Dr. Patricia Cioe is an NIH-funded Principal Investigator and the Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship and Professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing. She is Adjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University. She received a Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University where she cross-trained in HIV, tobacco dependence, and other substance use disorders. She received training in qualitative research methods and behavioral intervention development. Dr. Cioe's research interests focus broadly on cardiovascular risk reduction in people with HIV, with a specific focus on smoking cessation and smoking harm reduction. Specifically, her research seeks to improve clinical outcomes for people with HIV through the development of innovative interventions and promotion of health behavior change at the patient level.