Overview

Jennifer Tidey is a Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, and is affiliated with Brown University's Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies (CAAS). At CAAS, she is Associate Director of the NIDA T32 training program and Director of the Addictive Behaviors Laboratory. She is a Deputy Editor for the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, an Associate Editor for Tobacco Regulatory Science, and on the Editorial board for Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Trained as a behavioral pharmacologist at Tufts University, Dr. Tidey completed post-graduate training at Harvard University and the University of Vermont before joining CAAS in 1999. The goals of her research are to identify mechanisms underlying the high rates of tobacco dependence in priority populations, and to develop effective smoking cessation interventions for these smokers. She has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in the area of addiction, primarily laboratory and clinical trials testing treatments for tobacco dependence in people with serious mental illness. She currently conducts research in the high-impact area of tobacco regulatory science, the aim of which is to provide the FDA with the science it needs to make regulatory decisions about cigarettes and other tobacco products, with the goal of improving public health. 

Brown Affiliations

• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Research Areas

On the Web

Tidey faculty profile

Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies

Tidey lab page