Neal Boyd Neal Richard Boyd, Ed.D., M.S.P.H., M.S., is Professor and Director of the Health Promotion Program in the Department of Prevention and Community Health in the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington University. He rceived a B.A. in history from Carson-Newman College (1971), an M.S. in safety (1978) and Ed.D. in health education (1981) from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a postdoctoral M.S.P.H. in public health with a concentration in behavioral science (1991) from the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was a post-doctoral fellow in cancer prevention and control at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Alabama (1989-1991) and was a Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute (1991-1993). He was an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Safety Education at the University of Southern Mississippi (1981-1989) and a member of the faculty of the Fox Chase Cancer Center (1993-1999). His research interests include evaluation of the efficacy/effectiveness of minimal contact/self-help interventions in tobacco control and chronic disease risk reduction with a variety of modalities including self-help guides, live proactive telephone counseling, computer-based interactive voice response telephone systems, and computer-generated tailored print communications. He has been a smoking cessation consultant with numerous state, regional, and national public health organizations. Read More Read Less