Biographical Information
Dr. Byron is an assistant professor in Family Medicine, an adjunct assistant professor in Health Behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a co-chair of communications in the Health Equity Network of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. Dr. Byron received his MHS and PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Areas of Interest
Dr. Byron uses behavioral science to improve health communication supporting tobacco control and other health policies. His current NCI, FDA, and foundation-funded projects include optimizing communications campaigns to encourage quitting among people who use both e-cigarettes and cigarettes, studying public perceptions of a possible reduced-nicotine cigarette policy, and examining communication and impacts of value-based healthcare. He also conducts tobacco policy research in Indonesia.
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Byron Awarded NIH grant to correct health misperceptions about nicotine
Justin Byron, PhD, MHS, an assistant professor in the department of family medicine, is the principal investigator on a new R21 $428,000 grant from the FDA and the National Cancer Institute.
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Do high e-cigarette taxes drive Indonesian vapers to smoke conventional cigarettes?
Justin Byron, PhD, MHS is the principal investigator on a grant from the Bloomberg Foundation and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control to examine whether a new 57% tax on e-cigarette liquids in Indonesia is driving vapers back to deadly conventional cigarettes.
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FDA should be equitable in proposed regulations on reducing nicotine in cigarettes
A commentary led by Family Medicine researcher M. Justin Byron, PhD suggests that a recent FDA policy proposal needs to include little cigars, which look and function like cigarettes, to be equitable and most effective.
