Research Program: Prevention & Etiology
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

brand444@umn.edu

Dr. Brandenburg's clinical profile
(University of Minnesota Physicians Web site)

Research Interests

Dr. Brandenburg is a psychologist with a background in health psychology. She and her colleagues have received funding through Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco (MPAAT) to provide face-to-face tobacco cessation counseling, as well as pharmacotherapy to patients at little to no cost, regardless of health insurance status. Dr. Brandenburg has worked clinically with patients with cancer, as well as conducted research in the area of breast and gynecological cancer screening behaviors.

For more information about smoking cessation counseling, visit the QUITPLAN Smoking Cessation Clinic page on the University of Minnesota Physicians Web site.

Selected Publications

Hartlage SA, Brandenburg DL, Kravitz HM. Premenstrual exacerbation of depressive disorders in a community-based sample in the United States. Psychosom Med. 2004 Sep-Oct;66(5):698-706.

Matthews AK, Brandenburg DL, Johnson TP, Hughes TL. Correlates of underutilization of gynecological cancer screening among lesbian and heterosexual women. Prev Med. 2004 Jan;38(1):105-13.

Matthews AK, Peterman AH, Delaney P, Menard L, Brandenburg D. A qualitative exploration of the experiences of lesbian and heterosexual patients with breast cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2002 Nov-Dec;29(10):1455-62.