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
"electronic Cigarettes" Are Not Cigarettes, and Why That Matters
Failed retrieving data.A pilot randomized trial examining the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally tailored and adherence-enhancing intervention for Latino smokers in the U.S.
Failed retrieving data.An African-specific haplotype in MRGPRX4 is associated with menthol cigarette smoking
Failed retrieving data.Associations of risk factors of e-cigarette and cigarette use and susceptibility to use among baseline PATH study youth participants (2013–2014)
Failed retrieving data.E-cigarette Use and Myocardial Infarction : Association Versus Causal Inference
Failed retrieving data.Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Recalled Exposure to and Self-Reported Impact of Tobacco Marketing and Promotions
Failed retrieving data.Is e-cigarette use associated with coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction? Insights from the 2016 and 2017 National Health Interview Surveys
Failed retrieving data.Latent Classes of Nicotine Beliefs Correlate with Perceived Susceptibility and Severity of Nicotine and Tobacco Products in US Young Adults
Failed retrieving data.Longitudinal tobacco use transitions among adolescents and young adults : 2014-2016
Failed retrieving data.Marketing Influences on Perceptions of Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes
Failed retrieving data.Nicotine maintenance for smokers in methadone treatment : a new direction
Failed retrieving data.Patterns of E-Cigarette Use among Youth and Young Adults : Review of the Impact of E-Cigarettes on Cigarette Smoking
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and correlates of nicotine and nicotine product perceptions in U.S. young adults, 2016
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and Correlates of Snuff Use, and its Association with Tuberculosis, among Women Living with HIV in South Africa
Failed retrieving data.Preventing Smoking Progression in Young Adults : the Concept of Prevescalation
Failed retrieving data.Re : Disregarding the impact of nicotine on the developing brain when evaluating costs and benefits of noncombustible nicotine products
Failed retrieving data.Study protocol for a telephone-based smoking cessation randomized controlled trial in the lung cancer screening setting : The lung screening, tobacco, and health trial
Failed retrieving data.The Effects of Varying Electronic Cigarette Warning Label Design Features On Attention, Recall, and Product Perceptions Among Young Adults
Failed retrieving data.Transitions in electronic cigarette use among adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, Waves 1 and 2 (2013-2015)
Failed retrieving data.Adult interest in using a hypothetical modified risk tobacco product : findings from wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study (2013–14)
Failed retrieving data.Communicating differences in tobacco product risks : Timing is of the essence
Failed retrieving data.Comparison of Nicotine and Toxicant Exposure in Users of Electronic Cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of transitions in tobacco product use by u.S. adult tobacco users between 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 : Findings from the path study wave 1 and wave 2
Failed retrieving data.E-Cigarette Science and Its Relevance for Regulatory Actions and Policy
Failed retrieving data.Early Subjective Sensory Experiences with “Cigalike” E-cigarettes Among African American Menthol Smokers : A qualitative study
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