The research of Christi A. Patten, Ph.D., focuses on developing novel, theory-based behavioral interventions for tobacco cessation.

Focus areas

• Tobacco cessation interventions for adolescents and smokers with psychiatric comorbidity
• Social support and smoking cessation
• Community-based participatory research to reduce health disparities among underserved populations
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded intervention programs to reduce tobacco disparities among Alaska Native adolescents and pregnant women