Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland
Bethea (Annie) Kleykamp, MA, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Director of Research and Evaluation at the Maryland Addiction Consultation Service. Dr. Kleykamp’s graduate training was in cognitive psychopharmacology, and she completed postdoctoral fellowships in behavioral pharmacology and nicotine psychopharmacology. Dr. Kleykamp’s research focuses on the impact of substance use and related policies on the growing older adult population and the importance of harm reduction. In 2011, Dr. Kleykamp chose a career trajectory off the beaten path in science writing and health policy, including positions that spanned the non-profit, for-profit, and public healthcare sectors. During this time, she also created a science writing business, BAK and Associates, which provides expert guidance on science communication and systematic review development. Despite being outside the traditional academic path, she has maintained her scholarly productivity, authoring over 75 systematic reviews, peer-reviewed publications, and popular press articles on aging, nicotine/tobacco use, opioids, chronic pain, and clinical trial design. Dr. Kleykamp is currently running a pilot trial of e-cigarettes as a harm reduction tool among older adults who smoke tobacco and are in outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder.
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Tobacco Use among Older Adults: A Forgotten Population
Friday, October 18, 2024
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM ET
