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Scott Haden Kollins

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
Box 3527 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
2608 Erwin Road Lakeview Pavi, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Increasing the health equity and population-level impact of a digital therapeutic for smokers with psychiatric illness

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Duke Center for ADHD in Girls/Women

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Gratis Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Duke Women's Reproductive Health Research Scholars

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2020 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Scalable Computational Platform For Active Closed-Loop Behavioral Coding in Autism Spectrum Disorder

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Sleep Dysfunction and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Adolescent ADHD

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

Paternal Transgenerational Epigenetic Legacy from Use of Cannabis

ResearchCo-Project Leader · Awarded by John Templeton Foundation · 2017 - 2022

Maternal obesity, child executive functions and child weight gain

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2022

Targeting reward dysfunction as a mechanism to improve smoking cessation

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

Mobile health interventions for varenicline adherence among HIV-positive smokers

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

Increasing Motivation in ADHD Via Self-activation of VTA

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

Smoking/Nicotine Dependence in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

Modeling the Neurobehavioral Basis of Extrinsic and Volitional Motivation in ADHD

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

Reactions to Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes in Young Adult Low-Frequency Smokers

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020

Effects of Nicotine Reduction on Smoking Behavior in ADHD Smokers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2019

mSMART: Mobile App based Personalized Solutions and Tools for Medication Adherence of Rx Pills

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Intelligent Automation Inc. · 2014 - 2019

Protecting Neurodevelopment in Latino Migrant Children by Reduced Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019

Behavioral and genetic mechanisms of smoking risk in individuals with ADHD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

Smoking Abstinence in ADHD and non-ADHD Smokers: Assessing the Role of Emotion Dysregulation

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018

Characterizing ADHD using a behavioral model of dopamine function

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation · 2016 - 2018

Pilot Project: Effects of Cannabis on the Epigenome of Humans and Rats

ResearchCo-Project Leader · Awarded by John Templeton Foundation · 2016 - 2017

mGluR Mutations in ADHD

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medgenics, Inc · 2016 - 2017

SEP-225289 in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc · 2014 - 2016

A SIX-MONTH, OPEN-LABEL, MULTI-CENTER STUDY OF THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF PRC-063 IN ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ADHD

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Purdue Pharma L.P. · 2014 - 2015

Amphetamine Extended-Release Oral Suspension in the Treatment of Children with ADHD: A Laboratory School Study

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tris Pharma, Inc. · 2014 - 2015

Project 1: Evaluating New Nicotine Standards in Cigarettes - Supplement

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2013 - 2014

Elucidating links between ADHD symptoms and tobacco/alcohol use trajectories

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2014

Neuropharmacology of Response Inhibition in Comorbid ADHD and Nicotine Dependence

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014

Sensitivity to smoking reinforcement in women: menstrual cycle effects

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2013

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Ad Lib Smoking in ADHD Smokers

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2012

Genetic basis of smoking abstinence, smoking reinforcement, and inhibitory control

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

Smoking reinforcement in adults with and without ADHD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

Follow up of the PATS sample

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

Candidate Gene Analysis of Persistent AD/HD

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

Mechanisms of Nicotine Dependence in ADHD Adults

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2009

Development of Behavorial Screening Tools for ADHD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2005 - 2008

Methylphenidate Abuse Potential in ADHD Adults

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2008

Functional Neuroanatomical Deficits in ADHD Families

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2006

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 2003 - 2004

External Relationships


  • Akili Interactive
  • Aura

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