{"id":203,"date":"2023-10-20T14:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2025-03-18T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:03:37","slug":"dr-sarah-ehlke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/dr-sarah-ehlke\/","title":{"rendered":"About Dr. Ehlke"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32882\/2023\/10\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32882\/2023\/10\/image-247x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32882\/2023\/10\/image-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32882\/2023\/10\/image.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sarah J. Ehlke, PhD<\/strong><br>Email: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:sehlke@odu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">sehlke@odu.edu<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qus47EkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qus47EkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:18px\">I am an Assistant Professor in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/psychology\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Psychology<\/a> at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Old Dominion University<\/a>. I am a member of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/psychology\/graduate\/health-psychology\" target=\"_blank\">Health Psychology<\/a> concentration, and an affiliate of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sci.odu.edu\/vcpcp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clinical Psychology<\/a> concentration. <strong>My program of research focuses on identifying factors associated with substance use (e.g., alcohol, nicotine\/tobacco, and cannabis) that can be adapted for interventions for sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals.<\/strong> <strong>Most of my research focuses on young adults and sexual minority women, specifically bisexual+ (bisexual, pansexual, etc) women.<\/strong> I incorporate cross-sectional, experimental and daily diary\/ecological momentary assessment methodologies to understand reasons for substance use among these populations. I have used the Implicit Association Task (IAT) to examine implicit attitudes related to blame for an alcohol-involved sexual assault, and alcohol and cigarette cognitions. I have also used daily diary studies to examine same-day correlates of alcohol and cigarettes. More recently, I have examined reasons and factors related to cannabis use, including routes of administration (e.g., blunt use, cannabis vaping) and harm perceptions. Throughout my training I have worked with diverse populations including young adults, SGM individuals, college students, non-college student emerging adults, survivors of sexual and domestic violence, same-sex couples, drug court clients, military service members and veterans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>I have a secondary interest in understanding the relationship between substance use and sexual violence among young adult women.<\/strong> This is an area of research that I would like to continue given the alarmingly high rates of sexual assault among young individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">When I am not working I enjoy working out and cooking. However, these hobbies have taken a backseat as I spend most of my time entertaining my two young kids. So until 2028-ish you can usually find me with my family at a children&#8217;s museum, park, playgroup, or trampoline park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Sarah J. Ehlke, PhDEmail: sehlke@odu.eduGoogle Scholar Citations I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Old Dominion University. I am a member of the Health Psychology concentration, and an affiliate of the Clinical Psychology concentration. My program of research focuses on identifying factors associated with substance use (e.g., alcohol, nicotine\/tobacco, and cannabis) that can be adapted for&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/dr-sarah-ehlke\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26385,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sgmhealthbehaviorslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}