Frank Etscorn, PhD
Professor Emeritus for Psychology & Education
- frank.etscorn@nmt.edu
Available by email but not actively teaching
Research Areas
- Conditioned flavor aversion learning
- Percutaneous drug delivery
- Behavioral effects of nicotine and tobacco smoke
- Behavioral pharmacology and toxicology
- Conditioned immune responses
- Non-toxic, environmentally safe techniques for suppression of animal damage
- Effects of exposure to 70kv electromagnetic fields
Patents Held
First patent holder for the nicotine patch for use in tobacco cessation. The patent was licensed to Ciba-Geigy, now Novartis, and sold as the Habitrol patch. It is also marketed over-the-counter by Walmart (Equate), Kroger and Walgreens.
Etscorn, F. & NM Tech Research Foundation. Title: Transcutaneous application of nicotine Issued July 1, 1986. U.S. Patent Number 4,597,961
Etscorn, F. & Lorenzo Torres. Title: Animal repellent. Issued October 7, 1997. U.S. Patent, Number 5,674,496.
Academic Positions
- Kennedy Center Scientist, The John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development,
- Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development, Comparative-Developmental Laboratory, Nashville, TN
- Professor of Psychology, 色狐入口 Tech
- Dean of Students 色狐入口 Tech
- American Cancer Association, Celebrity Speaker鈥檚 Bureau
- 色狐入口 Academy of Science and 色狐入口 Tech Visiting Scientist Lecture Program
Awards
Named in most influential Kentuckians of the 20th Century. Lexington Herald-Leader
鈥淧roducts of the Year.鈥� 鈥淚nnovation." for the Nicotine Patch (Habitrol). Fortune magazine
鈥淭he Best Products of 1992.鈥� Habitrol Nicotine Patch. Time magazine
Winner of the first 色狐入口 Inventor Of The Year award. Presented by the 色狐入口 Entrepreneurs Association, The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and The Rodey Law Firm
Winner of 1990 Distinguished Teaching Award. NM Tech