Elbert D. Glover (born 1945) is an American

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and

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in the field of

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...

addiction Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences. Repetitive drug use can ...

and

smoking cessation Smoking cessation, usually called quitting smoking or stopping smoking, is the process of discontinuing tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, which is Addiction, addictive and can cause Substance dependence, dependence. As a resu ...

. He retired as

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emeritus at the

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School of Public Health where he served as Chairperson of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health from 2005 to his retirement in 2015. He has worked as an

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, and

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, and was involved in the founding and management of the journals ''Health Behavior and Policy Review'', ''

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'', and ''Tobacco Regulatory Science''. Glover was also one of the founders of the ''American Academy of Health Behavior'' and served as its first president from 1997 to 2001.

Early life and education

Glover was born at the Kingsville Naval Base in

Kingsville, Texas Kingsville is a city in the South Texas, southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County, Texas, Kleberg County. Located on the U.S. Route 77 in Texas, U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus C ...

, in 1945, where his father was stationed in the

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. He graduated from

Roy Miller High School Roy Miller High School is a public high school located in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, United States and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Corpus Christi Independent School District. The school was known as Corpus Ch ...

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in 1963 and attended

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public university, public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship instit ...

on a

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, graduating in 1969. He earned a master's degree from Texas A&M Kingsville in 1972, and a PhD in

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from

Texas Woman's University Texas Woman's University (TWU) is a Public research university, public coeducational research university in Denton, Texas, with two health science center-focused campuses in Dallas and Houston. While TWU has been fully co-educational since 1994, ...

in 1977.

Career

Glover held teaching and administrative positions at several institutions, including visiting assistant professor at

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

(1975–1976), assistant professor at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...

(1976–1978) and

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private university, private research university in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison Clark, Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College. It i ...

(1978–1982), and associate professor and chair at

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University (informally Oklahoma State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The university was established in 1890 under the legislation of the Morrill Act. Originally known ...

(1982–1983). He became associate professor at

East Carolina University East Carolina University (ECU) is a public university in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of universities in North Carolina by enrollment, fourth largest university in North Carolina and the only one in the state with s ...

(1985–1988), where he was later promoted to professor. He also served as professor at

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

(1988–1990), and held a faculty role in behavioral medicine and psychiatry at

West Virginia University School of Medicine The West Virginia University School of Medicine is the professional school for studying medicine and other health professions at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The medical school was established in 1902 as the first such ...

(1990–2005), where he directed the Tobacco Research Center. At the

University of Maryland School of Public Health The University of Maryland School of Public Health is located in College Park, Maryland. '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked the school 25th among all schools and programs of public health in 2024. Its departments include Behavioral and Commun ...

, he served as professor and department chair (2005–2015), founded the Center for Health Behavior Research, and retired in 2015 as

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Research

Glover's research initially focused on smokeless tobacco; however, his primary research interest progressed to the development and testing of pharmacological cessation aids for smokers interested in stopping the addiction of tobacco. He conducted clinical trials with the use of all delivery forms of nicotine available on the US and European markets, to include

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transdermal patch A transdermal patch is a medicated adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a specific Dose (biochemistry), dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream. An advantage of a transdermal drug delivery route over ot ...

es, oral nicotine inhalers,

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, and

sublingual tablet Sublingual (abbreviated SL), from the Latin for "under the tongue", refers to the pharmacological route of administration by which substances diffuse into the blood through tissues under the tongue. Many drugs are absorbed through sublingual a ...

s. Glover also conducted trials with bupropion (Zyban, a monocyclic antidepressant) and varenicline (

Chantix Varenicline, sold under the brand names Chantix and Champix among others, is a medication used for smoking cessation and for the treatment of dry eye syndrome. It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist. When activated, this recep ...

, a nicotine receptor and partial agonist) which resulted in both being approved for use in the US. In addition, he studied the use of

lobeline Lobeline is a piperidine alkaloid found in a variety of plants, particularly those in the genus '' Lobelia'', including Indian tobacco ('' Lobelia inflata''), Devil's tobacco ('' Lobelia tupa''), great lobelia ('' Lobelia siphilitica''), '' Lobe ...

as a nicotine blocker, and various psychoactive substances including

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s and

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agents. He also investigated

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cannabinoid receptor Cannabinoid receptors, located throughout the body, are part of the endocannabinoid system of vertebrates a class of cell membrane receptors in the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. As is typical of G protein-coupled receptors, the cann ...

inverse agonist In pharmacology, an inverse agonist is a drug that binds to the same receptor as an agonist but induces a pharmacological response opposite to that of the agonist. A neutral antagonist has no activity in the absence of an agonist or inverse agon ...

