CCEB Seminar- Rebecca Ashare, PhD

"Developing Better Treatments through Translational Science: Nicotine Dependence as a Model"  Rebecca Ashare, PhD Assistant ProfessorCenter for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health InitiativesUniversity of Pennsylvania   I am a clinical psychologist and conduct research in translational science, medication development, and neurocognition applied to nicotine dependence. My primary area of research has focused on identifying risk factors for smoking relapse, with a focus on cognitive control, decision-making, and stress, and evaluating novel treatments to improve abstinence rates. My work leverages tools from the fields of psychology, neuropharmacology, and cognitive neuroscience to understand the mechanisms that underlie smoking relapse and mechanisms of efficacy of novel interventions.