Jasjit Ahluwalia

About

Jasjit Singh Ahluwalia is a physician and population health/public health scientist with a career spanning since 1992 in academic medicine. He holds the titles of Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Professor of Medicine at Brown University. His research interests include minority health, health disparities, social determinants of health, addiction, and cancer prevention. His primary research has focused on nicotine addiction and smoking cessation among African-American smokers, with extensions into harm reduction using e-cigarettes among Latinx and African American tobacco users. Ahluwalia has also engaged in global health research projects in Spain, Mumbai, and New Delhi, India. Throughout his career, he has secured significant extramural funding, authored over 400 manuscripts, and held leadership roles including department chair, associate dean, and center director. He has served on various NIH study sections and advisory councils, and has received numerous awards for his contributions to mentoring, minority health, and tobacco research. His educational background includes an MD and MPH from Tulane University, a combined MD/MPH, and an MS in health policy from Harvard. He has held faculty positions at Emory University, University of Kansas, University of Minnesota, and Rutgers before joining Brown University, where he continues to focus on research, mentoring, and teaching.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Environmental health
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Nursing
• Anesthesia

Selected publications

• Effect of Pod e-Cigarettes vs Cigarettes on Carcinogen Exposure Among African American and Latinx Smokers

  JAMA Network Open · 2020 · 106 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Importance: Fourth-generation nicotine salt pod system (NSPS) electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are the leading class of e-cigarettes. They contain high nicotine concentrations, which may facilitate switching among smokers, but could also lead to increased exposure to nicotine and biomarkers of potential harm. African American and Latinx smokers experience significant tobacco-related health disparities. The potential of NSPS e-cigarettes to reduce smoking-related harm among these groups is un…

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• Medical Mistrust, Perceived Discrimination, and Race: a Longitudinal Analysis of Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in US Adults

  Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities · 2022 · 75 citations

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• Changes in dependence, withdrawal, and craving among adult smokers who switch to nicotine salt pod‐based e‐cigarettes

  Addiction · 2021 · 26 citations

  BACKGROUND AND AIMS: For electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) to be a viable substitute for combustible cigarettes, it is likely that they must be rewarding enough for regular use, indicated by factors such as craving and dependence, important aspects of reinforcement. This study aimed to understand short-term changes in measures of nicotine dependence between groups differing by use trajectory in a switching trial, and within group changes of these measures. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis of o…

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• Perioperative intravenous contrast administration and the incidence of acute kidney injury after major gastrointestinal surgery: prospective, multicentre cohort study

  British journal of surgery · 2020 · 25 citations

  BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the impact of preoperative exposure to intravenous contrast for CT and the risk of developing postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery. METHODS: This prospective, multicentre cohort study included adults undergoing gastrointestinal resection, stoma reversal or liver resection. Both elective and emergency procedures were included. Preoperative exposure to intravenous contrast was defined as exposure to…

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• Association of Substance Use With Behavioral Adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for COVID-19 Mitigation: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey

  JMIR Public Health and Surveillance · 2021 · 19 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  BACKGROUND: Substance use is a risk factor for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes. However, reasons for elevated risk for COVID-19 in substance users are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether alcohol or other drug use is associated with adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation. Preregistered analyses tested the hypothesis that greater use of alcohol and other drugs would be associated with lower…

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01CA085930

  NIH · $2.2M · 2005

• NIH Grant R01CA091912

  NIH · $5.6M · 2012

• Administrative Core

  NIH · $34.9M · 2019–2029

Frequent coauthors

• Nicole L. Nollen

  The University of Kansas Cancer Center

  227 shared

• Matthew S. Mayo

  The University of Kansas Cancer Center

  143 shared

• Kolawole S. Okuyemi

  University of Utah

  121 shared

• Rachel F. Tyndale

  Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

  106 shared

• Janet L. Thomas

  University of Colorado Denver

  105 shared

• Lisa Sanderson Cox

  University of Kansas Medical Center

  104 shared

• Neal L. Benowitz

  89 shared

• Won S. Choi

  Rural Development Administration

  77 shared

Education

• M.D.

  Tulane University

  1987

• Other

  Tulane University

  1987

Awards & honors

• Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Health Equity Lifetime…
• Appointed by the Secretary of DHSS to the Interagency Commit…
• Inducted as a Fellow, Society for Research on Nicotine and T…
• Joined the Board of Directors of the Society for Research on…
• APTR (Association for Prevention Teaching and Research) Dunc…

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