Why you should listen
In the area of adolescent tobacco use, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin has conducted qualitative research including focus groups and surveys to understand patterns and perceptions of use of tobacco products; clinical trials to develop and test the use of novel behavioral and pharmacological cessation and prevention interventions; and experimental evaluations of behavioral and neural predictors of use and cessation behaviors. Because of her expertise in youth tobacco use behaviors, she has contributed to the Surgeon General's report on Preventing Tobacco Use among Young People and also serves as a member of the FDA's Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory Committee. Krishnan-Sarin is a professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and the Co-PI on the Yale Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science.
