Labs
Human Behavioral Pharmacology Labs
Our focus is on how behavioral factors influence the use and effects of drugs, especially nicotine, in humans.
Director: Kenneth A. Perkins, Ph.D.
E-1335 WPIC
412-246-5395
Education & Training
- PhD, University of Iowa
Research Interest Summary
Research Interests
Representative Publications
Perkins, K.A., Lerman, C., Karelitz, J.L., Jao, N.C., Chengappa, K.N.R., & Sparks, G.M. Sensitivity and specificity of a procedure for early human screening of novel smoking cessation medications. Addiction, 2013, 108, 1962-1968.
Perkins, K.A. & Lerman, C. An efficient early Phase 2 procedure to screen medications for efficacy in smoking cessation. Psychopharmacology, 2014, 231, 1-11.
Karelitz, J.L, Michael, V.C., Boldry, M.A., & Perkins, K.A. Validating use of internet-submitted carbon monoxide values by video to determine quit status. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2017, 19, 990-993.
Perkins, K.A., Kunkle, N., & Karelitz, J.L. Preliminary test of cigarette nicotine discrimination threshold in non-dependent versus dependent smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2017, 175, 36-41.
Perkins, K.A., Karelitz, J.L., & Boldry, M.A. Nicotine acutely enhances reinforcement from non-drug rewards in humans. Frontiers in Psychiatry (Addictive Disorders section), 2017, 8, 65.
Perkins, K.A., Karelitz, J.L., & Kunkle, N. Sex differences in subjective responses to moderate versus very low nicotine content cigarettes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, in press.
