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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

  • Subjective effects of combustible, vaporized, and edible cannabis: Results from a survey of adolescent cannabis users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 01 01; 206:107716.. View in PubMed
  • Flavored E-cigarette Use and Progression of Vaping in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2019 11; 144(5).. View in PubMed
  • Subjective effects from the first cigarette of the day vary with precigarette affect in premenopausal female daily smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2020 Jun; 28(3):299-305.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of non-tobacco flavors and nicotine on e-cigarette product appeal among young adult never, former, and current smokers. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 10 01; 203:99-106.. View in PubMed
  • Gender Differences in Negative Affect During Acute Tobacco Abstinence Differ Between African American and White Adult Cigarette Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 07 17; 21(8):1072-1078.. View in PubMed
  • Indirect Associations of Anxiety Sensitivity with Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drug Use Problems Through Emotional Disorder Symptoms in Adolescents. Behav Med. 2020 Apr-Jun; 46(2):161-169.. View in PubMed
  • Happiness as a Buffer of the Association Between Dependence and Acute Tobacco Abstinence Effects in African American Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 09 04; 20(10):1215-1222.. View in PubMed
  • Ovarian Hormones and Transdermal Nicotine Administration Independently and Synergistically Suppress Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms and Smoking Reinstatement in the Human Laboratory. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 03; 43(4):828-837.. View in PubMed
  • Smoking Consequences Questionnaire: A reevaluation of the psychometric properties across two independent samples of smokers. Psychol Assess. 2018 05; 30(5):678-692.. View in PubMed
  • Premenstrual symptoms and factors implicated in smoking cessation among woman smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2017 08; 25(4):235-241.. View in PubMed

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