Marissa Hall
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health Behavior
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
mghall@unc.edu
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Dr. Hall uses behavioral science experiments to inform policies to prevent chronic disease and cancer.
Dr. Marissa Hall’s research aims to design and evaluate evidence-based policies and communication strategies to reduce the burden of consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food, three of the top causes of preventable death and disease in the US. She has published over 140 papers on these topics.
Dr. Hall co-leads the UNC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science, which studies communication and regulation of flavored tobacco products. Dr. Hall is currently leading three NIH-funded randomized clinical trials, focused on alcohol health warning labels, menthol cigarette bans, and warning labels for sugary drinks. Dr. Hall leads a national working group on evidence-based food labeling research and policy. Dr. Hall’s research has been funded by NHLBI, NIDA, NCI, NIAAA, and Healthy Eating Research, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.