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2009 Research Laureate Guidelines for Selecting AAHB Research Laureates Dr. Ray Niaura Ray Niaura is Awarded 2009 Research LaureateRaymond Niaura, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Director of Transdisciplinary Research at Butler Hospital. His primary research interests include tobacco dependence and psychological factors affecting metabolism and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Niaura has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on more than 30 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, as well as numerous grants from other funding agencies, including serving as PI of 14 on-going or completed multicenter, industry-sponsored pharmacological smoking cessation trials. Dr. Niaura was part of the subcommittee on psychological factors affecting physical Dr. Niaura will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 AAHB Annual Meeting in Hilton Head, S.C., March 8-11, 2009 |
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Prior Research Laureates Dr. Elbert D. Glover 2008 – Dr. Elbert D. Glover Elbert D. Glover "Glover", Ph.D., is Professor & Chair, Department of Public & Community Health, & Director & Founder of the Center for Health Behavior Research at the University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health, College Park, MD. Dr. Glover is an internationally recognized authority on the topics of smoking cessation & smokeless tobacco, conducting hundreds of clinical trials with various nicotine pharmacologic adjunctsie, nicotine gum (2mg & 4mg), nicotine transdermal patches, nicotine oral inhaler, nicotine nasal spray, & the nicotine sublingual tablet.
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 Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton 2007 – Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton Bruce Simons-Morton, Ed.D., M.P.H., is a senior investigator with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). His primary research interests are early adolescent problem behavior prevention and the prevention of motor vehicle crashes among novice young drivers. His research focuses on both risk assessment and the development and evaluation of effective interventions. PDF of Presentation PowerPoint Presentation
 Dr. Herb Severson 2006 – Dr. Herb SeversonDr. Severson is internationally respected for his work in tobacco prevention and control and in child behavioral disorders. He has been an author on two Surgeon General’s reports on tobacco use and an Institute of Medicine report. In 2006 he was the principal investigator of six grants and co-investigator on six others; chair of the board of Oregon Research Institute; and president of two companies. His presentation shared personal perspectives about shifts in tobacco-related research highlighting clinical and public health cessation efforts, traditional prevention approaches, and a new focus on reducing antisocial behavior and promoting school adjustment as an innovative way to reduce the onset of tobacco use. PDF of Introduction PDF of Laureate Presentation
 Dr. Steve Sussman 2005 – Dr. Steve SussmanAmong his many accomplishments, Dr. Sussman was the principal investigator of Project “Towards No Tobacco Use”, a tobacco-use prevention and cessation project among young teens that was disseminated nationally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a “Program That Works” (1997-2002) and now is disseminated nationally by the Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention. It is recognized as a model program by the U.S. Department of Education, Sociometrics, Inc, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. His presentation revisited the issue of assumptions behind the field of health behavior research. PDF of Introduction PDF of Laureate Presentation
 Dr. Cheryl Perry 2004 – Dr. Cheryl PerryDr. Perry is perhaps best known for her work in smoking prevention research and is a recognized leader in both community heart-diesease prevention and tobaco control circles. Among her many other highly visible achievements is her service the 1994 Surgeion General's Report, which was entitled "Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People". Her presentation looked at two major compoennets of health behavior research, etiologic research and action research. She concludes that intervention programs including explicitedly creative components are successful in reducing alcohol use and activity patterns. PDF of Introduction PDF of Laureate Presentation
 Dr. John Elder 2003 – Dr. John ElderDr. Elder has been an inspiration to a field struggling with both the programmatic and methodological challenges of conducting research in multicultural contexts. His fluency in Spanish, his extensive work in Mexico, and his consulting in numerous other developing countries give him a broader than usual perspective on the application of behavioral and social sciences in public health and education. Dr Elder has consulted for USAID, Rockefeller Foundation and WHO projects in 15 different countries in Asia, Latin America, and Europe in the areas of child survival, maternal and child health, dengue fever control, research design, and social marketing. PDF of Introduction PDF of Laureate Presentation
 Dr. Brian Fy 2002 – Dr. Brian R. FlayDr. Flay stands in the highest ranks among the investigators in our field, not only in the United States, but with international recognition as well. He has a broader than usual perspective on the application of behavioral and social sciences in public health and education. His work spans such applications in institutional settings as well as in the mass media and in community-wide efforts, with particular attention to the health and related problems of adolescents and increasing emphasis on the necessity of combining the institutional and community components in comprehensive, integrated, and coherent programs. PDF of Introduction PDF of Laureate Presentation
 Dr. Lawrence Green 2001 – Dr. Lawrence GreenOf all the health education researchers and writers who have contributed to our understanding of health behavior, none have done it more voluminously than our special person in health education, Dr. Lawrence W. Green has. No one person in health education is more widely read or quoted than our first American Academy of Health Behavior Research Laureate honoree. Unequivocally, he has contributed more widely to health education than any other person, past or present. He best represents what The Academy is all about. |
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