Consultant, Department of Psychiatry & Psychology at Mayo Clinic
Biography
Christi A. Patten, Ph.D., focuses on developing novel, theory-based behavioral interventions for tobacco cessation. Her focus areas include:
- Tobacco cessation interventions for adolescents and smokers with psychiatric comorbidity
- Social support and smoking cessation
- Community-based participatory research to reduce health disparities among underserved populations
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded intervention programs to reduce tobacco disparities among Alaska Native adolescents and pregnant women