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61
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14698
World Ranking
3369
National Ranking
1902

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Ovide F. Pomerleau is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine, with a significant focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work primarily targets several interconnected topics related to health and behavior. These include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Within subfields, their contributions relate to physiology, molecular biology, public health, environmental and occupational health, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Pomerleau has published research in several notable venues, including:

  • American Journal of Public Health (2 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (1 publication)
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research (1 publication)

Among recent papers, the following stand out for their focus and publication details:

  • "Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes," 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Balfour et al. Respond," 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha 5 (CHRNA5) with smoking status and with 'pleasurable buzz' during early experimentation with smoking," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco as an Outgrowth of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nicotine Addiction: Reflections of the Early Presidents," 2023, Nicotine & Tobacco Research

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several peers in the field, including Neal L. Benowitz, Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Harry A. Lando, Kenneth A. Perkins, and David J.K. Balfour.

In recognition of professional contributions, they were made a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes implicated in a nicotine dependence association study targeting 348 candidate genes with 3713 SNPs

    Scott F. Saccone;Anthony L. Hinrichs;Nancy L. Saccone;Gary A. Chase

  • Reliability of the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire and the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence.

    Cynthia S. Pomerleau;Solange M. Carton;Mary L. Lutzke;Karen A. Flessland

  • Variants in nicotinic receptors and risk for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Jerry A. Stitzel;Jen C. Wang;Anthony L. Hinrichs

  • Novel genes identified in a high-density genome wide association study for nicotine dependence

    Laura Jean Bierut;Pamela A F Madden;Naomi Breslau;Eric O. Johnson

  • Neuroregulators and the reinforcement of smoking: Towards a biobehavioral explanation

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;Ovide F. Pomerleau;Cynthia S. Pomerleau

  • Cigarette smoking in adult patients diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;Karen K. Downey;Fred W. Stelson;Cynthia S. Pomerleau

  • Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: psychological test profiles in a clinical population.

    Karen K. Downey;Fred W. Stelson;Ovide F. Pomerleau;Bruno Giordani

  • Web-based smoking-cessation programs: results of a randomized trial.

    Victor J. Strecher;Jennifer B. McClure;Gwen L. Alexander;Bibhas Chakraborty

  • The effects of cigarette smoking on pain and anxiety

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;Dennis C. Turk;Joanne B. Fertig

  • The Role of Engagement in a Tailored Web-Based Smoking Cessation Program: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Victor J Strecher;Jennifer A McClure;Gwen Alexander;Bibhas Chakraborty

  • Predictors of outcome and recidivism in smoking cessation treatment.

    Ovide Pomerleau;David Adkins;Michael Pertschuk

  • Balancing Consideration of the Risks and Benefits of E-Cigarettes

    David J. K. Balfour;Neal L. Benowitz;Suzanne M. Colby;Dorothy K. Hatsukami

  • Why some people smoke and others do not: new perspectives

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;Allan C. Collins;Saul Shiffman;Cynthia S. Pomerleau

  • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SENSITIVITY TO NICOTINE: IMPLICATIONS FOR GENETIC RESEARCH ON NICOTINE DEPENDENCE

    Ovide F. Pomerleau

  • The effects of a psychological stressor on cigarette smoking and subsequent behavioral and physiological responses.

    Cynthia S. Pomerleau;Ovide F. Pomerleau

  • Nicotine metabolite ratio as a predictor of cigarette consumption.

    Neal L. Benowitz;Ovide F. Pomerleau;Cynthia S. Pomerleau;Peyton Jacob

  • Reactivity to alcohol cues in alcoholics and non-alcoholics: Implications for a stimulus control analysis of drinking

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;Joanne Fertig;Laurence Baker;Ned Cooney

  • Behavioral medicine, theory and practice

    Ovide F. Pomerleau;John Paul Brady

  • Reactivity to alcohol-related cues: physiological and subjective responses in alcoholics and nonproblem drinkers.

    Richard F Kaplan;Ned L. Cooney;Laurence H. Baker;Robert A. Gillespie

  • Nicotine may relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease

    Karl Olov Fagerström;Ovide Pomerleau;Bruno Giordani;Fred Stelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia S. Pomerleau
Cynthia S. Pomerleau University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Pamela A. F. Madden
Pamela A. F. Madden Washington University in St. Louis
John P. Rice
John P. Rice Washington University in St. Louis
Sharon L.R. Kardia
Sharon L.R. Kardia University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oliver G. Cameron
Oliver G. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Laura J. Bierut
Laura J. Bierut Washington University in St. Louis
Nancy L. Saccone
Nancy L. Saccone Washington University in St. Louis
Ming D. Li
Ming D. Li Zhejiang University
Alison Goate
Alison Goate Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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