Faculty and Staff
Brian R Flay
Professor
Faculty
College of Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
254 Waldo
Corvallis, OR 97331
| Phone: | 541-737-3837 |
| E-mail: | Brian.Flay@oregonstate.edu |
Research Interests
Dr. Flay's research interests include health promotion and disease prevention research; mass media for health promotion and prevention; smoking and drug abuse prevention; violence prevention; youth HIV/AIDS prevention; positive youth development; comprehensive school reform; prevention research methods and theory; prevention research training.
Publications
Colder, C. R., Flay, B. R., Segawa, E., Hedeker, D, & the Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN) (2008). Trajectories of smoking among freshmen college students with prior smoking history and risk for future smoking: Data from the University Project Tobacco Etiology Research Network UpTERN) study. Addiction, 103, 1534-1543.
Tiffany, S. T., Agnew, C. R., Maylath, N. K., Dierker, L., Flaherty, B., Richardson, E., Balster, R., Segress, M. H., Clayton, R., & the Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN). (2007). Smoking in college freshmen: University project of the Tobacco Etiology Research Network (UpTERN). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 9(1), S611-S625
Dierker, L, Lloyd-Richardson, E, Stolar, M, Flay, B, Tiffany, S, Collins, L, Bailey, S, Nichter, M, Nichter, M, Clayton, R (2006) The Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN). The proximal association between smoking and alcohol use among first year college students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 81:1-9
Emery, S, Wakefield, MA, Terry-McElrath, Y, Saffer, H, Szczypka, G, O'Malley, PM, Johnston, LD, Chaloupka, FJ, Flay, B (2005) Televised state-sponsored anti-tobacco advertising and youth smoking beliefs and behavior in the United States, 1999-2000. Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine 159:639-645
Flay, BR, Biglan, A, Boruch, RF, Castro, FG, Gottfredson, D, Kellam, S, Moscicki, EK, Schinke, S, Valentine, JC, Ji, P (2005) Standards of evidence: Criteria for efficacy, effectiveness and dissemination. Prevention Science 6(3):151-175
Flay, BR, Collins, LM. (2005). Historical review of school-based randomized trials for evaluating problem behavior prevention programs. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 599, 115-146
Segawa, E, Ngwe, JE, Li, Y, Flay, BR, Aban Aya. (2005). Co-investigators. Evaluation of the effects of the Aban Aya Youth Project in reducing violence among African American adolescent males using latent class growth mixture modeling techniques. Evaluation Review 29(2), 128-148
Flay, BR, Graumlich, S, Segawa, S, Burns, JL, Holliday, MY, Aban Aya Investigators. (2004). Effects of Two Prevention Programs on High-Risk Behaviors Among African-American Youth: A Randomized Trial. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, 158, 377-384
Turner, L, Mermelstein, R, Flay, BR. (2004). Individual and Contextual Risk Influences on Adolescent Smoking. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1021, 1-23
Flay, BR, Allred, CG. (2003). Long-term Effects of the Positive Action Program-A Comprehensive, Positive Youth Development Program. Amer. J. Health Behav, 27(Suppl 1), S6-S21
Wakefield, M, Flay, BR, Nichter, M, Giovino, G. (2003). Effects of Anti-Smoking Advertising Influence Youth Smoking? A Review. J. Health Communication, 8(3), 229-247
Wakefield, M, Flay, BR, Nichter, M, Giovino, G. (2003). Role of Media in Influencing Trajectories of Youth Smoking. Addiction, 98 (Suppl 1), 79-103
Editorships and Editorial Board Memberships
Flay, BR (2007-Present) Editorial
Board, Journal of Health and Mass
Communication
Flay, BR (2000-present) Editorial Board, Prevention Science
Flay, BR (2002-present) Editorial Board, American Journal of Health Behavior
Flay, BR (2003-present) Editorial Board, Journal of Research on Character Education
Awards and Honors
Flay, BR (1997) Fellow, Society for Behavioral Medicine
Flay, BR (1998) Fellow, American Psychological Association, Section 27 (Society for Community Research and Action)
Flay, BR (2000) Fellow, American Academy of Health Behavior
Flay, BR (2002) Highly Cited Researcher (in top 250 in Social Sciences/General) by Current Contents ISI, http://isihighlycited.com
Flay, BR (2008) Service to the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Award
Research Grants and Contracts
Brian Flay, PI. Alan Acock, Sam Vuchinich and Terry Duncan, co-investigators. Dates are 2008-2012 and amount is $3 million. The Chicago Social and Character Development Trial: Extension to Grade 8.
Flay, BR, Principal Investigator (2008-2012) Youth Cessation Evaluation Program, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and National Cancer Institute and Center for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Smoking Health. $669,714.
Flay, BR, Co-Investigator (2005-2010)
Center for Prevention of Problems in
Early Adolescence (Early Adolescence
Center), National Institute on Drug
Abuse, Oregon Research Institute. Subcontract to OSU $16,551.
Flay, BR, Co-Investigator (2004-2009) Social-Emotional Contexts of Adolescent Smoking Patterns, National Cancer Institute. $9,440,000
Flay, BR, Principal Investigator (2001-
2008) The Positive Action Program:
Outcomes and Mediators. Randomized
trial in Hawaii, National Institute
on Drug Abuse. $3,040,000
Flay, BR, Principal Investigator (2002-2007) United States Department of Education "Partnerships in Character Education grants" Positive Action, Inc with United States Department of Education Funding for Uintah County. $200,000
Flay, BR, Principal Investigator (2003-
2008) “Positive action for social and
character development” Department
of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences & Chicago Public Schools.
$2,400,000
Flay, BR. Obesity Prevention in African American Schoolchildren. NIH $450,000. Principal Investigator: Y. Wang, 2002-2005.
Flay, BR. Partnerships in Character Education grants. Principal Investigator (2003-2008) U.S. Department of Education. Positive Action, Inc with U.S. Department of Education, Lancaster County. $200,000, 2003-2008.
