Laura Kroart

Assistant Professor

Laura Kroart

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-4216
Office:
Health Professions, Room 3110 C
Email:
lkroart@towson.edu

Education

Ph.D., Social and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2023

MHS, Social Factors in Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2017

B.A., American Studies and Community Health, Tufts University, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Substance use, opioid overdose, harm reduction

Women’s health, LGBTQ health, rural health

Mixed and qualitative methods, internet and social media research

Selected Publications

  • Czaplicki, L., Saraf, S., Kroart, L., Rasheduzzaman, A.B.M., Islam, M.S., Cohen, J.E. (2022). Standard smokeless tobacco packaging: Potential impact on perceived attractiveness, warning label visibility, and harm perceptions among adults in Bangladesh. Tobacco Control (online first). doi:10.1136/tc-2022-057597
  • Smith, K.C., Washington, C., Welding, K., Kroart, L., Osho, A., Cohen, J.E. (2016). Cigarette stick as valuable communicative real estate: A content analysis of cigarettes from 14 low-income and middle-income countries. Tobacco Control, 26(5), 604-607. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053148
  • Smith, K.C., Washington, C., Brown, J., Vadnais, A., Kroart, L., Ferguson, J., Cohen, J.E. (2015). Tobacco Pack Surveillance System (TPackSS): A protocol for assessing health warning compliance, design features and appeals in low- and middle-income countries. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 1(2), e8. doi:10.2196/publichealth.461

Media Publication

  • Kroart, L. (2022). “Amid Omicron, Maryland must ensure convenient COVID testing on a mass scale.” Opinion published in The Baltimore Sun. Available online (January 4, 2022) and in print (January 5, 2022): https://bit.ly/3G1ilFN. 

Honors and awards

  • Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society Inductee; Alpha Chapter, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024
  • NIDA Women and Sex/Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award; College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2024
  • Public Scholarship Faculty Fellow; Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities and Towson University Office of Partnerships and Outreach, 2024
  • Dissertation Award; Office of the Provost, Johns Hopkins University, 2022
  • Doctoral Distinguished Research Award; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2021
  • Dissertation Enhancement Award; Center for Qualitative Studies in Health and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2021
  • Gordis Teaching Fellowship; Public Health Studies Program, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2019-2021
  • Teaching Assistant Award; Health, Behavior and Society Student Organization, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2019

Professional Memberships

Member: Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, Alpha Chapter, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Associate Member: College on Problems of Drug Dependence

Teaching

  • HLTH 310: Introduction to Public Health
  • HLTH 405: Drugs in Our Culture