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1049

Overview

Peter Adams is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on psychology with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology, general health professions, epidemiology, social psychology, and pharmacology.

Their work addresses topics such as grief, bereavement, and mental health; substance abuse treatment and outcomes; global public health policies and epidemiology; sexuality, behavior, and technology; mental health and patient involvement; death anxiety and social exclusion; and gambling behavior and treatments.

Notable recent papers include:

  • A public health approach to gambling regulation: countering powerful influences (2021, The Lancet Public Health)
  • The Need for a Tighter Particulate-Matter Air-Quality Standard (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Policy influence and the legalized cannabis industry: learnings from other addictive consumption industries (2021, Addiction)
  • Connecting theory with practice: Time to explore social reality and rethink resilience among health professionals (2020, International Journal of Nursing Practice)
  • Community Mental Health Care in Aotearoa New Zealand: Past, Present, and the Road Ahead (2022, Consortium Psychiatricum)

Peter Adams has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Marta Rychert, Chris Wilkins, Karen Hoare, Rodrigo Ramalho, and Edwin Sayes. These partnerships have contributed to multiple publications in their fields of study.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in journals such as Addiction, International Journal of Drug Policy, SSRN Electronic Journal, The Lancet Public Health, and New England Journal of Medicine.

In addition to journal articles, Peter Adams has contributed to book publications with Oxford University Press and Utah State University Press eBooks. Titles include Reflecting on the Inevitable (2020) and Teaching Accelerated and Corequisite Composition (2023).

Best Publications

  • Formation and cycling of aerosols in the global troposphere

    Frank Raes;Rita Van Dingenen;Elisabetta Vignati;Julian Wilson

  • Predicting global aerosol size distributions in general circulation models

    Peter J. Adams;John H. Seinfeld

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • Global concentrations of tropospheric sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium aerosol simulated in a general circulation model

    Peter J. Adams;John H. Seinfeld;Dorothy M. Koch

  • Sensitivity of PM 2.5 to climate in the Eastern US: a modeling case study

    J. P. Dawson;P. J. Adams;S. N. Pandis;S. N. Pandis

  • General circulation model assessment of direct radiative forcing by the sulfate-nitrate-ammonium-water inorganic aerosol system

    Peter J. Adams;John H. Seinfeld;Dorothy Koch;Loretta J. Mickley

  • Uncertainty in global CCN concentrations from uncertain aerosol nucleation and primary emission rates

    J. R. Pierce;J. R. Pierce;P. J. Adams

  • Ammonia Emission Controls as a Cost-Effective Strategy for Reducing Atmospheric Particulate Matter in the Eastern United States

    Robert W. Pinder;Peter J. Adams;Spyros N. Pandis

  • Unspeciated organic emissions from combustion sources and their influence on the secondary organic aerosol budget in the United States

    Shantanu H. Jathar;Timothy D. Gordon;Christopher J. Hennigan;Havala O. T. Pye

  • Global evaluation of CCN formation by direct emission of sea salt and growth of ultrafine sea salt

    Jeffrey R. Pierce;Peter J. Adams

  • A Preliminary Synthesis of Modeled Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Regional Ozone Concentrations

    C. P. Weaver;X. Z. Liang;J. Zhu;P. J. Adams

  • Sensitivity of ozone to summertime climate in the eastern USA: A modeling case study

    John P. Dawson;Peter J. Adams;Spyros N. Pandis;Spyros N. Pandis

  • Efficiency of cloud condensation nuclei formation from ultrafine particles

    J. R. Pierce;P. J. Adams

  • Contribution of brown carbon and lensing to the direct radiative effect of carbonaceous aerosols from biomass and biofuel burning emissions

    Rawad Saleh;Marguerite Marks;Jinhyok Heo;Peter J. Adams

  • Interactions between tropospheric chemistry and aerosols in a unified general circulation model

    Hong Liao;Peter J. Adams;Serena H. Chung;John H. Seinfeld

  • Global radiative forcing of coupled tropospheric ozone and aerosols in a unified general circulation model

    Hong Liao;John H. Seinfeld;Peter J. Adams;Loretta J. Mickley

  • Climatic effects of 1950–2050 changes in US anthropogenic aerosols – Part 1: Aerosol trends and radiative forcing

    E Leibensperger;E Leibensperger;Loretta J. Mickley;Daniel J. Jacob;W.-T. Chen

  • Can cosmic rays affect cloud condensation nuclei by altering new particle formation rates

    J. R. Pierce;J. R. Pierce;P. J. Adams

  • Sensitivity of global tropospheric ozone and fine particulate matter concentrations to climate change

    Pavan Nandan Racherla;Peter J. Adams

  • Intercomparison and evaluation of global aerosol microphysical properties among AeroCom models of a range of complexity

    G.W. Mann;K.S. Carslaw;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle;K.J. Pringle

  • Unspeciated Organic Emissions From Combustion Sources And Their Influence On The Secondary Organic Aerosol Budget In The United States

    S. Jathar;T. Gordon;C. J. Hennigan;H. O. Pye

Frequent Co-Authors

Spyros N. Pandis
Spyros N. Pandis University of Patras
Patricia A. Fleming
Patricia A. Fleming Murdoch University
Allen L. Robinson
Allen L. Robinson Colorado State University
Jeffrey R. Pierce
Jeffrey R. Pierce Colorado State University
Neil M. Donahue
Neil M. Donahue Carnegie Mellon University
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology
Merrilyn Goos
Merrilyn Goos University of Limerick
Athanasios Nenes
Athanasios Nenes École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Philip W. Bateman
Philip W. Bateman Curtin University
Peter J. Irwin
Peter J. Irwin Murdoch University

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