Danielle Davis, PhD

Danielle Davis, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Addictions. Dr. Davis holds an experimental psychology PhD from the University of Vermont. Her program of research falls within the umbrella of tobacco regulatory science and is aimed at understanding tobacco and cannabis use behaviors among youth and adults to inform intervention development and policy. She investigates two interrelated topics 1) understanding the role and contributing factor of new and emerging product constituents (e.g. flavors, coolants, sweeteners) on product abuse liability and use behaviors; and 2) understanding how individual characteristics like sex and age can influence product perception abuse liability and subsequent use behaviors. She utilizes a variety of methodologies to examine these concepts including human laboratory paradigms, qualitative focus groups, and quantitative survey research. Projects include a NIH and FDA funded study that uses human experimental research paradigms to understand differences by sex in the role of flavor and nicotine on e-cigarette reward, appeal, and sensory effects; and a project within the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) focused on examining the role of different product constituents (i.e. synthetic coolant, synthetic nicotine) on e-cigarette appeal, reward, and use behavior. In addition, the fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Davis and colleagues to conduct secondary data analyses of survey and qualitative data aimed at understanding youth tobacco and cannabis use behaviors.