The Lustyk Women’s Health Lab within the Department of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University is housed within the research core of Marston Hall. We have several active members including graduate and undergraduate students all investigating the stress response in women. Our lab is equipped to measure psychological, physiological, and neuroendocrine stress responses to various laboratory stressors. Topics actively being investigated by Dr. Lustyk and her research team include:

• Interrelationships Among:

(1) Mindfulness and Premenstrual Craving

(2) The Menstrual Cycle and Substance Use and Abuse

• Mindfulness Meditation Effects on:

  (1) Stress Reactivity and Recovery in Women

  (2) Substance Use and Abuse in Women

  (3) Symptom Severity in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome 

• Stress Reactivity and Recovery in Women:

  (1) Assessment of Menstrual Cycle Phase and Stressor Type

• The Role of Premenstrual Symptom Severity in Cyclical Stress Reactivity and Recovery

If you are interested in participating or volunteering in the research of the Lustyk Women's Health Lab email Dr. Lustyk at klustyk@spu.edu or Haley Douglas at carroh@spu.edu.