Kevin M. Gray
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Media Influence and Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Medical University of South Carolina
2016-2025
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center
2010-2024
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2024
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
2024
The University of Sydney
2024
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2023
University of Colorado Denver
2023
Seattle University
2015-2023
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2023
Queens College, CUNY
2023
N-acetylcysteine (1,200 mg twice a day) was added to contingency management intervention and very brief weekly cessation counseling in an 8-week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial for treatment-seeking cannabis-dependent adolescents. The rate of negative urine cannabinoid tests 41% the group, compared 27% placebo group. At posttreatment follow-up visit, 19% group were negative, 10% Adverse events not common included vivid dreams heartburn.
One in five college women experiences sexual assault (SA). Feminist scholars have called for the use of programming that empowers by increasing their ability to recognize and resist SA. such program, Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act SA Resistance Education Program (EAAA), has demonstrated lower rates up 24 months (Senn et al., 2015, 2017). EAAA could be further enhanced directly targeting women's risky alcohol cannabis use, two known risk factors SA, within an integrated framework. This...
There is evidence that women may be less successful when attempting to quit smoking than men. One potential contributory cause of this gender difference differential craving and stress reactivity smoking‐ negative affect/stress‐related cues. The present human laboratory study investigated the effects on affect/stress cues by exposing nicotine dependent (n = 37) men 53) smokers two active cue types, each with an associated control cue: (1) in vivo neutral cues, (2) imagery‐based script a...
Aim To examine individual variability between perceived physical features and hormones of pubertal maturation in 9–10-year-old children as a function sociodemographic characteristics. Methods Cross-sectional metrics puberty were utilized from the baseline assessment Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study—a multi-site sample 9–10 year-olds (n = 11,875)—and included via development scale (PDS) child salivary hormone levels (dehydroepiandrosterone testosterone all, estradiol...
As summarised in the most recent Cochrane review, few clinical trials on e-cigarettes are largely focused smoking cessation. We aimed to determine naturalistic uptake, use, and impact of among adults who may or not want stop smoking.
Substance use initiation during early adolescence is associated with later development of substance and mental health disorders. This study used various domains to predict initiation, defined as trying any nonprescribed (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, cannabis), by age 12, using a large longitudinal data set.