Michael Andrykowski, Ph.D.

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984)

133 Medical Behavioral Science Building
Phone: (859) 323-6657
e-mail: mandry@uky.edu

Research Description

Dr. Andrykowski’s research interests are focused within the fields of behavioral and psychosocial oncology.   His research examines the broad impact of cancer and cancer treatment upon the lives of cancer patients and cancer caregivers.  Specific cancer-related outcomes which have been investigated include quality of life, psychological adjustment, and mental health outcomes, positive attitudinal and behavioral change, cognitive functioning, and physical symptom development (e.g., nausea and vomiting, fatigue, menopausal symptoms, pain).   His research also examines the impact of participation in cancer screening and diagnostic testing as well as testing for hereditary cancers.  Specific outcomes which have been investigated include distress, benefit-finding, cancer risk perceptions, and future adherence with cancer screening recommendations.

2008 Accomplishments

Dr. Andrykowski’s research program continued to be productive in 2008.  He continued as PI on 3 funded research projects (K05, 2 R01’s) of his own and continued to serve as site PI for subcontracts to 2 other funded research projects based at the University of South Florida (R01, R03).   He submitted a new R01 application (receiving a 200 priority score) and also submitted a new application to the Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Fund which received the 2009 funding cycle’s best priority score and was funded as of December 1, 2008.   Dr. Andrykowski authored 4 papers published during 2008 (1 as primary author) with 8 additional papers or chapters accepted for publication and currently in press (3 as primary author).   He served as an invited visiting professor at both Georgetown (DC) and McGill Universities and served on external advisory boards for Mt Sinai College of Medicine, the American Cancer Society Behavioral Research Center,  Indiana University, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, and Meharry Medical College.  He chaired two different study sections convened by the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Program, served as a full-time member and co-chair for an NIH study section, and served on the NIH review committee for the UCLA Comprehensive Cancer Center Core Grant.   He reviewed manuscripts for over 10 different journals and served on the editorial boards of 5 different journals.  He taught as a preceptor for the BSC 811 course and also taught the graduate course in Psychosocial Oncology (BSC 773).   He served as a member of 6 dissertation committees (chairing 1) and 2 master’s thesis committees (chairing 1).  He sponsored a minority doctoral student in their submission of an NIH F32 individual predoctoral training grant which received a 130 priority score.  Finally, Dr. Andrykowski was awarded the 2008 Distinguished Research Mentor Award by the Society of Behavioral Medicine and was also designated a University of Kentucky Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor for 2009-2011.

Research Funding

Program Director, "Research Training in Medical Behavioral Science," NIMH, 2000-2006.

Principal Investigator, "Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Psychobehavioral Outcomes," NIH, 2000-2009.

Principal Investigator, "Cognitive-Behavioral Aspects of Cancer-Related Fatigue," NIH, 1999-2009.

Program Director, "Research Training in Biopsychosocial Breast Cancer Research," U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 1999-2004.

Principal Investigator, "Psychological and Behavioral Impact of Cancer Screening," NIH, 2004-2009.

Principal Investigator, “Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Cognitive Performance in Breast Cancer Survivors,” NIH, 2006-2008  (PI for UK subcontract to University of South Florida).

Co-Investigator, “Kentucky Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program,” NIH, 2004-2009. 

Representative Publications

Jacobsen, P.B., Donovan, K.A., Small, B.J., Jim, H.S., Munster, P., & Andrykowski, M.A. (in press).  Fatigue following treatment for early stage breast cancer:  A controlled comparison.  Cancer.

Donovan, K.A., Small, B.J., Andrykowski, M.A., Munster, P., & Jacobsen, P.B. (2007).  Utility of a cognitive-behavioral model to predict fatigue following breast cancer treatment.  Health Psychology, 26, 464-472. 

Andrykowski, M.A., Beacham, A.O., & Jacobsen, P.B.  (2007).  Prospective, longitudinal study of leisure time exercise in women with early stage breast cancer.   Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention, 16, 430-438.   

Andrykowski, M.A., Zhang, Mei, Pavlik, E.A., & Kryscio, R.  (2007). Prospective study of factors associated with return for routine annual screening in an ovarian cancer screening program.  Gynecologic Oncology, 104, 695-701.   

Harper, F.W.K., Schmidt, J.E., Beacham, A.O., Salsman, J.M., Averill, A.J., Graves, K.D., & Andrykowski, M.A. (2007).  The role of Social Cognitive Processing theory and optimism in positive psychosocial and physical behavior change after cancer diagnosis and treatment.  Psycho-Oncology 16, 79-91. 

Andrykowski, M.A., & Manne, S.L. (2006).  Are psychological interventions effective and accepted by cancer patients? I.  Standards and levels of evidence.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 32, 93-97. 

Andrykowski, M.A., Beacham, A.O., Schmidt, J.E., Harper, F.W.K. (2006).  Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to understanding intentions to engage in physical and psychosocial health behaviors after cancer diagnosis.  Psychooncology, 15, 759-771.

Andrykowski, M.A., Schmidt, J.S., Salsman, J.E., Beacham, A.O., & Jacobsen, P.B. (2005). Use of a case-definition approach to identify cancer-related fatigue in women undergoing adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.  Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23, 6613-6622.

Andrykowski, M.A., Bishop, Michelle, Hahn, E.A., Cella, D., Beaumont, J.L., Brady, M., Horowitz, M., Sobocinski, K., Rizzo, D., & Wingard, J.R. (2005).  Long-term health-related quality of life, growth, and spiritual well-being following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.    Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23, 599-608.

Andrykowski, M.A., Boerner, L., Salsman, J., & Pavlik, E. (2004).  Psychological response to test results in an ovarian cancer screening program:  A prospective, longitudinal study.  Health Psychology, 23, 622-630.