Dr. Hayes received her PhD in clinical psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed an internship in health psychology at Rush University Medical Center. She completed post-doctoral training in behavioral medicine from Brown University/The Miriam Hospital.

Specific research interests include: developing and examining smoking cessation treatment for underserved populations (e.g. Latinos, light and intermittent smokers) and populations with co-morbidities (e.g. cancer, depression); implementing treatment in the context of teachable moments and in hospital/primary-care clinic settings; augmenting risk perceptions and health communication messages to motivate cessation behavior; and training health care providers to implement clinical practice guidelines in tobacco treatment.

RESEARCH FUNDING

Current funding