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Erik Augustson is currently a Behavioral Scientist and Project Officer in the Tobacco Control Research Branch within the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at NCI. He holds a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of New Mexico and is licensed as a psychologist in Maryland. Dr. Augustson is a former Cancer Prevention Fellow and through this training program received a Master's in Public Health with a focus on epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. Before entering the NCI Fellowship in 2000, he also completed a Fellowship in Behavioral Medicine, specializing in psychological factors affecting chronic pain disorders, and was on faculty at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Following completion of the NCI Fellowship, he was employed as a behavioral scientist within TCRB via a contract with Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
Dr. Augustson's research interests are currently focused on understanding various aspects of health behaviors with a particular emphasis on "hardcore" smokers. His current research spans a variety of levels of analysis; ranging from epidemiological, psychological, and behavioral-genetics research, with an end goal of improving models of smoking as a complex, multiply-determined behavior such that more effective treatments can be developed. In addition to research on tobacco use, he has also been involved in a number of projects investigating other health behaviors including chronic pain, cancer screening, health care utilization, adherence, substance abuse, and the use of web-based interventions. He has over 30 publications and has made more than 80 professional presentations.
His current duties include program management of grants, independent research, facilitation of dissemination of information, and supervision and training of fellows. As such, he serves on a number of national committees aiming to improve population-based tobacco control.
Select Publications and Presentations:
Finney Rutten, L.J., Augustson, E.M., Moser, R.P., Beckjord, E.B., Hesse, B.W. Smoking knowledge and behavior in the U.S.: Sociodemographic, smoking status, and geographic patterns. Manuscript under review.
Wanke, K. & Augustson, E. Epidemiological analysis of variation in phenotypic definitions: A proof of concept using an example of a cessation phenotype. Invited chapter for NCI Monograph 22. Manuscript under review.
Parascandola, M., Augustson, E.M., O’Connell, M. & Marcus, S. Predictors of Interest in Potential Reduced Exposure Products (PREPs) among adults in the United States: Findings from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. Manuscript under review.
Wanke, K.L., Jefferson, A. & Augustson, E.M. The relation of depression to the stages of smoking: Results from NHANES-III. Manuscript under review.
Kaufman, A. & Augustson, E.M. (In press) Predictors of regular cigarette smoking among adolescent females: Does body image matter? Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Augustson, E.M., Barzani, D., Finney Rutten, L.J. & Marcus, S.E. (in Press) Gender Differences Among "Hardcore" Smokers: An Analysis of the Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey. Journal of Women’s Health.
Parascandola, M., Hurd, A.L. & Augustson, E.M. (In Press) Smoking Patterns and Predictors of Interest and Use of Potential Reduced Exposure Products (PREPs) among adults in the United States. American Journal of Health Behavior.
Fagan, P, Augustson, E.M., Backinger, C.L., O’Connell, M.E., Vollinger, R., Kaufman, A., & Gibson, T.J. (2007) Quit Attempts and Intention to Quit Cigarette Smoking Among Young Adults in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 97(8), 1412-1420.
Augustson, E., Wanke, K., Rogers, S., Bergen, A., Chatterjee, N., Synder, K., Taylor, P., Albanes, D., Caporaso, N. (2007) Predictors of sustained smoking cessation: A prospective analysis of chronic smokers from the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta Carotene (ATBC) Cancer Prevention Study. American Journal of Public Health. [June 28, epub ahead of print].
Hurd, A.L., Augustson, E.M., Backinger, C.L., Deaton, C. & Bright, M.A. (2007) Impact of National Promotion on 1-800-QUIT-NOW. American Journal of Health Promotion, 21(6), 481-483.
Mabry, P.L., Tooze, J.A., Moser, R.P., Augustson, E.M., Malcom, R.J. & Benowitz, N.L. (2007) Nicotine, cotinine, withdrawal, and craving patterns during smoking and nicotine nasal spray use: results from a pilot study with African American men. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 9(1), 65-82.
Stoddard, J.L., Augustson, E.M., & Mabry, P.L. (2006) The importance of usability testing in the development of an internet-based smoking cessation treatment resource. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 8 (Supplement 1), S87-S93.
Stoddard, J.L. and Augustson, E.M. (2006) Smokers who use internet and smokers who don't: data from the Health Information and National Trends Survey (HINTS). Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 8 (Supplement 1), S77-S85.
Finney-Rutten, L.J., Augustson, E.M. & Wanke, K.L. (2006) Factors associated with patients’ perceptions of healthcare providers’ communication behavior. Journal of Health Communication, 11 (supplement 1), 135-146.
Mabry, P.L., Augustson, E.M., Morgan, G., & Leischow, S. (2005) Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation. In Hirsch et al (eds) Prevention and Early Detection of Lung Cancer.
Finney-Rutten, L.J., Wanke, K.L., & Augustson, E.M. (2005) Systems and individual factors associated with smoking status: Evidence from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). American Journal of Health Behavior, 29(4), 302-310.
Stoddard, J.L., Muñoz, R.F., Delucchi, K.L., Collins, N.M., Pérez-Stable, E.J., Augustson, E.M. & Lenert, L.L. (2005) Smoking cessation research via the internet: A feasibility study. Journal of Health Communication, 10(1): 27-41.
Moore, B.A., Augustson, E.M., Budney, A. & Moser, R. (2005) Respiratory effects of marijuana and tobacco use in a U.S. sample. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20: 33-37.
Augustson, E.M. & Marcus, S.E. (2004) Use of the Current Population Survey to characterize sub-populations of continued smokers: A national perspective on the "hardcore" smoker phenomenon. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 6(4), 621-629.
Wanke, K.L., Giovino, G., Augustson, E.M., Swan, G., & Lerman, C. (2004) Transdisciplinary classification of smokers: How shall we define "Hardcore"? Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 6 (4), 700.
Selected as one of top scientific presentations at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
Augustson, E.M. & Marcus, S. (2003). Use of the Current Population Survey to characterize hardcore smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 5(5), 771.
Selected as one of top 50 scientific presentations at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
Augustson, E.M., Vadaparampil, S.S., Paltoo, D.M. Kidd, L.R. & O’Malley, A.S. (2003) The Association between CBE, FOBT and Pap Smear Adherence and Mammography Adherence among Older Low-Income Women. Preventive Medicine, 36, 734-739.
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