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Bryan, Angela

Professor

Positions

Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience
Chair, Psychology and Neuroscience
Assoc Chair, Psychology and Neuroscience

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. Bryan is co-director of the CU Center for Health and Neuroscience, Genes, and Environment where the main thrust of her research has focused on a transdisciplinary approach to the study of health and risk behavior, and the development of interventions to improve health behaviors including physical activity, diet, sexual risk behavior, and substance use. Most recently, she and her colleagues have been heavily focused on the public health implications of cannabis legalization. They study harm reduction in the context of high potency concentrates as well as potential benefits of cannabis in terms of anxiety, pain, opiate use, and cancer. Dr. Bryan’s work has been continuously funded by NIH institutes including NIAAA, NCI, NIA, NIDA, and NINR.

keywords

health psychology, health behavior, exercise, diet, cannabis, genetics, neurocognition, biopsychosocial model, HIV/STD, mating psychology

Publications

selected publications

chapter
- STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING. 119-136. 2016
- From Genes to Behavior Change: Treatment Response as an Intermediate Phenotype. 327-344. 2013
- Group motivational interviewing for young people at risk for alcohol and other drug use 2011
- Risk taking behavior 2004
- Prevention of HIV/AIDS in School-Aged Children 2003
conference proceeding
- FEASIBILITY AND PRELIMINARY EFFECTS OF A VIDEOCONFERENCE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTERVENTION FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SURVIVORS. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. S353-S353. 2024
- Aerobic Exercise Reduces Repetitive Element Transcript Expression In Older Adults: Role Of Dna Methylation. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 315-315. 2023
- EFFECTS OF YOGA ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH: THEORY-BASED MECHANISMS OF AN ANCIENT PRACTICE. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. S400-S400. 2023
- POSTER SESSION D: RUNNING HIGH: ACUTE EFFECTS OF LEGAL-MARKET CANNABIS USE ON THE SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF EXERCISE IN A NATURALISTIC SETTING. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. S453-S453. 2023
- Short-Term Anxiolytic and Harm-Reducing Effects of Cannabidiol in Cannabis Flower. Neuropsychopharmacology. 467-467. 2022
journal article
- Investigating the Relationship Between Cannabis Expectancies and Anxiety, Depression, and Pain Responses After Acute Flower and Edible Cannabis Use. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 71-80. 2025
- Repetitive element transcript accumulation is associated with inflammaging in humans. Geroscience. 5663-5679. 2024
- Dyadic cannabis use, alcohol use and relationship satisfaction: A daily diary study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2024
- LOTUS: Protocol for a double-blind placebo controlled randomized trial of hemp-derived cannabidiol for the treatment of cannabis use disorder. PLoS One. 2024
- Edible cannabis for chronic low back pain: associations with pain, mood, and intoxication. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2024

Teaching

courses taught

PSYC 1001 - General Psychology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2023
Provides a foundation for engaging with scientific research on human behavior, and surveys the basic principles and theories of psychology. Topics include biological and hereditary influences on behavior; human perception, attention, learning, and memory; social influences; personality; psychiatric disorders and treatments.
PSYC 3111 - Psychological Science 2: Research Methods in Psychology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
Provides a foundation in research methodology to give students the ability to design, conduct, analyze, and present (both verbally and in writing) an empirical study in psychology. Allows students to be effective producers and consumers of research.
PSYC 4011 - Senior Thesis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022
Critically reviews some aspect of psychological literature, scholarly analysis of a major psychological issue, and/or empirical research project. See the psychology honors director for further information.
PSYC 4541 - Special Topics in Psychology - Social Science
Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021
Examines individual or social dimensions of human behavior. Students will develop expertise in basic theories, as well as in measurement techniques and data interpretation regarding issues of societal significance. Students will consider applications of that knowledge, ranging from the development of new theory to solving problems. Particular section content is determined by instructor. PSYC 4541 and/or PSYC 4551 may be taken 3 times with different topics, for a total of 9 credits
PSYC 4606 - Advanced Topics in Social Psychology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2023
In-depth study of selected topics in social psychology. Particular section content each semester is determined by the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours, provided the topics vary.

PSYC 5606 - Proseminar: Social-Personality Psychology
Secondary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
Provides a thorough introduction to methods and theories in social psychology concerned with topics such as the self, social cognition, judgment and decision making, attitude formation and change, small group processes, inter-group relations, health and social psychology, and others. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.

PSYC 5656 - Advanced Graduate Research Methods
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2024
Provides training in the philosophical roots of empirical research, inference of causality, internal and external validity and reliability. These topics will be covered as they relate to a range of research designs including passive observational, experimental, quasi-experimental, meta-analytic and longitudinal. Additional topics include statistical inference and research ethics.

PSYC 6606 - Professional Issues in Social Psychology
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
Covers a range of topics important for professional development in social psychology, including preparation and delivery of research presentations, preparation of grant proposals and manuscripts, and peer review of manuscripts. Intended to prepare students for careers as research scientists. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

PSYC 6951 - Master's Thesis
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.

PSYC 7536 - Personality and Social Psychology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2023
Selected topics in the area of social-personality psychology. Students may register for more than one section of this course within the term and/or within their graduate career. These seminars may be on one of the following topics: stereotyping and prejudice, social neuroscience, person perception, social psychology and the self, health and social psychology, race and ethnic identity, or social cognition. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours.

Background

education and training

Ph.D., Arizona State University 1997
M.A., Arizona State University 1994
B.A., University of California-Los Angeles 1992

awards and honors

Hazel Barnes Prize, conferred by Office of the Chancellor, 2024
Fellow, conferred by American Psychological Association, 2016
Fellow, conferred by American Psychological Association, 2013
Fellow, conferred by American Psychological Association, 2012
SBM Fellows, conferred by Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2011

International Activities

geographic focus

Netherlands Country
South Africa Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6019-3380

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bzUUqbQAAAAJ&hl=en