein, L., Nelson, M. C., Valezquez, C. E., Lytle, L. A. (2009, June). Weight perceptions and risk behaviors: Do over-estimators engage in more risky behaviors? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal.>
  • Pasch, K. E., Lytle, L. A., Samuelson, A., Farbakhsh, K., Kubik, M., Nelson, M. C., Heitzler, C. D. (2009, June). Are U.S. schools meeting the Institute of Medicine guidelines for food and beverage vending. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Hearst, M. O., Scherwood, N., Klein, E., Pasch, K. E. , Lytle, L.A., Fulkerson, J. F. (2009, June). Parental misperceptions of adolescent actual weight status and implications for home food environment, knowledge about energy balance and food related messages. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Lytle, L. A., Hearst, M. O., Fulkerson, J. A., Pasch, K. E., Klein, E, Martinson, B, Murray, D. (2009, June). Examining the relationship between positive family meals practices and weight status of parents and children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Staras, S. (2009, May). Risks associated with having older friends among urban young adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington DC.
  • Lytle, L. A., Pasch, K. E., Farbakhsh, K., Nelson, M. (2009, April). The relationship between sleep and weight in a sample of adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Experimental Biology Society, New Orleans, LA.
  • Nelson, M. C., Pasch, K. E. Lust, K., Story, M, Ehlinger, E. (2008, Oct). Weight related behaviors among 2-year and 4-year college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Farbakhsh, K. (2008, May). Alcohol advertising or parents: Which has more influence on youth’s alcohol behaviors, intentions, norms, and attitudes? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA. 
  • Pasch, K. E., Perry, C. L., Farbakhsh, K., Komro, K. A. (2008, May). Alcohol advertising and branded merchandise: Does exposure to advertising and acceptance of alcohol-branded merchandise influence alcohol use among early adolescents? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA.
  • Pasch, K. E., Nelson, M. C., Lytle, L. A., Moe, S. G., Fulkerson, J., Hearst, M. O. (2008, May). The influence of parent’s negative weight-related messages on youth’s weight satisfaction and dieting behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada.
  • Lytle, L. A., Pasch, K. E., Nelson, M. C. (2008, May). Examining the relationship between sleep and weight status in a cohort of adolescents: Results from the IDEA study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada.
  • Nelson, M. C., Pasch, K. E., Lust, K., Story, M., Ehlinger, E. (2008, May). Understanding the complex content of emerging adult weight behaviors: A latent class analysis of risk behaviors and lifestyle characteristics. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Banff, Canada.
  • Sterba, K. R., DeVellis, R. F., Pasch, K. E. (2008, March). Discrepancies in perceptions about mood in couples coping with osteoarthritis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, California.
  • Pasch, K. E., Lytle, L. A., Nelson, M. C., Moe, S. G., Perry, C. L. (2007, June). Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between weight status and factors of risk and resiliency in adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo, Norway.
  • DMoe, S. G., Nelson, M. C., Fulkerson, J., Pasch, K. E., Lytle, L. A. (2007, June). Psychometric testing of measures to assess the social ecological environment of obesity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Oslo, Norway.
  • Pasch, K. E., Perry, C. L., Stigler, M. H., Komro, K. A. (2007, May). How do parenting factors influence the trajectory of early adolescent alcohol use? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
  • Pasch, K. E., Stigler, M. H., Perry, C. L., Komro, K. A. (2007, May). Parents' and Kids' Self Report of Parenting Factors: How much do they agree and which is a better predictor of early adolescent alcohol use?  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
  • Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Hearst, M., Farbakhsh, K., & Alfano, K. A. (2006, June) Alcohol advertising around schools and youth drinking rates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.
  • Pasch, K. E., Perry, C. L., Stigler, M., Farbakhsh, K., Komro, K. A. (2006, June) Factors associated with early alcohol use among young teens. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.
  • Pasch, K. E., Komro, K. A., Perry, C. L., Alfano, K. A., Farbakhsh, K., Hearst, M. (2005, May) Alcohol advertising and youth alcohol use in inner-city Chicago. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
  • Lewis, M., Davis, R., Pasch, K.,  Schmal, S.  (2004, March).  Observational Methodology for Measuring Persuasive Communication Related to Health Behavior Change.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
  • Pasch, K. E., Jackson, C., Karriker Jaffe, K.  (2003, November).  Examining the Processes of Peer Influence and Peer Selection and their Relationship to Adolescent Alcohol Use.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Francisco, CA.

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