{"id":7352,"date":"2018-03-03T12:58:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T17:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-fammed.sites.unc.edu\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7352"},"modified":"2025-09-04T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:58:35","slug":"justin-byron-phd-mhs","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/directory\/justin-byron-phd-mhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Byron, PhD, MHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p2\"><b><\/b>Biographical Information<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">Dr. Byron is an associate professor in Family Medicine, an adjunct associate 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.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\">Areas of Interest<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">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.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\">Related Links<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco\/tpep\">TPEP<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In The News<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"media alt-media\">\n        \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2019\/08\/05\/byron-awarded-nih-grant-to-correct-health-misperceptions-about-nicotine\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/08\/Byron-2019-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/08\/Byron-2019-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/08\/Byron-2019-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2019\/08\/05\/byron-awarded-nih-grant-to-correct-health-misperceptions-about-nicotine\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Byron Awarded NIH grant to correct health misperceptions about nicotine\">\n                                    Byron Awarded NIH grant to correct health misperceptions about nicotine<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p>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. <\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2019\/02\/08\/do-high-e-cigarette-taxes-drive-indonesian-vapers-to-smoke-conventional-cigarettes\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2019\/02\/Untitled-design-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2019\/02\/08\/do-high-e-cigarette-taxes-drive-indonesian-vapers-to-smoke-conventional-cigarettes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Do high e-cigarette taxes drive Indonesian vapers to smoke conventional cigarettes?\">\n                                    Do high e-cigarette taxes drive Indonesian vapers to smoke conventional cigarettes?<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p>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.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                \n                            <li class=\"media-listitem\">\n                                            <a class=\"pull-left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2018\/08\/29\/fda-should-be-equitable-in-proposed-regulations-on-reducing-nicotine-in-cigarettes\/\">\n                            <div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2018\/08\/cigarillo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbnail size-post_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Closeup of hand holding a cigarette\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2018\/08\/cigarillo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2018\/08\/cigarillo-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/454\/2018\/08\/cigarillo-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\">                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"media-body\">\n                        <div class=\"caption\">\n                            <h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\">                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2018\/08\/29\/fda-should-be-equitable-in-proposed-regulations-on-reducing-nicotine-in-cigarettes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"FDA should be equitable in proposed regulations on reducing nicotine in cigarettes\">\n                                    FDA should be equitable in proposed regulations on reducing nicotine in cigarettes<\/a>\n                                <\/h4>                            <p>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.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/li>\n                                <\/ul>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biographical Information Dr. Byron is an associate professor in Family Medicine, an adjunct associate 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. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/2018\/08\/29\/fda-should-be-equitable-in-proposed-regulations-on-reducing-nicotine-in-cigarettes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about FDA should be equitable in proposed regulations on reducing nicotine in cigarettes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7354,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7352","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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