Program in Nicotine and Tobacco Research

The Program for Nicotine and Tobacco Research conducts state of the art research and teaching in nicotine addiction and treatment using clinical, laboratory and public health approaches.

Pictured from left: Andrew Busch, PhD; Beth Bock, PhD; Belinda Borrelli, PhD; Ernestine Jennings, PhD Erin Tooley, PhD; Shira Dunsiger, PhD; Catherine Dubé, EdD; Margaret Bublitz, PhD. (Missing: Laura Stroud, PhD and Joseph Ciccolo, PhD)

Specifically, our focus is to: 

• Investigate methods of motivating smoking cessation (motivational Interviewing; increasing risk perception) and increasing consumer demand for evidenced-based treatments
• Provide a forum for collaborative research projects
• Provide mentorship for young investigators
• Investigate new technologies and channels to deliver smoking cessation treatment
• Develop and test smoking cessation treatments for a variety of underserved cultures and subpopulations (e.g., psychiatric, medical, perinatal, ethnic)
• Develop innovative ways to analyze smoking data
• Use qualitative data, theory and community-based participatory methods to develop treatments
• Investigate the physiological and psychological mechanisms of nicotine addiction and smoking cessation
• To reduce second-hand smoke exposure in households of smokers

Belinda Borrelli, PhD
Director, Program in Nicotine and Tobacco, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam Hospital
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

PNT@lifespan.org