Faculty

Cynthia A Conklin, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

PhD
Clinical Psychology, Purdue University
Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Current Appointments

Co-Director, Healers, Activists, Innovators, Leaders (HAIL) Curriculum: Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Co-Chair, Research Review Committee, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Co-Chair, Networking Committee, Bridging Connections in Addiction Research (BCAR), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Professional Affiliations

Member, FLEX Week Curriculum Committee, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Selected Honors & Awards

Wyeth Young Psychopharmacologist Award, American Psychological Association
Jarvik-Russell Early Career Award, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco
Faculty Scholar Award, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Research Interests

tDCS brain stimulation & combined therapies; Methods to reduce cue-reactivity in smokers
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Conklin, Cynthia A., and Stephen T. Tiffany (2002). Applying extinction research and theory to cue-exposure addiction treatments.Addiction 97(2), 155-167.
  2. Conklin, C. A., Vella, E. J., Joyce, C. J., Salkeld, R. P., Perkins, K. A., & Parzynski, C. S. (2015). Examining the relationship between cue-induced craving and actual smoking. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 23(2), 90.
  3. Conklin, C. A., Salkeld, R. P., Perkins, K. A., & Robin, N. (2013). Do people serve as cues to smoke?. nicotine & tobacco research, 15(12), 2081-2087.
  4. Conklin, Cynthia A.(2006)Environments as cues to smoke: implications for human extinction-based research and treatment. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 14(1), 12-19.
  5. Conklin, Cynthia A., and Kenneth A. Perkins. (2005). Subjective and reinforcing effects of smoking during negative mood induction. Journal of abnormal psychology 114(1), 153-164.

Clinical Interests

Schizophrenia and addiction; Situationally provoked urinary incontinence; Smoking cessation
Selected Clinical Publications & Products
  1. Smith TT, Koopmeiners JS, Tessier KM, Davis EM, Conklin CA. Randomized trial of low-nicotine cigarettes and transdermal nicotine. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 57 (4), 515-524
  2. Conklin, C.A., & Perkins, K.A. (2004). Nicotine Dependence and Smoking. In N. Anderson (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Health Behavior. Sage Publishers, 733-737.
  3. Perkins, Kenneth A., Cynthia A. Conklin, & Michele D. Levine (2008).Cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation: a practical guidebook to the most effective treatments. Taylor & Francis.
  4. Conklin, C.A., & Tiffany, S.T. (2001). Cue exposure treatment: New ideas about an old therapy. In R. H. Coombs (Ed.) Addiction Recovery Tools: A Practitioner's Handbook. Sage Publishers.

Education Interests

Medical student education; Postdoctoral student education; Research mentorship