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Professor and Chair ad interim
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

Isabel Marcella Estudillo
Sr. Administrative Assistant to Dr. Peterson
Email: imestudi@mdanderson.org        
Work: 713-745-5008

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

Professor
Fellowship Program Director, Clinical Psychology

Research Interests: developing smoking cessation interventions for smokers with comorbid psychiatric and medical disorders

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

Associate Professor

Research Interests: the relationship between communication skills, identity development and career trajectory of STEM researchers

Professor

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

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

Professor
Medical Director, Tobacco Treatment Program

Research Interests: addiction, focused on the specific areas of tobacco, alcohol and comorbid disorders

Associate Professor

Research Interests: cancer survivorship, addiction, social effects, statistics and genetics

Assistant Professor
Co-Principal Investigator of the Tobacco Health Equity and Cancer Prevention Science Laboratory

Professor

Research Interests: designing and evaluating dyadic behavioral interventions to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones

Associate Professor

Research Interests: cognitive and affective correlates of addiction and co-morbid disorders

Associate Professor

Research Interests: cancer screening and prevention, with a focus on cervical and other HPV-associated cancers, among underserved populations and in low-resource settings

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

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Professor
Executive Director, Tobacco Research and Treatment Program (TRTP)

Research Interests: neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying nicotine dependence and withdrawal and translating this knowledge to assist those wishing to quit smoking

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

Associate Professor
Director, Behavioral Research and Treatment Center (BRTC)

Research Interests: brain imaging techniques (fMRI, ERPs) to identify the neuropsychological mechanisms that increase individuals' vulnerability to behavioral dysregulation (smoking and overeating)

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