Lisa Sanderson Cox, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine & Public Health
Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, KU – Lawrence

Clinical psychologist Lisa Cox is on a mission: to increase access to smoking cessation interventions among underserved populations with the goal of reducing tobacco-related disease and health disparities. A specialist in behavioral medicine, Lisa’s expertise in tobacco control, cancer prevention and health disparities research is highly regarded. With 14 years of experience in nicotine dependence treatment and research, Lisa has received private and federal funding (NIH, R01 – Kick It at Swope III), has published extensively and has presented her research in national and international forums. An active collaborator in multidisciplinary work in the USA and abroad, she is currently focused on enhancing smoking cessation treatment with Latino and African American communities in Kansas. Lisa is active with colleagues in enhancing Latino health initiatives. She enjoys mentoring graduate and postdoctoral students, lecturing within the School of Medicine and being active nationally in educating healthcare professionals in the treatment of nicotine dependence.

BA	Communication Studies	Northwestern University
MS	Psychology	Purdue University
PhD	Psychology	Purdue University