Jason A Oliver
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Oliver is a clinical psychologist by training and is currently pursuing licensure in North Carolina. He received his graduate degree from the University of South Florida and completed his doctoral internship at Yale University School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding of addictive behaviors, with a particular emphasis on tobacco use. His research program is heavily translational and includes both basic and clinical components. He has experience conducting human laboratory research, clinical trials and policy research. Long-term, he aims to identify new neural and behavioral markers for addiction that can serve as targets for novel interventions.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Addiction, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2021
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2017
Contact Information
- 2608 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27705
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jason.a.oliver@duke.edu
(919) 668-0093
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Center for Addiction Science and Technology
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of South Florida 2015
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Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Addiction, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2018 - 2020
- Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Addiction, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2017 - 2018
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Addiction, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015 - 2017
- Recognition
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Awards & Honors
- New Investigator Award for Best Abstract. Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco. 2016
- Dissertation Research Award. American Psychological Association. 2013
- Graduate Research Scholarship. American Psychological Foundation. 2013
- Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award. Moffitt Cancer Center. 2013
- Student Grant Competition Winner. Association for Psychological Science. 2013
- Research Training Fellowship. Society for Psychophysiological Research. 2012
- Student Merit Award. Research Society on Alcoholism. 2012
- Passed Doctoral Comprehensive Exams with Honors. Department of Psychology, University of South Florida. 2011
- 2nd Place, Student Poster Competition. Division 50, American Psychological Association. 2009
- APA Psychological Science Graduate Superstars. American Psychological Association. 2009
- NIDA/NIAAA Early Career Investigator Travel Award. American Psychological Association. 2009
- "Spirit of Moffitt" Team Award. Moffitt Cancer Center. 2008
- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Nicotine Withdrawal and Reward Processing: Connecting Neurobiology to Real-World Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Clarifying the role of tobacco retail outlets on maternal smoking during pregnancy and child secondhand smoke exposure awarded by Virginia Commonwealth University 2019 - 2021
- Neurobehavioral substrates of propranolol's effects on drug cue reactivity awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
- Investigating the Effects of E-Cigarette Television Ads on Smokers awarded by Research Triangle Institute International 2016 - 2018
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Oliver, J. A., & Foulds, J. (2020). Association Between Cigarette Smoking Frequency and Tobacco Use Disorder in U.S. Adults. Am J Prev Med. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.10.019Full Text Link to Item
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Vilardaga, R., Rizo, J., Palenski, P. E., Mannelli, P., Oliver, J. A., & Mcclernon, F. J. (2020). Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Smoking Cessation App Designed for Individuals With Co-Occurring Tobacco Use Disorder and Serious Mental Illness. Nicotine Tob Res, 22(9), 1533–1542. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz202Full Text Link to Item
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Engelhard, M. M., Oliver, J. A., & McClernon, F. J. (2020). Digital envirotyping: quantifying environmental determinants of health and behavior. Npj Digit Med, 3, 36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-0245-3Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., Pacek, L. R., Locey, E. N., Fish, L. M., Hendricks, P. S., & Pollak, K. I. (2019). Lack of utility of cigarettes per day cutoffs for clinical and laboratory smoking research. Addict Behav, 98, 106066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106066Full Text Link to Item
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Engelhard, M. M., Oliver, J. A., Henao, R., Hallyburton, M., Carin, L. E., Conklin, C., & McClernon, F. J. (2019). Identifying Smoking Environments From Images of Daily Life With Deep Learning. Jama Netw Open, 2(8), e197939. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.7939Full Text Link to Item
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Maynard, O. M., McClernon, F. J., Oliver, J. A., & Munafò, M. R. (2019). Using Neuroscience to Inform Tobacco Control Policy. Nicotine Tob Res, 21(6), 739–746. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty057Full Text Link to Item
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Kleykamp, B. A., Gipson, C. D., Maynard, O. M., Treur, J. L., & Oliver, J. A. (2019). Rethinking the Career Landscape for Nicotine and Tobacco Trainees and Early Career Professionals. Nicotine Tob Res, 21(2), 262–266. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty041Full Text Link to Item
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Pacek, L. R., Oliver, J. A., Sweitzer, M. M., & McClernon, F. J. (2019). Young adult dual combusted cigarette and e-cigarette users' anticipated responses to a nicotine reduction policy and menthol ban in combusted cigarettes. Drug Alcohol Depend, 194, 40–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.10.005Full Text Link to Item
