Robert A Frank

Assoc Dean for Research & Grad Studies, Professor of Psychology
4150p EDWARDS 1 Edwards Center
513-556-5896
robert.frank@uc.edu

Professional Summary

Robert A. Frank is currently Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Psychology. He has served as interim university dean and associate dean of the Graduate School as well as associate vice president for research. Dr. Frank earned his bachelor’s degrees in 1978 from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, graduating magna cum laude with honors in psychology and philosophy. Both his masters (1980) and doctoral degrees (1982)were earned in psychology at the University of Cincinnati. He has garnered NIH and industry research funding in two distinct areas of research; the psychopharmacology of drug abuse and human taste and odor perception, and has authored over 170 publications and professional presentations. He has served as a reviewer and panel chair for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health. His current research focuses on the development of novel clinical tests of taste and smell perception. One of these tests, the Sniff Magnitude Test, was identified as one of the top 100 innovations of 2007 by Popular Science magazine.

Research Support

L. Hastings, Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Deafness & Other Communication Disorders. 867,756 . Funded 09-2007 to 08-2009.

Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Deafness & Other Communication Disorders. 70,697 . Funded 06-2006 to 07-2008.

Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant Extension, National Institute of Deafness & Other Communication Disorders. 728,871 . Funded 08-2005 to 07-2007.

H. Jackson, E. Buczala, Council of Graduate Schools Ph.D. Completion Project, 100,000 . Funded 11-2005 to 05-2007.

R. Gesteland, Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Deafness & Other Communication Disorders. 511,227 . Funded 08-2002 to 07-2004.

Mario F. Dulay, National Research Service Award from National Institute on Aging, 48,215. Funded 08-2001 to 07-2003.

Phase I Small Business Innovation Research Grant, National Institute of Deafness & Other Communication Disorders. 17,057 . Funded 01-2000 to 01-2001.

G. Falciglia, American Dietetics Association Child Nutrition and Health Campaign Grant, 25,000 . Funded 08-1997 to 07-1999.

CNS, Inc.. 1,478. Funded 09-1996 to 05-1997.

University of Cincinnati Research Council. 4,950. Funded 02-1994 to 01-1995.

Marion Merrell Dow Research Grant, 15,400. Funded 07-1992 to 09-1993.

National Institute on Drug Abuse, 487,000. Funded 07-1992 to 06-1995.

National Research Service Award from National Institute on Drug Abuse, 11,800. Funded 12-1991 to 12-1992.

Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute, 3,000. Funded 03-1992

Biomedical Research Support Grant, National Center for Research Resources. 10,000. Funded 01-1991 to 12-1991.

National Institute of Mental Health, 20,920. Funded 09-1990 to 08-1991.

University of Cincinnati Research Council, 4,900. Funded 01-1989 to 01-1990.

National Institute on Drug Abuse, 347,469. Funded 07-1987 to 12-1991.

Research Challenge Grant, Ohio Board of Regents. 327,000. Funded 10-1986 to 08-1988.

University of Cincinnati Research Council, 5,000. Funded 1986

ADAMHA New Investigator Grant, 14,659. Funded 1985

University of Cincinnati Research Council, 4,000. Funded 1984

University of Cincinnati Research Council, 4,637. Funded 1982

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dulay, M.F, Gesteland, R.C., Shear, P.K. & Ritchey, P.N. (2007). Assessment of the influence of cognition and cognitive processing speed on three tests of olfaction. . Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.

Bailie, J., Rybalsky, K., Seiden, A., Dulay, M.F. & Gesteland, R.C. (2006). Characterization of the Sniff Magnitude Test. Archives of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, 132, 532-536.

Dulay, M.F., Niergarth, K. & Gesteland, R.C. (2004). A Comparison of the Sniff Magnitude Test and the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test in Children and Non-native English Speakers. Physiology & Behavior, 81, 475-480.

Dulay, M.F. & Gesteland, R.C. (2003). Assessment of the Sniff Magnitude Test as a clinical test of olfactory function. Physiology & Behavior, 78, 195-204.

Ritchey, P.N., Hursti, U. K. & Tuorila, H. (2003). Validation and cross-national comparison of the food neophobia scale (FNS) using confirmatory factor analysis. Appetite, 40, 163-173.

(2002). Response context affects judgments of flavor components in foods and beverages. Food Quality and Preference, 14, 139-145.

Falciglia, G. A., Couch, S. C., Gribble, L. S., Pabst, S. M. (2000). Food neophobia in children affects dietary variety. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 100, 1474-1478.

(2000). Tepid tastes. Nature, 403, 837.

Raudenbush, B. (1999). Assessing food neophobia: the role of stimulus familiarity. Appetite, 32, 261-271.

