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Leah J. Floyd

Associate Professor

Norfolk State University

USA

Biography

Dr. Leah Floyd is a behavioral scientist trained in psychology and public health. She earned a PhD in psychology from Howard University and completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship in drug dependence epidemiology and prevention in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Currently, Dr. Floyd is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Norfolk State University where she founded and directs the Stress, Mental Health, and Addiction Research Team (SMHART). Her current research foci include: (1) preventing substance use and substance use disorders among African American adolescents and young adults by considering the complex relationships between intra-person and environmental factors, and (2) examining the relationship between marijuana use, contextual factors, and suicidal behavior among transitional age African American youth.

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