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Steven A. Branstetter
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Summary Statement

Steven Branstetter has research interests in nicotine addiction, smoking behaviors, and individual and contextual influences on tobacco use in adults and adolescents.

Department
  • Biobehavioral Health - BBH
  • Smoking and Health Behavior Research Lab
  • Resources
  • Research and Labs
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Education
  • University of Denver, PhD, Child Clinical Psychology, 2005
Currently Accepting Graduate Students
Phone
Office Address
227 Biobehavioral Health Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Fax
814-863-7525
Interests
  • Nicotine addiction
  • Smoking behaviors
  • Environmental, contextual and socioeconomic influences on tobacco use
  • Behavioral economics of smoking behaviors
Professional Experience

Steven Branstetter has research interests in nicotine addiction, smoking behaviors, and individual and contextual influences on tobacco use in adults and adolescents. He is the Co-Leader of the Penn State Cancer Institute Population Health and Cancer Control (PHCC) Program.

Grants and Research Projects

Youth tobacco use and cessation; parental and peer-influences on tobacco use; behavioral economics and tobacco use; smoking among cancer patients

Smoking Health and Behavior Laboratory Web Pages

Publications