Amanda L.
Graham

Behavioral Scientist, Digital Cessation Expert, and Former Chief Health Officer

Truth Initiative

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Dr. Amanda Graham is an internationally recognized behavioral scientist and expert in digital tobacco cessation. As Chief Health Officer at Truth Initiative until her retirement in 2026, she led the organization’s tobacco cessation efforts and helped pioneer innovative, evidence-based approaches for nicotine cessation.

With a PhD in clinical psychology and a distinguished career in behavioral science, Dr. Graham has dedicated her professional life to the intersection of technology and public health, pioneering innovative approaches to tobacco cessation. Under her leadership, Truth Initiative has launched groundbreaking digital cessation programs and initiatives that have set new standards in the fight against tobacco and nicotine addiction. Her expertise and passion for public health have made her a respected leader and advocate in the global effort to end the tobacco epidemic.

For over 25 years, Dr. Graham’s NIH-funded research has focused on technology-based tobacco cessation interventions. She is internationally recognized as a thought leader in web and mobile quit-smoking interventions and online social networks and has been awarded over $15 million in research funding. She has published over 120 peer reviewed manuscripts and serves on National Institutes of Health study sections and numerous journal editorial boards.

Dr. Graham obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Richmond. She earned her Master of Science and doctorate in Clinical Health Psychology from the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Behavioral Medicine at Brown Medical School where she remained on faculty for seven years. Dr. Graham was Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and Adjunct Professor of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center. Her professional achievements earned her Fellow status in the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2010) and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2014).