Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Maxine Stitzer, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research portfolio is broadly focused on both pharmacologic and behavioral approaches to the treatment of substance abuse and includes research on both illicit drug abuse and tobacco dependence. 

Dr Stitzer has published more than 200 scientific papers, and has received several awards acknowledging her research contributions in substance abuse. Her work on tobacco dependence has included studies of withdrawal, craving, and the impact of early abstinence smoking exposure (lapses) on subsequent relapse behavior. 

Her research has also contributed to development of nicotine replacement products and to new behavior therapy approaches using contingency management. She is a member of the AHCQR Smoking Cessation Guideline panel. She is also a charter member of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco and has served as president of that organization.