Alyssa received her bachelor’s degree in health policy and administration and a minor in statistics from The Pennsylvania State University in May 2025. She is
currently pursuing her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree with a concentration in epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a part-time research assistant with the PRO Health Lab at Penn Sate.
Senior Honors Thesis (Chair: Scanlon). From Settlement to Solution: Analyzing the Impact of Opioid Settlement Funds on Remediation Efforts (2025)
Honors and Awards:
- Francis Hoffman Award for Excellence in Writing
- First runner-up; Marshall Raffel Student Showcase
- College of Health and Human Development Honor Society
- Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society for Health Professionals
- Dean’s List: Fall 2021- May 2025
Selected Publications:
Richards, V. L., Turrisi, R. J., Glenn, S. D., Mallett, K. A., Altstaedter, A., Ackerman, S., & Russell, M. A. (2025). Serious harm reduction protective behavioral strategies reduce consequences associated with alcohol-induced blackouts in college students. Addictive Behaviors, 162, 108234. [PubMed]
Richards, V. L., Glenn, S. D., Turrisi, R. J., Altstaedter, A., Mallett, K. A., & Russell, M. A. (2023). Does it really matter that I do not remember my night? Consequences related to blacking out among college student drinkers. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47(9), 1798-1805. [PubMed]
Selected Presentations:
Glenn, S. D., Richards, V. L., Turrisi, R., Stull, P., Altstaedter, A., Castillo, M., Baughman, B., Montalvo, A., Perner, A., Roth, H., Oliver, A., Hill, E., Meehan, M., Deekens, K., Folino, S., Ackerman, S., & Russell, M. A. (2025, April). Daily-level associations between protective behavioral strategies, transdermal alcohol concentration, and alcohol-induced blackouts among college student drinkers. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Founder’s Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, University Park, PA.
Glenn, S. D., Richards, V. L., Turrisi, R., Mallett, K. A., Ackerman, S., Russell, M. A., Altstaedter, A., Stull, P., Perner, A., & Roth, H. (2024, April). Transdermal alcohol concentration features predict daily-level negative and positive alcohol-related consequences among college students. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Founder’s Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, University Park, PA.
Altstaedter, A., Stull, P., Perner, A., Roth, H., Richards, V. L., Glenn, S. D., Waldron, K., & Turrisi, R. (2024, April). Examining the physical, social, and risk-related consequences of alcohol use as predictors of alcohol use disorder symptoms among college students. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania State University Annual Undergraduate Exhibition, University Park, PA.
Richards, V. L., Glenn, S. D., Turrisi, R., Altstaedter, A., Mallett, K. A., & Russell, M. A. (2023, April). Does it really matter that I do not remember my night? Consequences related to blacking out among college student drinkers. Poster presented at the Biobehavioral Health Founder’s Endowment for Excellence and Innovation Research Day, University Park, PA.
Stull, P., Lenker, L., Altstaedter, A., Glenn, S. D., & Richards, V. L. (2023, April). Defining parental permissiveness, self-efficacy, engagement, and concern through a qualitative coding analysis using a parent-based intervention. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania State University Annual Undergraduate Exhibition, University Park, PA.
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