Prior to this appointment, she served as the Ellen R. Gritz Post-Doctoral Fellow in Tobacco Control at the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at Legacy. Dr. Cobb's program of research consists of several overlapping areas including clinical laboratory evaluation, population patterns of tobacco use, and tobacco regulatory science. A primary focus has been investigating the influence of novel and/or alternative tobacco products such as waterpipes, little cigars/cigarillos, and electronic cigarettes on individual and population health.