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TERN Group of Scientists

Core Group

Network Chair:

Richard R. Clayton, Ph.D.
Good Samaritan Foundation Chair of Health Behavior,
College of Public Health
Director, Center for Prevention Research
University of Kentucky
121 Washington Ave., Ste 109B
Lexington, KY 40536-0003
Email: clayton@uky.edu

Members:

David B. Abrams, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
31 Center Drive Building 31, Room B2B37
Bethesda, MD 20892-2027
Email: AbramsD@od.nih.gov

Robert L. Balster, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Research Professor of Psychology,
Director, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Blackwell Smith Building, Room 754
410 North 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23298-0310
Email:  balster@hsc.vcu.edu

Linda M. Collins, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Director, The Methodology Center
Pennsylvania State University
S-159 Henderson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email:  LMCollins@PSU.EDU

Ronald E. Dahl, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
3811 O'Hara Street, Room E-733
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email:  dahlre@msx.upmc.edu

Brian R. Flay, D.Phil.
Professor of Public Health 
Oregon State University
Department of Public Health
256 Waldo Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-6406
Email:  brian.flay@oregonstate.edu

Gary A. Giovino, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Cancer Prevention, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY
Email:  gary.giovino@roswellpark.org

George F. Koob, Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Division of Psychopharmacology
Department of Neuropharmacology
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 N. Torrey Pines Road, CVN-7
La Jolla, CA 92037
Email:  gkoob@scripps.edu

Robert J. McMahon, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Washington
119 Guthrie Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-1525
Email:  mcmahon@u.washington.edu

Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
15 K North Drive, Room 210 MSC # 2670
Bethesda, MD 20892
Email: Kathleen.Merikangas@nih.gov 

Mark Nichter, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona at Tucson
Emil Haury Building, Room 221
P.O. Box 210030
South Campus drive and Park Avenue
Tucson, AR 85721-0030
Email:  mnichter@u.arizona.edu

Saul Shiffman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Clinical Psychology Center & the Smoking Research Group
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
Pinney Associates
201 North Craig Street, Suite 320
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: shiffman@pinneyassociates.com

Stephen Tiffany, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Utah School of Medicine
Health Sciences Center
50 North Medical Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
Email:  Stephen.Tiffany@hsc.utah.edu

Senior Adviser:

Jack E. Henningfield, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Vice President, Research and Health Policy
Pinney Associates
4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 1000
Bethesda, MD 20814-3433
Email: jhenning@pinneyassociates.com

Consultant to TERN:

Denis J. Prager, Ph.D.
Strategic Consulting Services
506 Brackett Creek Road, P.O.Box 149
Clyde Park, MT 59018
Email: pragerd@worldnet.att.net

Faculty Scholars

Craig R. Colder, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Park Hall, Box 604110
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-4110
Email: ccolder@acsu.buffalo.edu

Lisa C. Dierker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Wesleyan University
207 High Street
Middletown, CT 06459
Email: ldierker@mail.wesleyan.edu

Eric C. Donny, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
SENSQ 4119 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Email: edonny@pitt.edu

Lorah Dorn, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Division of Adolescent Medicine
ML 4000, 3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Email: Lorah.dorn@cchmc.org

Tom Eissenberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director
Clinical Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory
Department of Psychology & Institute for Drug & Alcohol Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
1112 E. Clay Street, Room B08
Richmond, VA 23219
Email: teissenb@vcu.edu

Brian P. Flaherty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Washington
125 Guthrie, Box 351525
Seattle, WA 98195-1525
Email: bxf4@u.washington.edu 

Lan Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Email: lliang@uic.edu

Mimi Nichter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona at Tucson
Emil Haury Bldg. # 30, Room 210
P.O.Box 210030
1009 E. South Campus Drive
Tucson, AR 85721-0030
Email: MimiN@u.arizona.edu

Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine
Brown Medical School & The Miriam Hospital
One Hoppin Street
Coro Building, Suite 500
Providence, RI 02903
Email: ERichardson@Lifespan.org

William Shadel, Ph.D.
Senior Behavioral Scientist
RAND Corporation
4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: william shadel@rand.org

Laura Stroud, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Centers for Behavioral & Preventive Medicine
Brown Medical School & The Miriam Hospital
Coro Building, Suite 500
One Hoppin Street
Providence, RI 02903
Email: Laura_Stroud@brown.edu

University of Kentucky
Center for Prevention Research
121 Washington Avenue, Suite 204
Lexington, KY 40536-0003
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