Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

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Jennifer Tidey (she/her) is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health, where she is affiliated with the Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies (CAAS). She also holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University. At CAAS, she is Co-PI of the NIDA T32 training program and Director of the CAAS Laboratory. The goals of her research are to identify mechanisms underlying the high rates of tobacco dependence in vulnerable populations, and to develop effective interventions to reduce tobacco use and its health harms in these individuals. Most of her current research is in the area of tobacco regulatory science, the aim of which is to provide the FDA with information it needs to make evidence-based regulatory decisions about tobacco products, with the goal of improving public health. Dr. Tidey has published over 170 peer-reviewed research articles in the area of addiction. She has been awarded over $25M in total costs as PI, MPI, or core lead on 15 NIH R-, U- and P-grants, and has contributed as Co-Investigator on 26 grants R-, U-, and P-grants totalling over $100M. She has mentored 12 early-career investigators on NIH K- or F- awards with total costs of almost $7M. She is a Deputy Editor for the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research and serves on the Editorial board for Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.  

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