Raudenbush, B. Schroth, F., Reilley, S. (1998). Food neophobia, odor evaluation and exploratory sniffing behavior. Appetite, 31, 171-183.

Tsibulsky, V. L., Grocki, S., Dashevsky, B. A., Kehne, J. H., Schmidt, C. J., Sorensen, S. M. (1998). Mixed D2/5-HT2a antagonism of cocaine-induced facilitation of brain stimulation reward. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 59, 274-280.

Feldman, D. J., Kehne, J. H., Flannery, R., Brown, D., Soni, S., Byrd, G. & Shah, S. (1997). Mixed D2/5HT2 antagonism differentially affects apomorphine- and amphetamine-induced stereotyped behavior. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 58, 565-572.

van der Klaauw, N. (1996). Scaling component intensities of complex stimuli: the influence of response alternatives. Environment International, 22, 21-31.

Tsibulsky, V., Grocki, S., Dashevsky, B., Kehne, J. H., Schmidt, C. J. & Sorensen, S. M. (1995). Mixed D2/5-HT2a antagonism of amphetamine-induced facilitation of brain stimulation reward. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 52, 799-804.

Laurie, C. A., Warm, J. S., Dember, W. N. (1994). Determinants of stability in the perception of subjective contours. Perception & Psychophysics, 55, 394-398.

van der Klaauw, N. J. (1994). The contribution of chemosensory factors to individual differences in reported food preferences. Appetite, 22, 101-123.

van der Klaauw, N. J. & Schifferstein, H. N. J. (1993). Both perceptual and conceptual factors influence taste-odor and taste-taste interactions. Perception & Psychophysics, 54, 343-354.

Manderscheid, P. Z., Panicker, S., Williams, H. P. & Kokoris, D. (1992). The time course of cocaine-induced changes in intracranial self-stimulation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 42, 771-779.

Kennedy, L. M., Mize, S. J. S., de los Santos, H. C. & Green, S. (1992). The effect of Gymnema Sylvestre extracts on the sweetness of eight sweeteners. Chemical Senses, 17, 461-479.

Williams, H.P., Manderscheid, P.Z., Schwartz, M. (1991). Cocaine's effects on rate of intracranial self-stimulation. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 40, 273-277.

Mize, S. J. S. & Carter, R. (1989). An assessment of binary mixture interactions for nine sweeteners. Chemical Senses, 14, 621-632.

Zubrycki, E. (1989). Chronic imipramine does not block cocaine-induced increases in brain stimulation reward. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 33, 725-727.

Byram, J. (1988). Taste-smell interactions are tastant and odorant dependent. Chemical Senses, 13, 445-455.

Pommering, T. & Nitz, D. (1988). The interactive effects of cocaine and imipramine on self-stimulation train duration thresholds. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 30, 1-4.

Martz, S. & Pommering, T. (1988). The effect of chronic cocaine on self-stimulation train duration thresholds. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 29, 755-758.

Archambo, G. (1987). Mixture integration in heterogeneous taste quality mixtures: An assessment of subadditivity for total mixture intensity. Olfaction and Taste IX 296-299.

Markou, A. & Wiggins, L. L. (1987). A systematic evaluation of the properties of self-stimulation train duration response functions. Behavioral Neuroscience, 101, 546-559.

Archambo, G. (1986). Intensity and hedonic information integration in taste mixtures: An information Integration Analysis. Chemical Senses, 11, 427-438.

Korchmar, D. L. (1985). Gustatory processing differences in PTC tasters and non-tasters: A reaction time analysis. Physiology & Behavior, 35, 239-242.

Williams, H. (1985). Both current intensity and response effort affect self-stimulation train duration thresholds. Pharmacology, Biochemistry & Behavior, 22, 527-530.

Stutz, R. M. (1984). Self-deprivation: A review. Psychological Bulletin, 96, 384-393.

Hasting, L. & Stutz, R. M. (1984). Self-deprivation: A test of the reward hypothesis. Physiology & Behavior, 32, 139-142.

Powers, A. S. (1983). The effect of nucleus rotundus lesions on differential brightness discrimination in Eastern Painted Turtles. Brain Research, 264, 47-55.

Preshaw, R. L., Stutz, R. M. & Valenstein, E. S. (1982). Stimulation bound feeding in self-depriving and non-depriving rats. Physiology & Behavior, 29, 17-21.

Stutz, R. M. (1981). Pattern of rewarding stimulation affects the development of conditioned taste preference. Physiology & Behavior, 26, 815-823.

Book Chapters

Raudenbush, B. (1998). Viewing Psychology as a Whole: The Integrative Science of William Dember. In Hoffman, R. R, Sherrick, M. F. & Warm, J. S. (Eds.), Individual Differences in approach to novelty: The case of human food neophobia (pp. 227-246). Washington, DC: APA Press.