Prof Megan Piper, PhD

Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine

University of Wisconsin Madison

Biography

Dr. Piper is a Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin (UW). She is a UW Chair for Tobacco Research and Intervention Research Professor and a Director of Research at the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI). Dr. Piper served as Associate Editor of Nicotine & Tobacco Research for seven years and was chair of the NIH Interventions to Prevent and Treat Addictions Study Section. She is a member of the UW Carbone Cancer Center, the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), and the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence. She was elected President of SRNT in 2020 after serving two terms as Treasurer. Dr. Piper’s research interests focus on understanding, measuring and treating tobacco and nicotine dependence. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist who works with primary care patients on a variety of mental health issues.