Department of Health Behavior Faculty

Richard R. Clayton, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
859-218-2037
clayton@uky.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Clayton is the Director of the Center for Prevention Research, Chair of the transdisciplinary Tobacco Etiology Research Network (TERN) funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Chair of the transdisciplinary Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) funded by the National Cancer Institute and the American Legacy Foundation. Both networks consist of over 20 senior scientists from disciplines ranging from cells to society and from major research universities around the country. Dr. Clayton has written 8 books and well over 100 articles. In 2005 he received the Presidential Award from the Society for Prevention Research for lifetime contributions to prevention activities and prevention research. From 1970 until January of 2001 he was a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kentucky. He is the co-developer of the Cooper/Clayton Method to Stop Smoking, a behavioral oriented smoking cessation program that utilizes nicotine replacement therapy and group support that is offered in every county and health department in Kentucky and in a number of other venues as well. He has brought in over $50 million in extramural research dollars for the University of Kentucky.

Research Interests 

General: Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Transdisciplinary Research.
Substantive: Tobacco Control (Epidemiology, Etiology, Prevention, Treatment), Drug Abuse (Epidemiology, Etiology, Prevention, Treatment), Health Disparities.