Curriculum Director

Contact information:
Department of Family Practice and Community Health
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware St. S.E., MMC #381
6th Floor Mayo
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Office: 612-624-2446
allen001@umn.edu

Sharon Allen, M.D, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Family Practice and Community Health, and the Curriculum Director for the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) at the University of Minnesota. She practices in the Women's Health Clinic and the Primary Care Clinic of the Fairview University Clinic system.

Dr. Allen completed a Masters of Science and Doctorate in Physiology at Pennsylvania State University and received her medical degree from the University of Rochester Medical School in Rochester, New York. Presently, Dr. Allen teaches multiple medical courses to medical and graduate students. She was also one of the principal developers and presenters of the "Smoking Cessation Workshop" which is conducted every eight weeks at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Part of Dr. Allen's responsibilities as the Curriculum Director for the TTURC, is to implement medical school curriculum on the subject of tobacco and nicotine exposure, and addiction.

Additionally, Dr. Allen provides routine smoking cessation training to health care professionals for the TTURC through the Community Outreach Core program.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Hatsukami DK, Kotlyar M, Allen SS, Jensen J, Li S, Le C, Murphy S. Effects of cigarette reduction on cardiovascular risk factors and respiratory symptoms. Chest 2005;128: 2528-2537.
2. Peterson K, Mendenhall T, Allen SS, Roemhild H, Werb P, Janowiec M, Botelahor R, Minnesota Clinicians Motivating Health Improvement (MINIT) Study: Motivating Health Habits, Annals of Family Medicine 2005;3:S56-S58.
3. Allen SS, Hatsukami D, Brintnell DM, Bade T. Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Post-Cessation Weight Gain and Nutrient Intake: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Postmenopausal Female Smokers. Addictive Behaviors 2005;30: 1273-1280.
4. Allen SS, Hatsukami D, Bade T, Center B. Transdermal nicotine use in postmenopausal women: Does the treatment efficacy differ in women using and not using hormone replacement therapy? Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2004;6:777-788.
5. Allen SS, Brintnell D, Hatsukami D, Reich B. Energy intake and physical activity during short-term smoking cessation in postmenopausal women. Addictive Behaviors 2004;29: 947-951.
6. Hanson K, Allen S, Jensen S, Hatsukami D. Treatment of adolescent smokers with the nicotine patch. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2003;5(4):515-526.
7. Allen S, Hatsukami D, Christianson D. Nicotine withdrawal and depressive symptomatology during short-term smoking abstinence: A comparison of postmenopausal women using and not using hormone replacement therapy. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2003;5:49-59.
8. Allen SS, Roemhild H, Werb P, Harris I. Best practices in training medical students to identify and treat tobacco addiction. Proceedings: The World Forum Montreal 2002: Drug Dependencies and Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 22, 2002.
9. Allen SS, Robert K. An Integrated Structure-Function Module for First-Year Medical Students: Correlating Anatomy, Clinical Medicine and Radiology. Medical Education 2002;36:1106-1107.
10. Allen S, Hatsukami D, Christianson D, Brown S. Energy intake and energy expenditure during the menstrual cycle in short-term smoking cessation. Addictive Behaviors 2000;25(4):559-572.
11. Allen SS, Hatsukami DK, Christianson D, Brown S. Effects of transdermal nicotine on craving, withdrawal and premenstrual symptomatology in short-term smoking abstinence during different phases of the menstrual cycle. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2000;2(3):231-241.
12. Hatsukami DK, Grillo M, Boyle R, Allen S, Jensen J, Bliss R, Brown S. Treatment of spit tobacco users with transdermal nicotine system and mint snuff. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2000;68(2): 241-249.
13. Allen S, Hatsukami D, Christianson D, Nelson D. Withdrawal and premenstrual symptomatology during the menstrual cycle in short-term smoking abstinence: effects of menstrual cycle on smoking abstinence. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 1999;1:129-142.7
14. Ytterberg S, Harris I, Allen S, Anderson D, Kofron P, Kvasnicka J, McCord J, Moller, J. Clinical confidence and skills of medical students: use of an OSCE to enhance confidence in clinical skills. Academic Medicine, 73(10 Suppl): S103-105, 1998.
15. Hatsukami D, Pentel PR, Jensen J, Nelson D, Allen S, Goldman A, and Rafael D. Cotinine: effects with and without nicotine. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1998;135:141-150. 16. Allen S, Harris I, Yetterberg S, Anderson D, Kofron P, Kvasnicka J, Moller J. Tailored Response Test: a new approach for teaching in medical education. Medical Teacher, 1997;19(3), 194-199. 13.