Raymond S Niaura
Raymond S Niaura
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Professional overview
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Dr. Raymond Niaura is a psychologist and an expert on tobacco dependence and treatment, as well as substance use and addiction to alcohol. Dr. Niaura researches the biobehavioral substrates of tobacco dependence, including factors that influence adolescent and early adult tobacco use trajectories. He also evaluates behavioral and pharmacological treatments for tobacco cessation, with a particular interest in cessation in disadvantaged population to address public health disparities in tobacco-related burdens of illness and disability.
For eight year, Dr. Niaura was the Director of Science and Training at the Schroeder Institute (SI) for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at the Truth Initiative, where he also supervised the pre- and post-doctoral training programs. Dr. Niaura has previously taught and conducted research at Brown University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Georgetown Medical Center, and the School of Public Health at University of Maryland. He was also a former President of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and is a Deputy Editor of the Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
With grants from the National Institutes of Health, numerous foundations, and private industry, Dr. Niaura has published over 400 peer-reviewed articles, commentaries, and book chapters, including the book The Tobacco Dependence Treatment Handbook: A Guide to Best Practices.
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Education
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BA, Psychology (First Class Honors), McGill University, Montreal, CanadaMS, Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJPhD, Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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Honors and awards
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Research Laureate, American Academy of Health Behavior (2009)University Scholar Award, McGill University (1979)
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Areas of research and study
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Alcohol, Tobacco and Driving PoliciesEvaluationsHealth DisparitiesSubstance AbuseTobacco Control
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Publications
Publications
Molecular genetics of successful smoking cessation : Convergent genome-wide association study results
Failed retrieving data.Nonpharmacologic Therapy for Smoking Cessation : Characteristics and Efficacy of Current Approaches
Failed retrieving data.Smoking cessation among patients in an emergency chest pain observation unit : Outcomes of the Chest Pain Smoking Study (CPSS)
Failed retrieving data.The effectiveness of covering smoking cessation services for medicare beneficiaries
Failed retrieving data.The efficacy and safety of varenicline for smoking cessation using a flexible dosing strategy in adult smokers : A randomized controlled trial
Failed retrieving data.The prospective contribution of hostility characteristics to high fasting glucose levels
Failed retrieving data.The relationship between early life stress and microstructural integrity of the corpus callosum in a non-clinical population
Failed retrieving data.The role of negative affect in risk for early lapse among low distress tolerance smokers
Failed retrieving data.Advice on using over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy-patch, gum, or lozenge-to quit smoking
Failed retrieving data.Are emergency chest pain patients ready to quit smoking?
Failed retrieving data.Bupropion and cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression in smoking cessation
Failed retrieving data.Bupropion efficacy for smoking cessation is influenced by the DRD2 Taq1A polymorphism : Analysis of pooled data from two clinical trials
Failed retrieving data.Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Gene Variants Predict Response to Bupropion Therapy for Tobacco Dependence
Failed retrieving data.Consistency of self-reported smoking over a 6-year interval from adolescence to young adulthood
Failed retrieving data.Effects of acute nicotine abstinence on cue-elicited ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens activation in female cigarette smokers : A functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Failed retrieving data.Long-term stability of maternal prenatal steroid hormones from the National Collaborative Perinatal Project : Still valid after all these years
Failed retrieving data.Pharmacogenetic clinical trial of sustained-release bupropion for smoking cessation
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence of anxiety disorders in men and women with established coronary heart disease
Failed retrieving data.Smoking cessation patterns in methadone-maintained smokers
Failed retrieving data.Time to first cigarette in the morning as an index of ability to quit smoking : Implications for nicotine dependence
Failed retrieving data.Young incarcerated men's perceptions of and experiences with HIV testing
Failed retrieving data.A single factor underlies the metabolic syndrome : A confirmatory factor analysis: Response to Pladevall et al. [14]
Failed retrieving data.A smoking cessation intervention for the methadone-maintained
Failed retrieving data.Characteristics of smokers reached and recruited to an internet smoking cessation trial : A case of denominators
Failed retrieving data.Cognitive status of young and older cigarette smokers : Data from the international brain database
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