Principal Investigator for Reducing Children's
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Contact information:
Epidemiology
University of Minnesota
1300 South 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Office (612) 626-8646
hennrikus@epi.umn.edu

Deborah Hennrikus, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. She received her Doctorate in Behavioral Science in Relation to Medicine from the University of Newcastle in Australia. Her primary interests lie in smoking cessation and decreasing environmental tobacco smoke exposure. Dr Hennrikus was a principal investigator for the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) at the University of Minnesota, conducting research in harm reduction in relation to tobacco exposure among mothers and their children. Her current studies examine the use of social support for cessation in low-income pregnant smokers and intensive smoking cessation interventions for peripheral artery disease patients.

Dr. Hennrikus routinely conducts trainings in smoking cessation methods for health care professionals as part of the TTURC Community Outreach Core program. As a faculty member in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, she teaches courses in Community Health Education in Health Care Settings and Applied Research Methods.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Tiede LP, Hennrikus DJ, Cohen BB, Hilgers DL, Madsen RJ, Lando HA. Feasibility of promoting smoking cessation in small worksites: An exploratory study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, in press.
   
   
2. Hecht SS, Carmella SG, Le KA, Murphy SE, Boettcher AJ, Le C, Koopmeiners J, An L, Hennrikus DJ. 4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL) and its glucuronides in the urine of infants exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2006;15(5):988-92.
   
   
3. Hennrikus D, Rindal B, Boyle R, Stafne E, Lazovich D, Lando H. How well does health history identify adolescent smokers in a dental office? Journal of the American Dental Association 2005;136:1113-20.