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Christina Lessov-Schlaggar
Current
Position
Research Instructor in Psychiatry
University Roles
Research, mentorship
Education and Training
BS, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Western Washington University; PhD, Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University; Postdoctoral training, Psychiatric Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine
Areas of Research Interests
Tobacco dependence and its development; Twin research; Brain reward regions and tobacco dependence and comorbidity; Racial/ethnic disparity; Sex differences
Key Publications
Lessov CN, Martin NG, Statham DJ, Todorov AA, Slutske WS, Bucholz KK, Heath AC, Madden PA (2004 Jul). Defining nicotine dependence for genetic research: evidence from Australian twins. Psychol Med. 34(5): 865-79. Full Article ->
Benowitz NL, Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Swan GE, Jacob P 3rd (2006 May). Female sex and oral contraceptive use accelerate nicotine metabolism. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 79(5): 480-8. Full Article ->
Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Pang Z, Swan GE, Guo Q, Wang S, Cao W, Unger JB, Johnson CA, Lee L (2006 Oct). Heritability of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in Chinese male twins: the Qingdao twin registry. Int J Epidemiol. 35(5): 1278-85. Full Article ->
Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Swan GE, Reed T, Wolf PA, Carmelli D (2007 Nov). Longitudinal genetic analysis of executive function in elderly men. Neurobiol Aging. 28(11): 1759-68. Full Article ->
Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Hops H, Brigham J, Hudmon KS, Andrews JA, Tildesley E, McBride D, Jack LM, Javitz HS, Swan GE (2008 Feb). Adolescent smoking trajectories and nicotine dependence. Nicotine Tob Res. 10(2): 341-51. Full Article ->
Funded Research Projects
NIDA(Key Personnel):Biometric and Measured Genetic Research on Smoking
NCI(Subcontract PI):Genes, Environment & Tobacco Use Across Cultures
Siteman Cancer Center(PI):Reward and Control Processing in Cigarette Smoking in African Americans
McDonell Center for Systems Neuroscience(PI): Reward and Control Processing in Early Stages of Cigarette Smoking