), and 3′AmNic-rEPA (a nicotine

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) as smoking cessation aids. He received research grants from the government

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National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ...

National Institute of Drug Abuse The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual ...

, and

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. Also, received grants from the manufacturers of smoking cessation aids and conducted various pharmaceutical testing for many companies.

Professional accomplishments

Glover has authored or co-authored 146 peer-reviewed articles and an additional 63 professional publications from 1976 to 2021 and received approximately $33 million in grant funding. He has delivered over 550 invited medical grand rounds/workshops on the subject to physicians and presented 335 national and international professional presentations to various medical and health professional organizations. Glover was owner, publisher and editor of the ''

'',
Health Behavior and Policy Review
' and
Tobacco Regulatory Science
'. In 2020, he sold his major portion of ''Health Behavior and Policy Review'' and in 2021 sold the ''American Journal of Health Behavior'' and ''Tobacco Regulatory Science''. He was the founder (1997) and first president (1997–2001), of th
American Academy of Health Behavior
where he was named Fellow (1998), Research Laureate (2008) and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (2000) by the academy. He was selected as fellow of the American School Health Association & the

Royal Institute of Public Health Royal Institute of Public Health merged in 2008 with the Royal Society for Health to form Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH). History The institute was the amalgamation of a few societies. The Metropolitan Association of Medical Officers o ...

. He was elected Fellow (1991) and received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Association of Health Education (2003). Moreover, he received the AAHPERD Alliance Scholar Award being only the 4th health educator in its history to receive this award (2005).

Public work

Glover's work appeared or featured on many television programs, including ''Dateline'', ''20/20'', ''The Charlie Rose Show'', ''

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'', ''PM Magazine'', ''Health Talk America'', ''MD-TV'', ''

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Morning News'', ''

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News World Report'', and ''

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Evening News''. His research has also been featured in numerous popular publications such as ''Ladies Home Journal'', ''Newsweek'', ''Reader's Digest'', ''Seventeen'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He served in various capacities primarily as reviewer and ad hoc reviewer for 20 key health academic journals and/or publications among these are the ''American Journal of Public Health'', ''Addictive Behaviors'', ''NCI Journal'', ''Journal Clinical Advances in Smoking Cessation'', ''Physician and Sports medicine'', ''Medical Self-Care'', ''Public Health Reports'', ''American Journal of Health Education'', ''Journal of School Health'', ''Journal of Family Practice'', ''Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education'', ''Advances in Dental Research'', ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings'', ''Southern Medical Journal'', ''Nicotine & Tobacco Research'', ''Drug Discovery Today'', and the ''

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''.

Criticism and controversy

The May–June 2021 edition of the ''

'', "Special Issue on

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" generated controversy and negative feedback from some in the research and health communities when it was revealed that the entire issue and related research were funded by

. The funding included additional fees stipulated to make the issue freely available to the public referred to as

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. ''AJHB'' typically charges up to $180 yearly for access to their content by individuals and $375 by institutions. To avoid bias reviews, Glover solicited peer reviews of the studies being considered for the issue without disclosing that the studies were funded by JUUL. JUUL employees have indicated that all of the content for the issue was overseen by Glover. As journal policy dictated, articles submitted to peers for review by Glover had the name of the sponsor redacted. When a tobacco regulatory scientist that reviewed and critiqued two studies for the journal questioned Glover about what she described as "fishy" aspects of the studies, Glover responded to the peer review group "It has been brought to my attention that some reviewers were unaware that the special issue on e-cigarettes is being funded by JUUL. My apologies for not alerting everyone. ... I honestly did not believe it to be a concern as the comprehensive reviews always purge weak or biased manuscripts. Funders are never revealed till after the review process and publication has been completed." This obfuscation was called "a horrible ethical breach" by Brian Jenssen, a pediatrician who specializes in tobacco policy research at

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. Glover's solicitation e-mail seeking reviews was also described as "unusual" in that it offered reviewers a cash payment if reviews were submitted within one week. Despite being listed online, a reviewer also noted that ''AJHB'' practice of charging article authors "hefty fees" for their publication, which is atypical for academic journals, was not made clear. Dr. Robert Taylor, an ethical investigator noted the fees with the number of articles published would easily fall well in the bottom of the fees charged for a special issue with open access. After publication of the issue, three members of ''AJHB'' editorial board resigned in protest. Glover stated that the journal followed its standard protocol for vetting before publication. Due to a cancer diagnosis, he retired soon after the issue was released.

References

External links

Faculty webpage at University of Maryland School of Public HealthProfessional C.V.''American Journal of Health Behavior''''Health Behavior and Policy Review''''Tobacco Regulatory Science''
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Early life and education

Career

Research

Professional accomplishments

Public work

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References

Further reading

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