Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Susan K. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair ad interim
Director of the Assessment, Intervention and Measurement (AIM) Core
Research Interests: genetic counseling and testing for hereditary cancers, adherence to prevention and early detection recommendations, e-health and mobile health technology
Isabel Marcella Estudillo
Sr. Administrative Assistant to Dr. Peterson
Email: imestudi@mdanderson.org
Work: 713-745-5008
Diane Beneventi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: delivery of fully integrated, evidence-based tobacco treatment to populations within the community that smoke at significantly higher rates, utilizing a Quitline platform
Janice A. Blalock, Ph.D.
Professor
Fellowship Program Director, Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: developing smoking cessation interventions for smokers with comorbid psychiatric and medical disorders
Maggie Britton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Co-Principal Investigator of the Tobacco Health Equity and Cancer Prevention Science Laboratory
Research Interests: social determinants of health, tobacco health equity, tobacco control and intervention in the workplace and implementation science
Carrie Cameron, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: the relationship between communication skills, identity development and career trajectory of STEM researchers
Paul Cinciripini, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: smoking cessation, nicotine psychopharmacology, neurobiology of addiction, clinical trials, genetics and pharmacogenetics
Yong Cui, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: identifying cognitive and affective mechanisms in smoking and its intervention, leveraging novel technologies, especially mobile health (mHealth) to develop non-pharmacological treatments for nicotine dependence
Maher A. Karam-Hage, M.D.
Professor
Medical Director, Tobacco Treatment Program
Research Interests: addiction, focused on the specific areas of tobacco, alcohol and comorbid disorders
George Kypriotakis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: cancer survivorship, addiction, social effects, statistics and genetics
Isabel Martinez Leal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Co-Principal Investigator of the Tobacco Health Equity and Cancer Prevention Science Laboratory
Kathrin Milbury, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: designing and evaluating dyadic behavioral interventions to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones
Jennifer A. Minnix, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: cognitive and affective correlates of addiction and co-morbid disorders
Jane R. Montealegre, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: cancer screening and prevention, with a focus on cervical and other HPV-associated cancers, among underserved populations and in low-resource settings
Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D., F.A.A.H.B., F.S.R.N.T.
Professor
Director of the Tobacco Health Equity and Cancer Prevention Science Laboratory
Research Interests: social determinants, tobacco health equity, implementation science, minoritized and marginalized groups, workplace interventions and research mentorship
Jason D. Robinson, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying nicotine dependence and withdrawal and translating this knowledge to assist those wishing to quit smoking
Eileen Huh Shinn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: brain imaging techniques (fMRI, ERPs) to identify the neuropsychological mechanisms that increase individuals' vulnerability to behavioral dysregulation (smoking and overeating)
Joint Appointments
Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor, Integrative Medicine Research
Research Interests: integrative medicine, biobehavioral effects of psychosocial interventions, incorporation of complementary programs (such as meditation, stress management, emotional writing, yoga and tai chi/qigong) with conventional treatment
Charles Green, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor
Seokhun Kim, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Collaborator
Administrative Staff
Victoria (Vickie) L. Brown, Ph.D.
Department Administrator
Office: 713-794-4514
Cell: 832-441-1354
Gail Willis
Office Manager
Office: 713-745-5563
Isabel Estudillo
Department Sr. Administrative Assistant
Office: 713-745-5008