USC.edu
Are You a Patient?

Raina Pang, PhD

Associate Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences and Psychology

Image of Raina Pang, PhD
Websites
Is this your profile? Click to edit
Email [email protected]
CTSI Profile

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

  • Tobacco Withdrawal Amongst African American, Hispanic, and White Smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 06; 18(6):1479-87.. View in PubMed
  • Gender, Ethnicity, and Their Intersectionality in the Prediction of Smoking Outcome Expectancies in Regular Cigarette Smokers. Behav Modif. 2016 Jan; 40(1-2):281-302.. View in PubMed
  • Novelty Seeking as a Phenotypic Marker of Adolescent Substance Use. Subst Abuse. 2015; 9(Suppl 1):1-10.. View in PubMed
  • The association of SNCA with hazardous alcohol use is mediated by impulsivity. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Apr 30; 226(2-3):523-4.. View in PubMed
  • Examination of anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance as transdiagnostic mechanisms linking multiple anxiety pathologies to alcohol use problems in adolescents. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2015 Mar; 39(3):532-9.. View in PubMed
  • Gender differences in negative reinforcement smoking expectancies. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Jun; 17(6):750-4.. View in PubMed
  • Depressive symptoms, negative urgency and substance use initiation in adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Nov 01; 144:225-30.. View in PubMed
  • Depression and anxiety symptoms moderate the relation between negative reinforcement smoking outcome expectancies and nicotine dependence. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2014 Sep; 75(5):775-80.. View in PubMed
  • Functional connectivity-based parcellation and connectome of cortical midline structures in the mouse: a perfusion autoradiography study. Front Neuroinform. 2014; 8:61.. View in PubMed
  • Anxiety sensitivity and negative urgency: a pathway to negative reinforcement-related smoking expectancies. J Addict Med. 2014 May-Jun; 8(3):189-94.. View in PubMed

Similar People