She earned her PhD in Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Moffitt Cancer Center in 2012. Her research focuses on the evaluation of novel (e.g., electronic cigarettes, snus) and alternative (e.g., waterpipes, cigars) tobacco products alone, as well as concurrently with cigarettes among smokers (e.g., polytobacco use). Dr. Blank currently serves as the Tobacco Team Co-Leader of the West Virginia Prevention Research Center, and as a member of the SRNT Trainee Network Advisory Committee.