F McClernon
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Overview
Joseph McClernon, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and founder/director of the Center for Addiction Science and Technology (CfAST). In his four years with the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) he has served as director of the Evaluation and Strategic Planning core, interim co-director of the Team Science core, and director of the Integration and Strategic Partnerships pillar. During his tenure with CTSI, his leadership has been critical to building a culture of evaluation and continuous improvement, in strengthening the institute’s partnership with North Carolina Central University and other regional partners, and in planning strategy and development for the institute.
Dr. McClernon earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 2001 from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Duke in 2002. He served as Director of the Addiction Division in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences from 2012-2020. His research is focused on increasing our understanding of tobacco use, developing new and more effective interventions to nicotine dependence, and informing the FDA’s regulation of tobacco products. He has served as a site-PI and Co-I for more than ten years in the Center for the Evaluation of Nicotine in Cigarettes (CENIC)— a national consortium that has provided the bulk of evidence to the FDA for informing national policies that will reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels, thus saving millions of lives. Dr. McClernon is now leading efforts to transition CENIC’s focus to public health interventions that ensure the new policy will be implemented in ways that enable equitable outcomes for marginalized groups. Other regulatory science research has evaluated the effects of nicotine in cigarettes on a model of cigarette experimentation, the impact of flavors in cigarettes and e-cigarettes, and the influence of product characteristics and policy on multiple tobacco product use. He has led other groundbreaking research on the influence of drug-associated environments on drug use, relapse, and treatment; tobacco use disparities among individuals with comorbid psychiatric (e.g., ADHD, serious mental illness) and health (e.g., HIV; chronic pain) problems.
Dr. McClernon has actively mentored early career individuals from high school students through early career faculty. His former postdoctoral fellows are faculty or staff scientists at academic medical centers, government agencies, and research institutes. He has been continuously NIH-, FDA-, and foundation- funded since 2002. He has authored/co-authored more than 170 peer-reviewed publications, has two patents, has served as chair of NIH grant review panels, and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Jarvik-Russell New Investigator Award.
Positions
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences in the Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
2021 Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
Member of the Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis in the School of Medicine
2009 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2013 School of Medicine
Education
Ph.D. 2001
2001 Southern Illinois University
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (58)
- Awards (1)
- Conference Pages (24)
- Academics Articles (198)
- Book Sections (2)
National Institutes of Health
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Minnesota
National Institutes of Health
John Templeton Foundation
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
University of Minnesota
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Center for the Assessment of the Public Health Impact of Tobacco Regulations
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Intelligent Automation Inc.
National Institutes of Health
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Research Triangle Institute International
National Institutes of Health
University of Minnesota
National Institutes of Health
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University of Minnesota
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University of Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health
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American Psychological Association
Addictive Behaviors
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Proceedings of Machine Learning Research
Neuropsychopharmacology
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
North Carolina Medical Journal
UbiComp 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Behavior Genetics
Biological Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry
Biological Psychiatry
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Neuropsychopharmacology
Drug Alcohol Depend
Nicotine Tob Res
Tobacco Control
Nicotine Tob Res
Nicotine Tob Res
Brain Sciences
Drug Alcohol Depend
Nicotine Tob Res
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Nat Protoc
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Nicotine Tob Res
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
J Assoc Nurses Aids Care
Current Addiction Reports
Nicotine Tob Res
Nicotine Tob Res
Nicotine Tob Res
Drug Alcohol Depend
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
Npj Digital Medicine
Nicotine Tob Res
Nicotine Tob Res
Drug Alcohol Depend
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Nicotine Tob Res
Current Addiction Reports
Nicotine Tob Res
Nicotine Tob Res
Tobacco Control
Nicotine Tob Res
Drug Alcohol Depend
Subst Use Misuse
Nicotine Tob Res
Jmir Mhealth and Uhealth
Nicotine Tob Res
Proc Mach Learn Res
Tobacco Control
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
Drug Alcohol Depend
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Frontiers in Psychology
Epigenetics : Official Journal of the Dna Methylation Society
Jama Psychiatry
Addict Behav
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Tobacco Control
Drug Alcohol Depend
Neuropsychopharmacology
Addict Biol
Drug Alcohol Depend
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Neuropsychopharmacology
Psychiatry Research
Neuropsychopharmacology
Behav Neurosci
The New England Journal of Medicine
Health Psychology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Drug Alcohol Depend
Psychol Addict Behav
Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
Psychiatry Research
Neuropsychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
J Atten Disord
Molecular Autism
Nicotine Tob Res
Psychol Addict Behav
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Nicotine Tob Res
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
J Clin Psychopharmacol
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
Psychiatry Research
Bmc Psychiatry
Nicotine Tob Res
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Addiction Research & Theory
Nicotine Tob Res
Journal of Affective Disorders
Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Behav Processes
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : Ecam
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
Biol Psychiatry
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
Int J Obes (Lond)
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Psychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
Drug Alcohol Depend
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
Journal of Traumatic Stress
J Nerv Ment Dis
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
J Dual Diagn
Nicotine Tob Res
Drug Alcohol Depend
Ann N Y Acad Sci
Neuropsychopharmacology
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
J Adolesc Health
Psychopharmacology
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Addictive Behaviors
Psychopharmacology
Addictive Behaviors
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Psychopharmacology
Addiction Biology
Psychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology
Archives of General Psychiatry
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Addictive Behaviors
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Addictive Behaviors
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Addictive Behaviors
Addictive Behaviors
Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Human Psychopharmacology
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Psychophysiology
American Psychologist
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Personality and Individual Differences
TOBACCO EPIDEMIC
International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
Psychophysiology
International Journal of Psychophysiology : Official Journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults and Children
Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition
Offices & Contact
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