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Raina Pang, PhD

Associate Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences and Psychology

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Overview

Broadly speaking my research interest lies in understanding sex/gender differences and women specific factors in addiction. As part of these efforts, I have completed a postdoctoral fellowship investigating the interactive role of menstrual cycle and nicotine on response inhibition and smoking behavior using laboratory based behavioral pharmacology. Currently, I am PI on a five year study aimed at understanding within and between subject effects of ovarian hormones on mood and smoking behavior across the menstrual cycle using ecological momentary assessment.

Education and Training

  • University of Oregon, Eugene, OR — B.S. — 06/2007 — Psychology/Anthropology
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA — PhD — 08/2012 — Neuroscience

Research Funding

  • Multi-method investigation of social facilitation of alcohol effects and alcohol misuse in young adults
    NIH · R01AA031240 · Sep 5, 2024 – Aug 31, 2029 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Cyclical deficits in emotion regulation as a risk factor for alcohol misuse in premenopausal females
    NIH · R01AA030065 · May 1, 2023 – Feb 29, 2028 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Daily Ovarian Hormone Exposure and Loss of Control Eating in Adolescent Girls: A Within-Day RDoC Study
    NIH · R21MH126334 · Jun 20, 2022 – May 31, 2025 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  • Ovarian Hormones Effect on Smoking Behavior
    NIH · K01DA040043 · Jul 1, 2015 – Jun 30, 2021 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Effects of mint, menthol, and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes on tobacco withdrawal symptoms in adults who smoke menthol cigarettes: A laboratory pilot study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 03 01; 256:111110.. View in PubMed
  • Association of e-Cigarette Use and Postpartum Depression: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System 2016-2019. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 01; 33(1):45-51.. View in PubMed
  • Implementation planning for equitable tobacco treatment services: a mixed methods assessment of contextual facilitators and barriers in a large comprehensive cancer center. Transl Behav Med. 2023 08 11; 13(8):539-550.. View in PubMed
  • Nicotine deprivation amplifies attentional bias toward racial discrimination stimuli in African American adults who smoke cigarettes. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2023 Dec; 31(6):1023-1031.. View in PubMed
  • Associations of DHEA(S) with negative and positive affect in people who smoke daily with elevated and low depression symptoms: A pilot laboratory study. Addict Behav. 2023 11; 146:107801.. View in PubMed
  • Longitudinal associations between anxiety sensitivity and substance use in adolescents: Mediation by depressive affect. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2024 Feb; 32(1):90-103.. View in PubMed
  • Daily ovarian hormone exposure and loss of control eating in adolescent girls: A registered report. Int J Eat Disord. 2023 06; 56(6):1246-1253.. View in PubMed
  • An Analysis of Twitter Posts About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Menthol Ban. Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 04 06; 25(5):962-966.. View in PubMed
  • Emotion regulation expectancies and smoking cessation factors: A daily diary study of California adults who smoke cigarettes during a practice quit attempt. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 04 01; 245:109810.. View in PubMed
  • Alcohol use and motives for drinking across the menstrual cycle in a psychiatric outpatient sample. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2023 01; 47(1):127-142.. View in PubMed

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