Biographical Information
Dr. Kowitt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She received her MPH and PhD from the Department of Health Behavior in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Family Medicine at UNC.
Areas of Interest
Dr. Kowitt’s research focuses on preventing and reducing tobacco and cannabis use, particularly among youth and young adults. Within this field, she is most interested in advancing policies, regulations, and health communication strategies. Her currently funded K01 focuses on developing and evaluating communication messages to reduce dual/poly tobacco use among youth. Dr. Kowitt also co-leads Project 4 in UNC’s center grant on tobacco regulatory science (TCORS) focused on understanding the impact of vaping prevention ads among youth and young adults. Most recently, Dr. Kowitt is also PI of an R01 focused on strengthening cannabis warning labels.
Dr. Kowitt has published more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals that include Health Affairs, JAMA Network Open, American Journal of Public Health, Addiction, Journal of Adolescent Health, Tobacco Control, and Nicotine and Tobacco Research. She has expertise in experimental design, discrete choice experiments, longitudinal RCTs, and other quantitative and qualitative research methods. Dr. Kowitt is also a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and a research fellow at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
There are a lot of opportunities to collaborate with Dr. Kowitt, so please email her at kowitt@unc.edu to get in touch.
