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  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Eric C. Donny is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Applied Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of their research work include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Noise Effects and Management

Frequent publication venues for Eric C. Donny include:

  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Preventive Medicine
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent coauthors they have collaborated with are:

  • Dorothy K. Hatsukami
  • Rachel Denlinger-Apte
  • Jennifer W. Tidey
  • Tracy T. Smith
  • Joseph S. Koopmeiners

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Eric C. Donny include:

  • "The Impact of Exclusive Use of Very Low Nicotine Cigarettes on Compensatory Smoking: An Inpatient Crossover Clinical Trial" (2020), published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "A review of the evidence on cigarettes with reduced addictiveness potential" (2021), published in International Journal of Drug Policy
  • "Relationships between the Nicotine Metabolite Ratio and a Panel of Exposure and Effect Biomarkers: Findings from Two Studies of U.S. Commercial Cigarette Smokers" (2020), published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • "Reappraising Choice in Addiction: Novel Conceptualizations and Treatments for Tobacco Use Disorder" (2021), published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • "Preliminary evidence on cigarette nicotine reduction with concurrent access to an e-cigarette: Manipulating cigarette nicotine content, e-liquid nicotine content, and e-liquid flavor availability" (2022), published in Preventive Medicine

In 2015, Eric C. Donny was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines on nicotine dose selection for in vivo research

    Shannon G. Matta;David J. Balfour;Neal L. Benowitz;R. Thomas Boyd

  • Cue dependency of nicotine self-administration and smoking.

    Anthony R Caggiula;Eric C Donny;Anthony R White;Nadia Chaudhri

  • Sex differences in nicotine effects and self-administration: review of human and animal evidence.

    Kenneth A. Perkins;Eric Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula

  • Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes.

    Eric C. Donny;Rachel L. Denlinger;Jennifer W. Tidey;Joseph S. Koopmeiners

  • Operant responding for a visual reinforcer in rats is enhanced by noncontingent nicotine: implications for nicotine self-administration and reinforcement

    Eric C. Donny;Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;F. Fay Evans-Martin

  • Nicotine self-administration in rats: estrous cycle effects, sex differences and nicotinic receptor binding.

    E. C. Donny;A. R. Caggiula;P. P. Rowell;M. A. Gharib

  • Complex interactions between nicotine and nonpharmacological stimuli reveal multiple roles for nicotine in reinforcement

    Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Matthew I. Palmatier

  • The Role of Nicotine in Smoking: A Dual-Reinforcement Model

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Matthew I. Palmatier;Xiu Liu

  • Nicotine self-administration in rats.

    E C Donny;A R Caggiula;S Knopf;C Brown

  • Environmental stimuli promote the acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats.

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. White;Nadia Chaudhri

  • Dissociating the primary reinforcing and reinforcement-enhancing effects of nicotine using a rat self-administration paradigm with concurrently available drug and environmental reinforcers.

    Matthew I. Palmatier;F. Fay Evans-Martin;Alycia Hoffman;Anthony R. Caggiula

  • Importance of nonpharmacological factors in nicotine self-administration.

    Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Nadia Chaudhri;Kenneth A. Perkins

  • Acquisition of nicotine self-administration in rats: the effects of dose, feeding schedule, and drug contingency.

    Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula;Michelle M. Mielke;Kimberly S. Jacobs

  • Sex differences in the contribution of nicotine and nonpharmacological stimuli to nicotine self-administration in rats

    Nadia Chaudhri;Anthony R. Caggiula;Eric C. Donny;Sheri Booth

  • Smoking in the absence of nicotine: behavioral, subjective and physiological effects over 11 days

    Eric C. Donny;Elizabeth Houtsmuller;Maxine L. Stitzer

  • Nicotine self-administration in rats on a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement.

    Eric C. Donny;Anthony R. Caggiula;Michelle M. Mielke;Sheri Booth

  • Effect of immediate vs gradual reduction in nicotine content of cigarettes on biomarkers of smoke exposure a randomized clinical trial

    Dorothy K. Hatsukami;Xianghua Luo;Joni A. Jensen;Mustafa Al'Absi

  • The effects of nicotine on the immune system

    Cathy G. McAllister-Sistilli;Anthony R. Caggiula;Steve Knopf;Christine A. Rose

  • Methadone doses of 100 mg or greater are more effective than lower doses at suppressing heroin self-administration in opioid-dependent volunteers.

    Eric C. Donny;Susan M. Brasser;George E. Bigelow;Maxine L. Stitzer

  • The association between cigarette smoking and DSM-IV nicotine dependence among first year college students

    Lisa C. Dierker;Eric Donny;Stephen Tiffany;Suzanne M. Colby

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer W. Tidey
Jennifer W. Tidey Brown University
F. Joseph McClernon
F. Joseph McClernon Duke University
Mustafa al'Absi
Mustafa al'Absi University of Minnesota
Suzanne M. Colby
Suzanne M. Colby Brown University
David J. Drobes
David J. Drobes University of South Florida
Lisa Dierker
Lisa Dierker Wesleyan University
Linda M. Collins
Linda M. Collins New York University
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University
Stephen T. Tiffany
Stephen T. Tiffany University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Erika E. Forbes
Erika E. Forbes University of Pittsburgh

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