He was a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University before moving to the Psychology Department and Cancer Control Program at Dartmouth College. He has been at the University of Connecticut since 2012, where he is currently a Professor of Psychology, with an Investigator appointment at the Center for Health Intervention and Prevention. He is currently the Principal Investigator on two NIH research grants that concern adolescent and young adult health behavior, and co-Investigator on two other health promotion NIH grants. He has received almost 30 million dollars in NIH-funded research over the last 25 years, and has published more than 200 research articles, mostly on health behavior. Dr. Gibbons has also been a consultant on multiple preventive-interventions. He has been working with Dr. Gerrard on health research for almost 35 years.