Henrietta L Logan  

Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science

Professor
Phone: (352) 273-5965
E-mail: hlogan@dental.ufl.edu
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1976

Current Research Interest:

My research has focused on psychological and biological correlates including immune changes of the human stress and pain response. This work has had both theoretical and clinical applications. This series of studies included development and validation of a scale to measure individual’s perception of personal control. My colleague, Robert Baron and I proposed that individual differences in perceived dental pain are related to elevated levels of desire for personal control coupled with predictions of having little control available. We showed that conceptually desiring control is related to the individual’s perception of potential threat and harm. The level of predicted control is related to some extent with the ‘resources’ available during the aversive treatments to the individual. Work currently in press shows that this conceptual framework extends to other potentially aversive settings including child birth and laboratory pain. Our published research showed that directing patients’ attention away from their emotions, specifically to the characteristics of the physical sensations, resulted in less immediate and recalled pain for the most stressed individuals. My post doctoral fellow, Dr. Jeff Gedney and I have extended our stress and pain research to understanding the etiology of pain memory and the impact of memory on subsequent pain response.

My work in head and neck cancer was a natural extension of my interest in stress, pain and health outcomes. My colleague Dr. Scott Tomar and I have conducted several studies related to early detection and prevention of oral and pharyngeal cancer. These studies provided baseline data on attitudes and beliefs including cultural mistrust about undergoing cancer screenings among ethnoracial minorities. We also assessed the effectiveness of a media campaign designed to increase knowledge and participation in head and neck cancer screenings. Most recently, these data have provided the theoretical framework and pilot data for two NIH-funded studies. The first project on which I am co-investigator will develop and test a social marketing intervention. The second multi-disciplinary project proposes a novel approach to examine head and neck survivorship and advance our knowledge of cancer survivorship research methodology. Both of these projects have significance for clinical care and research methodology.

My research strategies are multidisciplinary and collaborative involving public health dentists, epidemiologists, endodontists, general dentists, oral medicine, physicians, psychologists, immunologists, anthropologists, and statisticians. This collaborative strategy has led to better understanding of the connection between stress and pain and health. I would, however be remiss if I failed to recognize the many undergraduate, dental, and graduate students with whom I have worked over my 30 year career and acknowledge the joy and excitement they have brought to my field of inquiry.

Current Publications:  

Graham MA, Tomar TL, Logan HL. Perceived relative social status, language, and identified dental home among Latinos in Florida . JADA In Press (2005)

Lang EV, Hatsiopoulou O, Koch T, Berbaum K, Kettemann E , Logan H, Lutgendorf S, Kaptchuk TJ. Patient-provider interactions during invasive procedures: can words hurt? Pain 114 (1-2) 303-309 2005

Coolidge T, Heima M, Okayama , Coldwell SE, Weinstein P, Logan HL, Milgrom P. Reliability and Validity of the Revised Iowa Dental Control Index in a Non-Clinical Sample Personality and Individual Differences available online Dec 8 2004 in print form 38 773-783, 2005.

Baron RS, Casumano M., Evans D, Hodne C, Logan H . The effect of desired control and anticipated control in the stress of childbirth: Is lack of empowerment always disturbing. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 2004 26(4) 249-261

Gedney JJ, Logan HL, Memory of stress associated acute pain. J of Pain. 2004 5(2) 83-91.

Graham MA, Logan HL , Tomar SL. Is Trust a Predictor of having a Dental Home. JADA 2004 135(11) 1550-1558.

Logan HL, Gedney JJ: Sex Differences in the Long term Stability of Forehead Cold Pressor Pain J of Pain 5(7): 406-412, 2004.

Lutgendorf SK , Logan HL, Costanzo E, Lubaroff D. Effects of Acute stress, Relaxation, and a Neurogenic Inflammatory Stimulus on Interleukin-6 in Humans. Brain Behavior, Immunity Jan:18(1):55-64 2004.

Papas RK, Logan HL , Tomar SL. Effectiveness of a community-based oral cancer awareness campaign .Cancer Causes and Control 2004 15(2):121-131.

Stinshoff VJ, Lang EV, Berbaum KS, Lutgendorf S, Logan HL, Berbaum M. Effect of sex and gender on drug-seeking behavior during invasive medical procedures. Acad Radiol.2004 11(4) 390-397.

Tomar SL, Loree M, Logan HL. Racial differences in oral and pharyngeal survival rates in Florida . Cancer, Causes, and Control. August 2004 15(6). 601-609.

Dr. Logan enjoys participating in activities throughout campus. Graduation was her most recent involvement:
 

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