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 Mindfulness, Body Awareness, and Premenstrual Symptomatology
• Mindfulness Meditation Effects on Stress Reactivity and Recovery in Women
• Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Symptom Severity in Women with Premenstrual Syndrome 
• Stress Reactivity and Recovery in Women: Assessment of Menstrual Cycle Phase and Stressor Type
• Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Exercise and Quality of Life in Women
• The Role of Premenstrual Symptom Severity in Cyclical Stress Reactivity and Recovery