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Department of Psychiatry : Faculty : Full Time Facultyprint icon
Full Time Faculty

Dr. Matthew CarpenterMatthew J. Carpenter, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Hollings Cancer Center
86 Jonathan Lucas St
PO Box  250955
Charleston, SC  29425

Phone: (843) 792-3974
FAX:    (843) 792-4233
Email:  carpente@musc.edu

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

      
 

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Matthew Carpenter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, with a joint appointment in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC.  Dr. Carpenter completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology at the University of Vermont.  He then furthered his training during a clinical internship with an emphasis on behavioral medicine, followed by a NIDA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Substance Abuse, both at MUSC.  Dr. Carpenter is a member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), the Society for Behavioral Medicine (SBM), and the American Psychological Association (APA).  He has served as a reviewer for a number of journals, including Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Tobacco Control, Addiction, and Addictive Behaviors.  He has published numerous articles in his early career and has made well over two dozen presentations at regional and national scientific conferences.  In 2006, Dr. Carpenter was acknowledged with an Early Career Investigator Award from NIDA.     

 
 

Research Interests

Cessation induction strategies for smokers, including harm reduction strategies for smoking cessation (e.g., smoking reduction, Potentially Reduced Exposure Products (PREPs)) and NRT sampling; Barriers to smoking cessation among recalcitrant smokers; Lab-based studies of cue reactivity, both among daily and intermittent smokers.
 

Clinical Expertise

Addictive behaviors, behavioral medicine, health psychology
page last updated: 03/28/08

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