Behavioral Interventions & Behavioral Change
Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Research Program
The Public Health Sciences Department has several faculty engaged in research around behavioral interventions, including tobacco cessation research and technology-assisted behavior change.
The Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Research Program currently houses several funded projects related to the study of and/or dissemination of best practices for Tobacco Cessation with Special Populations. Please visit the Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Research Program site for more information.
Program Faculty
Diana Fernandez, MD, MPH, PhD
I work on dietary intervention using evidence-based behavioral strategies. I am currently interested in incorporating behavioral strategies into smartphone-delivered dietary interventions for Mexican immigrant farmworker families.
Yu Liu, MD, MPH
My research in this area includes the application of health theory-based models and community-based participatory research methods to enhance the continuum of HIV care (e.g., HIV testing, linkage-to-care, HIV medicine initiation/adherence and viral suppression) among gay, bisexual and other men who have men in high-risk communities in the U.S.
Scott McIntosh, PhD
Survey Research, Qualitative Methods, and technology-assisted behavior change
Molly McNulty, JD
The influence of the law on implementation; for example, examining federal and NYS tobacco laws as implemented at the county level