Brian A. Primack is Dean of the Honors College, Director of the Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health, and Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds the Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner endowed chair.

After graduating Yale University magna cum laude in 1991 with degrees in English and Mathematics, Dr. Primack spent 4 years teaching adolescents and studying human development and psychology for his master's degree, which he received from Harvard University. He subsequently graduated first in his class and summa cum laude from Emory Medical School and trained in Family Medicine in Pittsburgh. His PhD is in behavioral science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Primack is a pioneer in the study of both positive and negative effects of media messages and technology on health. In 2014, he was a featured speaker at the national TEDMED conference on this topic. His studies on media, technology, and health have been published in a wide variety of leading journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, JAMA Pediatrics, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Adolescent Health, Addiction, Tobacco Control, Journal of Emergency Medicine, and Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The University of Pittsburgh Media office estimates that press related to his studies have reached over 250,000,000 subscribers via outlets such as the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, TIME Magazine, and NPR's ""Here and Now.” He has also been successful at translating research findings to substantially influence policy. For example, his research on the diversification of tobacco product use has been cited in official policy documents of organizations such as the US Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization.

He is the recent recipient of regional, national, and international awards for research, teaching, and overall achievement, including the Innovation in Education Award (2005), the New Investigator of the Year by the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine (2006), the Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Physician Scholar Award (2009), the Early Career Research Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2010), the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Junior Faculty Scholar Award (2010), the Outstanding Medical Student Mentoring Award (both 2013 and 2014), and the Institute for Clinical Research Education’s Outstanding Alumnus of the year (2016).

Dr. Primack lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and two children. In his leisure time he enjoys playing music and acting. Professional roles have included Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and The Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe.

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