Judith S Gordon

Judith S. Gordon, Ph.D., is a professor and Associate Dean for Research in the University of Arizona College of Nursing. She is also a professor and was previously Vice Chair for Research in the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Gordon received her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon, Eugene. Dr Gordon’s areas of expertise include public health tobacco cessation and vaping interventions delivered in dental and medical settings, self-help tobacco and vaping cessation programs, educational tobacco/vaping cessation programs for healthcare practitioners, computer-based tobacco and vaping prevention programs, multi-behavioral interventions to address weight, physical activity, and tobacco, the use of mobile health technologies (e.g., mobile apps) for lifestyle change and medication adherence, and the use of Guided Imagery for tobacco cessation, lifestyle change, exercise motivation, and stress reduction. Dr. Gordon has been the PI or Co-Investigator on more than 30 projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has authored and co-authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, and presented widely at national and international scientific conferences. She has served on several proposal review committees, editorial boards, and professional societies.