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
Nicotine dependence: Assessment and management
Failed retrieving data.Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition : Cardiovascular Disease Literature Review
Failed retrieving data.Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition : Cardiovascular Disease Literature Review
Failed retrieving data.Psychological factors affecting physical condition. Cardiovascular disease literature review. Part II: Coronary artery disease and sudden death and hypertension.
Failed retrieving data.Psychological factors affecting physical condition: Cardiovascular disease literature review. Part 2. Acute situational disturbance and hypertension.
Failed retrieving data.Repressive coping and blood lipids in men and women
Failed retrieving data.Self-efficacy and the stages of exercise behavior change
Failed retrieving data.Smokers' reactions to interpersonal interaction and presentation of smoking cues
Failed retrieving data.Smoking and treatment outcome for alcoholics : Effects on coping skills, urge to drink, and drinking rates
Failed retrieving data.The stages and processes of exercise adoption and maintenance in a worksite sample.
Failed retrieving data.A bioinformational systems perspective on tobacco dependence
Failed retrieving data.Cue reactivity in addictive behaviors : Theoretical and treatment implications
Failed retrieving data.Cue reactivity in addictive behaviors: Theoretical and clinical implications
Failed retrieving data.Lipid and Lipoprotein Responses to Episodic Occupational and Academic Stress
Failed retrieving data.Medical and behavioral treatment of nicotine dependence
Failed retrieving data.Medical and behavioral treatment of nicotine dependence: Nicotine as a drug of abuse
Failed retrieving data.Nicotine gum: Pharmacological and clinical aspects
Failed retrieving data.Self-Efficacy in Weight Management
Failed retrieving data.Tobacco dependence : An integration of individual and public health perspectives
Failed retrieving data.Usefulness of physical exercise for maintaining smoking cessation in women
Failed retrieving data.Relation of psychosocial and stress reactivity variables to ventricular arrhythmias in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Pilot Study (CAPS)
Failed retrieving data.Effects of behavioral skills training and schedule of nicotine gum administration on smoking cessation
Failed retrieving data.Reactivity to high risk situations and smoking cessation outcome.
Failed retrieving data.Reasons for Smoking and Severity of Residual Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms When Using Nicotine Chewing Gum
Failed retrieving data.Responses to smoking-related stimuli and early relapse to smoking
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