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Pacek, L. R., Rass, O., Sweitzer, M. M., Oliver, J. A., & McClernon, F. J. (2019). Young adult dual combusted cigarette and e-cigarette users' anticipated responses to hypothetical e-cigarette market restrictions. Subst Use Misuse, 54(12), 2033–2042. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2019.1626435Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., Hallyburton, M. B., Pacek, L. R., Mitchell, J. T., Vilardaga, R., Fuemmeler, B. F., & McClernon, F. J. (2018). What Do Smokers Want in A Smartphone-Based Cessation Application? Nicotine Tob Res, 20(12), 1507–1514. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx171Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., & Lang, J. M. (2018). Barriers and consultation needs regarding implementation of evidence-based treatment in community agencies. Child Youth Serv Rev, 94, 368–377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.10.004Full Text Link to Item
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Engelhard, M., Xu, H., Carin, L., Oliver, J. A., Hallyburton, M., & McClernon, F. J. (2018). Predicting Smoking Events with a Time-Varying Semi-Parametric Hawkes Process Model. Proc Mach Learn Res, 85, 312–331.Link to Item
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Fowler, C. D., Gipson, C. D., Kleykamp, B. A., Rupprecht, L. E., Harrell, P. T., Rees, V. W., … Basic Science Network (BSN) of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), . (2018). Basic Science and Public Policy: Informed Regulation for Nicotine and Tobacco Products. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 20(7), 789–799. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx175Full Text
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Sweitzer, M. M., Kollins, S. H., Kozink, R. V., Hallyburton, M., English, J., Addicott, M. A., … McClernon, F. J. (2018). ADHD, Smoking Withdrawal, and Inhibitory Control: Results of a Neuroimaging Study with Methylphenidate Challenge. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(4), 851–858. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2017.248Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., & McClernon, F. J. (2017). Precision medicine in addiction research: where has the time gone? Addiction, 112(12), 2096–2097. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14023Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., Evans, D. E., Addicott, M. A., Potts, G. F., Brandon, T. H., & Drobes, D. J. (2017). Nicotine Withdrawal Induces Neural Deficits in Reward Processing. Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 19(6), 686–693. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntx067Full Text
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Addicott, M. A., Oliver, J. A., & Joseph McClernon, F. (2017). Nicotine increases anterior insula activation to expected and unexpected outcomes among nonsmokers. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 234(7), 1145–1154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-017-4550-8Full Text Link to Item
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Stevenson, J. G., Oliver, J. A., Hallyburton, M. B., Sweitzer, M. M., Conklin, C. A., & McClernon, F. J. (2017). Smoking environment cues reduce ability to resist smoking as measured by a delay to smoking task. Addict Behav, 67, 49–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.12.007Full Text Link to Item
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Rupprecht, L. E., Koopmeiners, J. S., Dermody, S. S., Oliver, J. A., al’Absi, M., Benowitz, N. L., … Donny, E. C. (2017). Reducing nicotine exposure results in weight gain in smokers randomised to very low nicotine content cigarettes. Tob Control, 26(e1), e43–e48. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053301Full Text Link to Item
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Mirsu-Paun, A., & Oliver, J. A. (2017). How Much Does Love Really Hurt? A Meta-Analysis of the Association between Romantic Relationship Quality, Breakups and Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults. Journal of Relationships Research, 8. https://doi.org/10.1017/jrr.2017.6Full Text
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Oliver, J. A., Jentink, K. G., Drobes, D. J., & Evans, D. E. (2016). Smokers exhibit biased neural processing of smoking and affective images. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 35(8), 866–869. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000350Full Text
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Bloom, E. L., Oliver, J. A., Sutton, S. K., Brandon, T. H., Jacobsen, P. B., & Simmons, V. N. (2015). Post-operative smoking statusPost-operative smoking status in lung and head and neck cancer patients: Association with depressive symptomatology, pain and fatigue in lung and head and neck cancer patients. Psycho Oncology, 24, 1012–1019.Link to Item
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Hawk, L. W., Ashare, R. L., Rhodes, J. D., Oliver, J. A., Cummings, K. M., & Mahoney, M. C. (2015). Does Extended Pre Quit Bupropion Aid in Extinguishing Smoking Behavior? Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 17(11), 1377–1384. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntu347Full Text
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Bloom, E. L., Oliver, J. A., Sutton, S. K., Brandon, T. H., Jacobsen, P. B., & Simmons, V. N. (2015). Post-operative smoking status in lung and head and neck cancer patients: association with depressive symptomatology, pain, and fatigue. Psycho Oncology, 24(9), 1012–1019. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.3682Full Text
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Evans, D. E., Sutton, S. K., Oliver, J. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2015). Cortical activity differs during nicotine deprivation versus satiation in heavy smokers. Psychopharmacology, 232(11), 1879–1885. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-014-3821-xFull Text
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Oliver, J. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2015). Cognitive manifestations of drinking-smoking associations: preliminary findings with a cross-primed Stroop task. Drug Alcohol Depend, 147, 81–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.010Full Text Link to Item
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Lang, J. M., Franks, R. P., Epstein, C., Stover, C., & Oliver, J. A. (2015). Statewide dissemination of an evidence-based practice using Breakthrough Series Collaboratives. Children and Youth Services Review, 55, 201–209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.06.005Full Text
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Oliver, J. A., & Cipriano, T. (2015). Prison tobacco policies and litigation. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 43(1), 110–112.
