Eleanor Leavens, Ph.D.

Dr. Leavens is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Leavens received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Oklahoma State University and completed her clinical internship at the Charleston Consortium at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Leavens completed a TL1 post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Broadly, her research focuses on tobacco regulatory science and investigates mechanisms that contribute to tobacco use and tobacco-related health inequities.

Dr. Leavens is an Assistant Professor within the University of Kansas School of Medicine Department of Population Health. Her research focuses broadly on the assessment of tobacco regulatory policies and the impact on tobacco-related health inequities. Specifically, her research investigates tobacco control policies with the goal of maximizing public health and reducing tobacco-related health disparities. In addition, Dr. Leavens serves on the hub team for the Kansas Vaping ECHO for Education, a state-wide initiative to equip middle and high schools across the state with evidence-based strategies for addressing youth tobacco and nicotine use.

Associated Changes in E-cigarette Puff Duration and Cigarettes Smoked Per Day.

Changes in dependence, withdrawal, and craving among adult smokers who switch to nicotine salt pod-based e-cigarettes.

Changes in dependence, withdrawal, and craving among adult smokers who switch to nicotine salt pod-based e-cigarettes

Comparison of a preferred versus non-preferred waterpipe tobacco flavour: subjective experience, smoking behaviour and toxicant exposure.

Concurrent Alcohol Use and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Smoking Topography, Toxicant Exposure, and Abuse Liability.

Concurrent Choice Assessment of Preference and Substitutability of E-cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products for Combustible Cigarettes Among African American and White Smokers

Development and implementation of the ECHO model in a school setting to address youth electronic cigarette use in Kansas: A protocol

Early Treatment Response in Black Smokers Undergoing Pharmacotherapy for Smoking Cessation: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

E-Cigarettes and FDA Nicotine Cap

Effects of flavourants and humectants on waterpipe tobacco puffing behaviour, biomarkers of exposure and subjective effects among adults with high versus low nicotine dependence.

Electronic cigarette dependence and demand among pod mod users as a function of smoking status.

Harm Reduction Associated with Dual Use of Cigarettes and e-Cigarettes in Black and Latino Smokers: Secondary Analyses from a Randomized Controlled e-Cigarette Switching Trial.

Impact of flavors and humectants on waterpipe tobacco smoking topography, subjective effects, toxicant exposure and intentions for continued use.

JUUL electronic cigarette use patterns, other tobacco product use, and reasons for use among ever users: Results from a convenience sample.

Nicotine Delivery and Changes in Withdrawal and Craving During Acute Electronic Cigarette, Heated Tobacco Product, and Cigarette Use Among a Sample of Black and White People Who Smoke

The effect of area-level disadvantage and race on smoking abstinence in a clinical trial.

Effect of alcohol use on waterpipe smoking patterns and toxicant exposure

Impact of e-cigarette nicotine concentration on compensation, cigarette use, and biomarkers of exposure and harm in African American and White smokers

Impact of e-cigarette training on puff patterns, cigarette smoking, and health outcomes among smokers with COPD

The Impact of Menthol Flavoring on Switching in Adult Menthol Smokers