Investigators
Behavioral Science Investigators
Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Research Interests: health behavior, exercise, cancer survivors, quality of life
Janice A. Blalock, Ph.D.
Research Interests: developing smoking cessation interventions for smokers with comorbid psychiatric and medical disorders
Cindy L. Carmack, Ph.D.
Research Interests: quality of life, family, health behaviors
Paul M. Cinciripini, Ph.D.
Research Interests: smoking cessation, nicotine psychopharmacology, neurobiology of addiction, clinical trials, genetics and pharmacogenetics
Michelle C. Fingeret, Ph.D.
Research Interests: body image, facial disfigurement, breast reconstruction, psychosocial oncology, smoking cessation, quality of life
Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D.
Research Interests: smoking prevention and cessation, skin cancer prevention, genetic counseling, lifestyle change risk reduction, cancer survivors
Jennifer A. Minnix, Ph.D.
Research Interests: cognitive and affective correlates of addiction and co-morbid disorders
Patricia A. Parker, Ph.D.
Research Interests: health care provider-patient communication, quality of life
Susan K. Peterson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Research Interests: genetic counseling and testing for hereditary cancers, adherence to prevention and early detection recommendations, E-health and mobile health technology
Jason D. Robinson, Ph.D.
Research Interests: neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying nicotine dependence and withdrawal and translating this knowledge to assist those wishing to quit smoking.
Research Interests: reproductive health problems after cancer, sexual problems and distress about infertility after cancer, quality of life, information dissemination, cognitive-behavioral interventions
Eileen Huh Shinn, Ph.D.
Research Interests: health behaviors and health outcomes, coping with cancer treatment and prevention of late-term effects, stress-mediated cancer outcomes, and dissemination of efficacious screening and diagnostic technologies in cancer
Francesco Versace, Ph.D.
Research Interests: psychophysiology (fMRI, ERPs) and psychopharmacology of nicotine addiction. Emotion, smoking behavior, smoking cessation, and relapse
Damon J. Vidrine, Dr.P.H.
Research Interests: tobacco use and cessation, tobacco-related health disparities, cigarette smoking in special populations, mobile phone-delivered interventions and assessments, health-related quality of life/functional status outcomes
Health Disparities Research Investigators
Christopher Fagundes, Ph.D.
Research Interests: integrate theories and methods from psycho-oncology, developmental psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, and autonomic psychophysiology to understand how the mind and body interact to affect those confronted with cancer and its aftermath
Jennifer Irvin-Vidrine, Ph.D.
Research Interests: tobacco cessation in underserved populations, smoking-related health risk perceptions, health communications, dissemination of evidence-based interventions, health disparities
Cho Y. Lam, Ph.D.
Research Interests: nicotine addiction, tobacco use and cessation, ecological momentary assessment and intervention
Carlos A. Mazas, Ph.D.
Research Interests: theoretical models of addictive and cancer risk behaviors, tobacco and alcohol use motivation and relapse, minority populations (emphasis on Hispanic/Latino)
Lorna Haughton McNeil, Ph.D.
Research Interests: increasing physical activity among racial/ethnic minorities as a mechanism to reduce cancer risk
David W. Wetter, Ph.D.
Research Interests: theoretical models of addictive and cancer risk behaviors, epidemiology and public health impact of those behaviors, development, evaluation, and dissemination of theoretically-based interventions
Integrative Medicine Program Investigators
Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D.
Research Interests: integrative medicine, biobehavioral effects of psychosocial interventions, incorporation of complementary programs with conventional treatment (e.g., meditation, stress management, emotional writing, yoga, and tai chi/qigong)