Prof Matthew Carpenter

Professor & Co-leader of the Cancer Control Program of the Hollings Cancer Center

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina

Biography

Dr. Matthew Carpenter holds the Flora McLeod Edwards Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and is Professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he also serves as co-leader of the Cancer Control Program of the Hollings Cancer Center. Dr. Carpenter’s research interests relate to tobacco use across a broad methodological continuum: from lab-based studies of produce reinforcement and nicotine dependence, to small and large scale clinical trials for smoking cessation and cessation induction, to public health  policy for effective tobacco control. He has led multiple studies and trials of alternative tobacco products. He has served on a number of NIH study sections, including several as Chair. He is currently a standing member of the NIH CSR Advisory Council. Dr. Carpenter has mentored a number of junior investigators across various grant mechanisms, and regularly accepts new trainees at either pre- or postdoctoral levels. Dr. Carpenter holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont.