Steven Yale Sussman, PhD

Steve Sussman, Ph.D., FAAHB, FAPA, FSPR, received his doctorate in social-clinical psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1984. He is a professor of preventive medicine, psychology, and social work at the University of Southern California (USC), and he has been at USC for 40 years. He studies etiology, prevention, and cessation within the addictions arena, broadly defined, as well as translation research and program development. He has over 500 publications. His programs include Project Towards No Tobacco Use (young teen tobacco use prevention), Project Towards No Drug Abuse (older teen drug abuse prevention), and Project EX (older teen tobacco use prevention/cessation), which are considered evidence-based programs at numerous agencies (i.e., CDC, NIDA, NCI, OJJDP, SAMSHA, CSAP, Colorado and Maryland Blueprints, Health Canada, U.S. DOE and various State Departments of Education). He received the honor of Research Laureate for the American Academy of Health Behavior in 2005, and he was President there (2007-2008). Also, as of 2007, he received the honor of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 50, Addictions). Also, as of 2019, he received the honor of Fellow of the Society for Prevention Research. He is the current Editor of Evaluation & the Health Professions (SAGE Publications; since 2010). His newest texts are: Substance and Behavioral Addictions: Concepts, Causes, and Cures (Cambridge, 2017) and The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions (Editor; Cambridge, 2020).

• University of Illinois-Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, Psychology Department Outstanding Student Achievement Award, 1982
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• International Communications Association Meeting: Top Three Paper, 1988
• 3rd Annual Conference on Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology, Substance Abuse and Culture: Best Substance Abuse Poster, 1995
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Project Towards No Tobacco Use selected as a “Program That Works”, 1997
• U.S. Department of Education: Project Towards No Tobacco Use selected as an “Exemplary Program”, 2001
• American Academy of Health Behavior (FAAHB): Fellow, 2001
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• Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Project Towards No Drug Abuse selected as a “Model Program”, 2003
• CSAP/SAMHSA: Project EX selected as a model program, 2005
• TRDRP: Cornelius Hopper Diversity Award Supplement (CHDAS) Mentor, 2005
• AAHB: Research Laureate, 2005
• American Psychological Association, Division 50: Fellow, 2007
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• Society for Prevention Research: Fellow, 2019
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• University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana — BS — 12/1976 — Psychology
• University of Illinois, Chicago — MS, PhD — 8/1984 — Psychology
• University of Mississippi & VA Medical Centers, Jackson, MS — 8/1984 — Clinical Psychology Residency

• Southern California Vape Shop Reaction to New Policies
  Tobacco Related Disease Research Program · Jul 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2020 · Role: Principal Investigator
• USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
  NIH · U54CA180905 · Sep 19, 2013 – Aug 31, 2028 · Role: Principal Investigator (Project 2)
• Drug Abuse Prevention for High Risk Emerging Adults
  NIH · R01DA020138 · Aug 1, 2007 – Jan 31, 2014 · Role: Principal Investigator
• PROJECT TOWARDS NO DRUG ABUSE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS
  NIH · R01DA013814 · Sep 15, 2000 – Aug 31, 2006 · Role: Principal Investigator
• DRUG USE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING IN CONTINUATION SCHOOLS
  NIH · R01DA007601 · Jul 1, 1992 – Jun 30, 2002 · Role: Principal Investigator
• SMOKELESS TOBACCO–ONSET, PREVENTION, AND CESSATION
  NIH · R01CA044907 · Jul 1, 1987 – Jun 30, 1993 · Role: Principal Investigator

• Leventhal, Adam
• Unger, Jennifer
• Barrington-Trimis, Jessica
• Pedersen, Eric
• Harlow, Alyssa
• Lerman, Caryn