Craig Ross

Craig S. Ross, PhD, MBA is a Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. His research interests include substance use, particularly substance use initiation, social and familial determinants of substance use, and health concerns of vulnerable populations including immigrants, youth, and women. He is also interested in novel research designs using ecological momentary assessment methods to examine real-life contexts for substance use. Dr. Ross has been the primary scientific advisor to the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth since its inception in 2002. He has developed innovative research methods to examine the influence of media exposure on alcohol use. Dr. Ross was awarded the New Investigator Award by the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine in 2014.