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
Prenatal glucocorticoids and maternal smoking during pregnancy independently program adult nicotine dependence in daughters : A 40-year prospective study
Failed retrieving data.Quit now? Quit soon? Quit when you're ready? Insights about target quit dates for smoking cessation from an online quit date tool
Failed retrieving data.The effects of nicotine deprivation and replacement on BOLD-fMRI response to smoking cues as a function of DRD4 VNTR genotype
Failed retrieving data.The relationship between maternal-fetal attachment and cigarette smoking over pregnancy
Failed retrieving data.Tobacco cessation among low-income smokers : Motivational enhancement and nicotine patch treatment
Failed retrieving data.Youth experimentation with e-cigarettes : Another interpretation of the data
Failed retrieving data.Compensation predicts smoking cessation failure
Failed retrieving data.Cost-effectiveness of internet and telephone treatment for smoking cessation : An economic evaluation of the iQUITT study
Failed retrieving data.Dissociable effect of acute varenicline on tonic versus cue-provoked craving in non-treatment-motivated heavy smokers
Failed retrieving data.Early life stress is associated with greater default network deactivation during working memory in healthy controls : A preliminary report
Failed retrieving data.Effects of abstinence in adolescent tobacco smokers : Withdrawal symptoms, urge, affect, and cue reactivity
Failed retrieving data.Impact of seasonality on recruitment, retention, adherence, and outcomes in a web-based smoking cessation intervention : Randomized controlled trial
Failed retrieving data.Improving adherence to web-based cessation programs : a randomized controlled trial study protocol.
Failed retrieving data.Influence of a dopamine pathway additive genetic efficacy score on smoking cessation : Results from two randomized clinical trials of bupropion
Failed retrieving data.Nicotine
Failed retrieving data.Nondisclosure of Smoking Status to Health Care Providers Among Current and Former Smokers in the United States
Failed retrieving data.Past major depression and smoking cessation outcome : A systematic review and meta-analysis update
Failed retrieving data.Pharmacogenetic smoking cessation intervention in a health care setting : A pilot feasibility study
Failed retrieving data.Prenatal tobacco exposure, biomarkers for tobacco in meconium, and neonatal growth outcomes
Failed retrieving data.Public support for mandated nicotine reduction in cigarettes
Failed retrieving data.The social support and social network characteristics of smokers in Methadone Maintenance treatment
Failed retrieving data.A ban on menthol cigarettes : Impact on public opinion and smokers' intention to quit
Failed retrieving data.A transdisciplinary approach to protocol development for tobacco control research : A case study
Failed retrieving data.Are smokers with HIV using information and communication technology? implications for behavioral interventions
Failed retrieving data.Behavioral economic analysis of withdrawal- and cue-elicited craving for tobacco : An initial investigation
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