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Rutgers School of Public Health

Health Behavior, Society & Policy

Faculty Profile

  • Andrea Villanti, PhD, MPH

  • Associate Professor

  • Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy

  • CV

Biography
Dr. Villanti received her doctorate in social and behavioral sciences from the Johns Hopkins University and her master’s in public health degree from Columbia University. Previously, she served on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Vermont and as Director for Regulatory Science and Policy in the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Truth Initative.

Research Highlights

Dr. Villanti’s primary focus is on young adult tobacco use, including predictors and patterns of use and interventions to reduce tobacco use in young adults. She also has expertise in population surveillance of tobacco and substance use and translational research to improve substance use-related policy and program decision-making, including tobacco regulatory science. 

Social Media & Websites
NCBI Bibliography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1TQqdhnD6pm5X/bibliography/public/