David Abrams

professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at New York University

David B. Abrams holds a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in psychology and computer science from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and a doctorate in clinical health psychology from Rutgers University.

Abrams was professor and founding director of the Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at Brown University Warren Alpern Medical School. He directed the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He then directed the Schroeder National Institute of Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Truth Initiative/American Legacy Foundation and was professor of health behavior and society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

He has published over 300 scholarly articles and has been a principal investigator on numerous NIH grant awards. He authored The Tobacco Dependence Treatment Handbook: A Guide to Best Practices. He received the Joseph Cullen Memorial Award from the American Society for Preventive Oncology for lifetime contributions to tobacco and nicotine use behavior; Research Laureate Award from the American Academy of Health Behavior; and the distinguished Alumni Award from Rutgers University. He served on the Board of Scientific Advisors of the National Cancer Institute at the NIH, and he was president of the Society for Behavioral Medicine and recipient of their Distinguished Scientist and Mentorship Awards.