Faculty & Staff

Paul M. Cinciripini, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Margaret & Ben Love Chair in Clinical Cancer Prevention in honor of Dr. Charles A. LeMaistre
Director, Tobacco Research and Treatment Program
PI of the Addiction Psychophysiology Laboratory

Research Interests: smoking cessation, nicotine psychopharmacology, neurobiology of addiction, clinical trials, genetics and pharmacogenetics

Executive Assistant: Sherry Hanna
SHanna@MDAnderson.org

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.
Associate 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

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.
Assistant 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.
Associate 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

Susan K. Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor
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

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)

Meagan Whisenant, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Research Interests: cancer prevention including studying variation in cancer-related symptom burden, symptom-related communication between clinicians and patients, and development of innovative interventions for supporting patients and their caregivers in managing cancer-related symptoms

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