Nicole Ennis, PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Florida State University-College of Medicine
Center for Translational Behavioral Science
Dr. Nicole Ennis is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine in the College of Medicine at Florida State University. She is the Director of the i.R.A.C.E. (intervention Research Advancing Care Excellence) Lab. She is Faculty at the Center for Translational Behavioral Sciences, and an Affiliate Faculty Member at the Institute for Successful Longevity. Dr. Ennis is also Affiliate Faculty at the University of Florida’s Southern HIV Alcohol Research Consortium. Additionally, she co-founded the Complementary Care Practice-Based Research Network (CC-PBRN), an academic-industry partnership uniting researchers, physicians, patients, and stakeholders to address critical gaps in cannabis science. Guided by a dissemination and implementation science framework, the goal of Dr. Ennis’ program of research is to improve patient care through evidence-based behavioral interventions. Her research aims to understand and intervene on factors that influence health outcomes among patients coping with chronic/life-limiting illnesses. In addition, Dr. Ennis’ work examines and identifies implementation strategies that improve patient outcomes in real world settings. Her research agenda spans the translation spectrum from T1, identification and efficacy of interventions to T3, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions. Dr. Ennis’ work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2012. She has published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and presents her work at national and international conferences.
Since medical marijuana became legal in Florida in 2017, Dr. Ennis and her collaborators have been at the forefront of studying its effects on driving performance and related public health outcomes.
