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
The efficacy of exercise as an aid for smoking cessation in women : A randomized controlled trial
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Failed retrieving data.A population-based survey of physician smoking cessation counseling practices
Failed retrieving data.Adherence to treatment for nicotine dependence
Failed retrieving data.Exercise, smoking cessation, and short-term changes in serum lipids in women : A preliminary investigation
Failed retrieving data.Individual differences in cue reactivity among smokers trying to quit : Effects of gender and cue type
Failed retrieving data.Models for provider-patient interaction: Application to health behavior change
Failed retrieving data.Scripted imagery manipulations and smoking cue reactivity in a clinical sample of self-quitters
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Failed retrieving data.Effects of alcohol cues on smoking urges and topography among alcoholic men
Failed retrieving data.Physicians counseling smokers : A population-based survey of patients' perceptions of health care provider-delivered smoking cessation interventions
Failed retrieving data.Psychological factors in cardiac disease
Failed retrieving data.Temporal stability of lipid responses to acute psychological stress in middle-aged men
Failed retrieving data.Withdrawal dynamics and smoking relapse : Implications for theory, assessment, and intervention
Failed retrieving data.Depression, smoking, activity level, and health status : Pretreatment predictors of attrition in obesity treatment
Failed retrieving data.Development of major depressive disorder during smoking-cessation treatment
Failed retrieving data.Integrating individual and public health perspectives for treatment of tobacco dependence under managed health care : A combined stepped-care and matching model
Failed retrieving data.Interventions for alcoholics who smoke
Failed retrieving data.Measuring nicotine dependence among high-risk adolescent smokers
Failed retrieving data.Psychological factors affecting physical condition
Failed retrieving data.The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine on cognitive function in postoperative cardiac surgical patients
Failed retrieving data.Transdermal clonidine for smoking cessation : A double-blind randomized dose-response study
Failed retrieving data.Treating nicotine dependence: Pharmacologic and behavioral approaches
Failed retrieving data.Alcohol and tobacco: From basic science to clinical practice. Overview and commentary on psychosocial and biological mechanisms
Failed retrieving data.Cardiovascular disease, Part I: Coronary artery disease and sudden death.
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