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Parent, M. C., & Oliver, J. A. (2015). Mentoring the earliest-career psychologists: Role models, knowledge of internship issues, and attitudes toward research and science. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 46(1), 55–61. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038839Full Text
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Evans, D. E., Maxfield, N. D., Van Rensburg, K. J., Oliver, J. A., Jentink, K. G., & Drobes, D. J. (2013). Nicotine deprivation influences P300 markers of cognitive control. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38(12), 2525–2531. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2013.159Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., Blank, M. D., Van Rensburg, K. J., MacQueen, D. A., Brandon, T. H., & Drobes, D. J. (2013). Nicotine interactions with low-dose alcohol: pharmacological influences on smoking and drinking motivation. J Abnorm Psychol, 122(4), 1154–1165. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034538Full Text Link to Item
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Simmons, V. N., Litvin, E. B., Jacobsen, P. B., Patel, R. D., McCaffrey, J. C., Oliver, J. A., … Brandon, T. H. (2013). Predictors of smoking relapse in patients with thoracic cancer or head and neck cancer. Cancer, 119(7), 1420–1427. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.27880Full Text Link to Item
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Oliver, J. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2012). Visual search and attentional bias for smoking cues: the role of familiarity. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol, 20(6), 489–496. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029519Full Text Link to Item
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Unrod, M., Oliver, J. A., Heckman, B. W., Simmons, V. N., & Brandon, T. H. (2012). Outdoor smoking ban at a cancer center: attitudes and smoking behavior among employees and patients. J Public Health Manag Pract, 18(5), E24–E31. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0b013e31822d4bb5Full Text Link to Item
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Ditre, J. W., Oliver, J. A., Myrick, H., Henderson, S., Saladin, M. E., & Drobes, D. J. (2012). Effects of divalproex on smoking cue reactivity and cessation outcomes among smokers achieving initial abstinence. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 20(4), 293–301. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027789Full Text
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Brandon, T. H., Drobes, D. J., Unrod, M., Heckman, B. W., Oliver, J. A., Roetzheim, R. C., … Small, B. J. (2011). Varenicline effects on craving, cue reactivity, and smoking reward. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 218(2), 391–403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2327-zFull Text Link to Item
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Evans, D. E., Craig, C., Oliver, J. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2011). The smoking N-back: a measure of biased cue processing at varying levels of cognitive load. Nicotine Tob Res, 13(2), 88–93. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq214Full Text Link to Item
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Brandon, T. H., Drobes, D. J., Unrod, M., Heckman, B. W., Oliver, J. A., Roetzheim, R. C., … Small, B. J. (n.d.). Varenicline effects on craving, cue reactivity and smoking reward. Psychopharmacology, 218(391–403).Link to Item
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Simmons, V. N., Litvin, E. B., Jacobsen, P. B., Patel, R., McCaffrey, J., Oliver, J. A., … Brandon, T. H. (n.d.). Predictors of smoking relapse in thoracic and head and neck cancer patients. Cancer, 119, 1420–1427.Link to Item
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Book Sections
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Drobes, D. J., Oliver, J. A., Correa, J. B., & Evans, D. E. (2019). Attentional bias and smoking. In Neuroscience of Nicotine: Mechanisms and Treatment (pp. 145–150). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813035-3.00018-6Full Text
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Oliver, J. A., MacQueen, D. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2013). Deprivation, Craving, and Affect: Intersecting Constructs in Addiction. In Principles of Addiction (pp. 395–403). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-398336-7.00041-3Full Text
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Oliver, J. A., MacQueen, D. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2013). Deprivation, affect, and craving: Intersecting constructs in addiction. In Principles of Addiction: Comprehensive Addictive Behaviors and Disorders. New York, NY: Academic Press.
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Oliver, J. A., & Drobes, D. J. (2008). Nicotine Withdrawal. In P. Korsmeyer & H. Kranzler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behaviors. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan.
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Conference Papers
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Sweitzer, M. M., Stevenson, J. G., Oliver, J. A., Conklin, C. A., Rosenthal, Z., & McClernon, J. (2018). FEASIBILITY AND PRELIMINARY EFFECTS OF INCORPORATING SMOKING-RELATED CONTEXTS INTO AN EXTINCTION-BASED CESSATION THERAPY. In Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Vol. 52, pp. S381–S381). OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.Link to Item
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Mirsu-Paun, A., & Oliver, J. A. (2017). How much does love really hurt? Psychopathology and romantic relationships: A meta-analysis. In European Psychiatry (Vol. 41, pp. S696–S696). Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1225Full Text
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- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
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