Addiction
Maurice Elias
Professor
Department of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Social-emotional learning, character development, meaning, purpose, and significance, parenting, emotional intelligence, education reform, the achievement gap, prevention of bullying, violence, substance abuse, and related problem behaviors, impact of media on children, Jewish education and Jewish identity.
Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., is Professor, Psychology Department at Rutgers University, Director, Social-Emotional and Character Development Lab ([http://…
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Professor and Director
Center for Gambling Studies
School of Social Work
Key topics: Gambling; Problem gambling and gambling disorder; Criminal behavior and gambling; Video gaming; Internet gaming; Sports wagering; Addiction; Behavioral addiction; Internet addiction; Legal issues in addiction
Lia Nower is a professor and director of the Center for Gambling Studies and the Addiction Counselor Training (ACT) Certificate Program at the Rutgers University School of Social Work. She is the 2019 recipient of the Research Award from the…
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Marc Steinberg
Professor
Psychiatry
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Key topics: Nicotine, tobacco, smoking cessation, motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Jay Tischfield
Professor
Department of Genetics
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Genetics, medical genetics, gene disorders, genetically linked diseases, genetics of psychiatric disorders, large-scale genetics, complex human diseases, genetics of alcoholism.
Jay A. Tischfield, Ph.D., is a well-known authority in the genetics field. He directs the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository, the largest university-based repository in the world.
A diplomat of the American Board of Medical…
Arthur Tomie
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology and Center of Alcohol Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Psychology, behavioral neuroscience, alcohol studies
Professor Tomie is an addiction research scientist. He is interested in the early stages of the drug addiction process, when drug use slips out of control. Professor Tomie is particularly interested in boosting awareness in young people of…
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