Sharon S. Allen, MD, PhD

Professor
allen001@umn.edu
612-627-4902

Research Themes: Smoking cessation in women, smoking cessation in adolescents, and predoctoral education.

Education Activities: Course director, Physician and Patient, Part I, II, and III, Research in Family Practice, and Clinical Medicine III Family Practice; advises medical students.

Current Grants

2007-2011, National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Menstrual Phase and Depression Symptoms in Acute Smoking Abstinence” 

2008-2013, NIH,  “Randomized trial of PEITC as a modifier of NNK metabolism in smokers.”

Selected Publications

Hanson K, Zylla E, Allen SS, Li, Z, Hatsukami D. Cigarette reduction: An intervention for adolescent smokers. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. (In press).

Allen SS, Bade T, Hatsukami D, Center B. Craving, withdrawal, and smoking urges on days immediately prior to smoking relapse. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2008;10(1)35-45.

Cosgrove K, Mitsis E, Frohlich E, Bois F, Frohlich E, Tamagnan GD, Krantzler E, Perry E, Maciejewski PK, Epperson CN, Allen SS, et al. ¹²³I-5-IA-85380 SPECT Imaging of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Availability in Nonsmokers:  Effects of Sex and Menstrual Cycle Phase. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2007;48:1633-1640.

Hatsukami DK, Kotlyar M, Allen SS, Jensen J, Li S, Le C, Murphy S.  Effects of cigarette reduction on cardiovascular risk factors and respiratory symptoms. CHEST. 2005; 128:2528-2537.

Peterson K, Mendenhall T, Allen SS, Roemhild H, Werb P, Janowiec M, Botelahor R. Minnesota Clinicians Motivating Health Improvement (MINIT) Study: Motivating Health Habits. Annals of Family Medicine. 2005; 3:S56-S58.

Allen SS, Hatsukami D, Brintnell DM, Bade T. Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Post-Cessation Weight Gain and Nutrient Intake: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Postmenopausal Female Smokers. Addictive Behaviors. 2005;30(7):1273-1280.

Allen SS, Hatsukami D, Bade T, Center B. Transdermal nicotine use in postmenopausal women: Does the treatment efficacy differ in women using and not using hormone replacement therapy? Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2004;6(5).

Allen SS, Brintnell DM, Hatsukami D, Reich B. Energy intake and physical activity during short-term smoking cessation in postmenopausal women. Addictive Behaviors. 2004;29(5):947-51.

Allen SS, Hatsukami DK, Christianson D. Nicotine withdrawal and depressive symptomatology during short-term smoking abstinence: a comparison of postmenopausal women using and not using hormone replacement therapy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2003;5(1):49-59.

Hanson K, Allen SS, Jensen S, Hatsukami D. Treatment of adolescent smokers with the nicotine patch. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2003;5(4):515-526.

Education

MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, 1976

PhD, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Pennsylvania, Anatomy, 1971

Selected Professional Activities

2004, Outstanding Medical School Teacher Award in the Clinical Sciences

2002, NIDA, study section participant

2000-present, reviewer, Academic Medicine

2001-present, reviewer, Nicotine and Tobacco Research

2000-present, reviewer, American Journal of Preventive Medicine