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Dr. Stephen Tiffany

Dr. Stephen Tiffany

Empire Innovation Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Office: 368B Park Hall
Phone: (716) 645-0244
E-mail: stiffany@buffalo.edu

 

Summary of Research Interests:

My research is in the area of drug addiction. I do studies on the processes of drug craving, the causes of drug dependence, the diagnosis of dependence, adolescent drug use, and the interaction of biological and psychological factors in the control of addictive behaviors. My craving work focuses on understanding the role of drug craving in addiction. I have also done research on the variables that regulate the development of addiction in young cigarette smokers. In addition, I conduct basic animal and human research on the processes that motivate addictive behavior. In some of our research, my students and I examine addicts' craving reactions to cues that are related to drug use. For example, smokers might be shown pictures of someone lighting a cigarette. Recently, we have looked at cue reactions when smokers are presented with cues in their natural environment. In other research, we are developing new behavioral and biological measures to track the smoking behavior of low-level smokers.

I was awarded the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in 1993. I have been on the editorial boards of several journals including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Psychotherapy, Studies on Alcohol, and Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. At present, I am a Deputy Editor for Nicotine and Tobacco Research. I have also served as a member of several NIH scientific review panels and have been a member of the Scientific Core Group of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN) since the inception of the network in 1997.

Representative Publications:

  • deBry, S. C. & Tiffany, S. T. (in press). Tobacco induced neurotoxicity of adolescent cognitive development (TINACD): A proposed model for the development of impulsivity in nicotine dependence. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
  • Florsheim, P., Shiozaki, T., Hiraoka, R., Tiffany, S.T., Heavin, S., Teske, N. & and Clegg, C. (in press). Craving Among Polysubstance-Using Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.
  • Cannon, D. S., Tiffany, S. T., Coon, H., Scholand, M. B., McMahon, W. M., & Leppert, M. F. (2007) The PHQ-9 as a brief assessment of lifetime mood disorder. Psychological Assessment. 19, 247-251.
  • Robinson, J. D., Cinciripini, P. M., Tiffany, S. T., Carter, B. L., Lam, C. Y., & Wetter, D. W. (2007). Gender differences in affective response to acute nicotine administration and deprivation. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 543-61.
  • Dierker, L., Donny, E., Tiffany, S., Colby, SM, Perrine, N., Clayton, R., TERN (2007). The Association between Cigarette Smoking and DSM-IV Nicotine Dependence among First Year College Students. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 86, 106-114.
  • Teneggi, V., Tiffany, S. T., Squassante, L., Milleri, S., Ziviani, L., & Bye, A. (2005). Effect of sustained-release (SR) bupropion on craving and withdrawal in smokers deprived of cigarettes for 72 h. Psychopharmacology, 183, 1-12.
  • Tiffany, S. T., Conklin, C. A., Shiffman, S., & Clayton, R. R. (2004). What can dependence theories tell us about assessing the emergence of tobacco dependence? Addiction. 99(S1), 78-86.
  • Davidson D., Tiffany, S. T., Johnston, W., Flury L., Li, T. K. (2003). Using the cue-availability paradigm to assess cue reactivity. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 8, 1251-1256.
  • Teneggi, V., Tiffany, S. T., Squassante, L., Milleri, S., Luigi, Z., & Bye, A. (2002) Smokers deprived of cigarettes for 72 hours: Effect of nicotine patches on craving and withdrawal. Psychopharmacology. 164, 177-187.
  • Conklin, C. A., & Tiffany, S. T. (2002). Applying extinction research and theory to cue-exposure addiction treatments. Addiction, 97, 155-167.
  • Carter, B. L., & Tiffany, S. T. (2001). The cue availability paradigm: The effects of cigarette availability on cue reactivity in smokers. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9, 183-190.
  • Colby, S. M., Tiffany, S., Shiffman, S., Niaura, R. S. (2000). Are adolescent smokers dependent on nicotine? A review of the evidence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 59, S83-S95.
  • Tiffany, S. T., Cox, L. S., & Elash, C. A. (2000). Effects of transdermal nicotine patches on abstinence-induced and cue-elicited craving in cigarette smokers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 233-240.
  • Carter, B. L., & Tiffany, S. T. (1999). Meta analysis of cue reactivity in addiction research. Addiction, 94, 327-340.
  • Drobes, D. J., & Tiffany, S. T. (1997). Induction of Smoking Urge Through Imaginal and In Vivo Procedures: Physiological and Self Report Manifestations. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 15-25.
  • Burton, S. M., & Tiffany, S. T. (1997). The effect of alcohol consumption on imaginal and in vivo manipulations of smoking urges. Addiction, 92, 15-26.
  • Cepeda Benito, A., & Tiffany, S. T. (1996). The use of a dual task procedure for the assessment of cognitive effort associated with cigarette craving. Psychopharmacology, 127, 155-163.
  • Maude Griffin, P. M., & Tiffany, S. T. (1996). Production of smoking urges through imagery: The impact of affect and smoking abstinence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 4, 198-208.
  • Elash, C., Tiffany, S. & Vrana, S. (1995). The manipulation of smoking urges and affect through a brief imagery procedure: Self report, psychophysiological, and startle probe responses. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 3, 156-162.
  • Tiffany, S. T., Singleton, E., Haertzen, C. & Henningfield, J. E. (1993). The development of a cocaine craving questionnaire. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 34, 19-28.
  • Tiffany, S. T., & Drobes, D. J. (1991). The development and initial validation of a questionnaire on smoking urges. British Journal of Addiction, 86, 1467-1476.
  • Tiffany, S. T. (1990). A cognitive model of drug urges and drug use behavior: Role of automatic and nonautomatic processes. Psychological Review, 97, 147-168.
  • Tiffany, S. T., Martin, E. M., & Baker, T. B. (1986). Treatments for cigarette smoking: An evaluation of the contributions of aversion and counseling procedures. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 24, 437-452.