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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

  • Anhedonia and Abstinence as Predictors of the Subjective Pleasantness of Positive, Negative, and Smoking-Related Pictures. Nicotine Tob Res. 2017 Jun 01; 19(6):743-749.. View in PubMed
  • Impulsivity and history of behavioral addictions are associated with drug use in adolescents. Addict Behav. 2017 11; 74:41-47.. View in PubMed
  • Associations of anxiety sensitivity and emotional symptoms with the subjective effects of alcohol, cigarettes, and cannabis in adolescents. Addict Behav. 2017 10; 73:192-198.. View in PubMed
  • Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and negative affect during tobacco withdrawal in a non-clinical sample of African American smokers. J Anxiety Disord. 2017 May; 48:78-86.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of sweet flavorings and nicotine on the appeal and sensory properties of e-cigarettes among young adult vapers: Application of a novel methodology. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Nov 01; 168:176-180.. View in PubMed
  • Negative Urgency Is Associated With Heightened Negative Affect and Urge During Tobacco Abstinence in Regular Smokers. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2016 09; 77(5):766-73.. View in PubMed
  • Social Self-Control Is a Statistically Nonredundant Correlate of Adolescent Substance Use. Subst Use Misuse. 2016 05 11; 51(6):788-94.. View in PubMed
  • Asians compared to Whites show increased response to d-amphetamine on select subjective and cardiovascular measures. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2016 May; 144:73-7.. View in PubMed
  • Associations between ADHD symptoms and smoking outcome expectancies in a non-clinical sample of daily cigarette smokers. Am J Addict. 2016 Mar; 25(2):152-9.. View in PubMed
  • Premenstrual symptoms and smoking-related expectancies. Addict Behav. 2016 Jun; 57:38-41.. View in PubMed

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