Amanda Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Public Health Sciences
Cancer Focus
I am interested in cancer prevention broadly, with specific expertise in developing and testing tobacco treatment interventions, exploring the potential for tobacco harm reduction, and assessing population-level prevalence of tobacco use behaviors.
Research Program
Research Interest
My research focuses on understanding why people might use different nicotine and tobacco products, and developing treatments to help people quit tobacco use to reduce their risk of cancer.
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2025-Present: Research Instructor, Department of Public Health Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2022-2025: Research Instructor, Department of Public Health Sciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2020-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Public Health Sciences and Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, & Sleep Medicine, MUSC, Charleston, SC
2019-2020: Psychology Intern, Behavioral Medicine Track, Charleston Consortium, Charleston, SC 2017-2018 Psychometrist, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
2016-2017: Course Assistant (Health Psychology; Behavior Modification; Personality), Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa FL
2014-2019: Graduate Research Assistant, Tobacco Research and Intervention Program, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa FL
2011-2014: Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT
Education
Postdoctoral
June 2022
Clinical Psychology
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
PhD
August 2020
Clinical Psychology
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Internship
July 2020
Clinical Psychology
Charleston Consortium, Charleston, SC
MA
August 2017
Clinical Psychology
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
BA
December 2010
Psychology
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY