Benjamin A. Toll, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Program Director, Smoking Cessation Service at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Departments & Organizations
Cancer Center, Yale: Cancer Prevention and Control
Cancer Prevention and Control Center
Psychiatry: CENTURY | Smoking Cessation and Alcohol Treatment Research Clinic | Psychology: Division of Substance Abuse; Substance Abuse Treatment Center | Division of Addictions | Project Choice
Research Interests
Smoking cessation clinical trials; Quitline studies; Smoking cessation with cancer patients; Secondary analyses of clinical trial data; Analyses of mediators and moderators of treatment; Assessment, methods, and psychometrics more...
Education
- B.A., Cornell University, 1996
- M.S., NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, 1999
- Ph.D., NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, 2002
Selected Publications
- Toll, B. A., Martino, S., Latimer, A., Salovey, P., O’Malley, S. S., Carlin-Menter, S., Hopkins, J., Wu, R., Celestino, P., & Cummings, K. M. (2010). Randomized trial: Quitline specialist training in gain-framed vs standard care messages for smoking cessation. Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), 102, 96-106. PMID: 20056957.
- Latimer, A. E., Green, K., Schmid, K. L., Abrams, S. M., Cummings, K. M., Celestino, P., Seshadri, S. G., Salovey, P., & Toll, B. A. (2009). The identification of framed messages in the New York State Smokers’ Quitline materials and coaching. Health Education Research. Available online: DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp041. PMID: 19656799.
- Toll, B. A., Salovey, P., O’Malley, S. S., Mazure, C., Latimer, A., & McKee, S. A. (2008). Message framing for smoking cessation: The interaction of risk perceptions and gender. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 10, 195-200. PMID: 18188760.
