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Vani N. Simmons, PhD

Vani N. Simmons, PhD

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Member

Titles:

Department/Program Affiliations:

  • Tobacco Research & Intervention Program  

Primary Address:

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center &
Research Institute
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, FL 33612

Office:

(813) 745-4816

USF Affiliations/College Department:

  • Medicine / Oncologic Sciences

University Academic Rank:

Instructor

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Vani N. Simmons, PhD

Publications:

  1. Simmons VN, Heckman BW, Ditre JW, Brandon TH. A measure of smoking abstinence-related motivational engagement: development and initial validation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Apr;12(4):432-437. Pubmedid: 20190004. Pmcid: PMC2847080.   Pubmed ID: 20190004

  2. Simmons VN, Litvin EB, Patel RD, Jacobsen PB, McCaffrey JC, Bepler G, Quinn GP, Brandon TH. Patient-provider communication and perspectives on smoking cessation and relapse in the oncology setting. Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Dec;77(3):398-403. Pubmedid: 19846270.   Pubmed ID: 19846270

  3. Lopez E, Simmons V, Quinn G, Meade C, Chirikos T, Brandon T. Clinical trials and tribulations: Lessons learned from recruiting pregnantex-smokers for relapse prevention. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Jan;10(1):87-96. Pubmedid: 18188749.   Pubmed ID: 18188749

  4. Simmons V, Vidrine J, Brandon T. Smoking cessation counseling as a teachable moment for skin cancer prevention: pilot studies. Am J Health Behav. 2008 Mar;32(2):137-145. Pubmedid: 18052854.   Pubmed ID: 18052854

  5. Simmons V, Brandon T. Secondary smoking prevention in a university setting: A randomized comparison of an experiential, theory-based intervention and a standard didactic intervention for increasing cessation motivation. Health Psychol. 2007 May;26(3):268-277. Pubmedid: 17500613.   Pubmed ID: 17500613

  6. Webb M, Simmons V, Brandon T. Tailored interventions for motivating smoking cessation: using placebo tailoring to examine the influence of expectancies and personalization. Health Psychol. 2005 Mar;24(2):179-188. Pubmedid: 15755232.   Pubmed ID: 15755232

  7. Simmons V, Webb M, Brandon T. College-student smoking: an initial test of an experiential dissonance-enhancing intervention. Addict Behav. 2004;29:1129-1136. Pubmedid: 15236813.   Pubmed ID: 15236813

  8. Brandon TH, Herzog TA, Juliano LM, Irvin JE, Lazev AB, Simmons VN. Pretreatment task persistence predicts smoking cessation outcome. J Abnorm Psychol. 2003 Aug;112(3):448-456. Pubmedid: 12943023.   Pubmed ID: 12943023

  9. Westmaas J, Nath V, Brandon T. Contemporary smoking cessation. Cancer Control. 2000;7(1):56-62. Pubmedid: 10740661.   Pubmed ID: 10740661

Vani N. Simmons, PhD

Below is a list of active grants where the faculty member is the Principal Investigator. Grants are sorted by sponsor and then sorted by start date, with the more recent grant shown first.

Secondary Smoking Prevention for College Students: Testing and Experiential, Web-Based Intervention

08KN-14
Sponsor: State of Florida
Project Dates: July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011
Annual Direct Cost: $111,155
Annual Total Cost: $122,270
Project Total: $365,192

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