Stuart Ferguson

Stuart Ferguson is a Professor at the University of Tasmania's Tasmanian School of Medicine. His research focuses on health behavior change, particularly mechanisms of tobacco dependence and smoking cessation interventions. Using ecological momentary assessment and clinical trials, he examines how social/situational factors influence health-risk behaviors and develops behavior change strategies.

Research Themes: Tobacco relapse processes, treatment efficacy, and compliance factors. His work investigates real-time behavioral responses to environmental cues using mobile technology.

Key Projects: Currently leads a $5M NIH grant investigating ultra-processed food withdrawal mechanisms (2022-2027) and serves on scientific advisory boards for smoking cessation pharmacotherapy development.

Honors: Recipient of ATOD Research Award (2015) for contributions to substance use research.

Advising: Supervises doctoral candidates researching health intervention barriers and risk communication. Teaches research ethics, health psychology, and behavioral statistics.