Chaloupka has authored over a hundred articles and several book chapters on topics within this area.
Chaloupka directs Impacteen,[3] a collaboration funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which investigates common threats to adolescent health, such as obesity, substance use disorders, and tobacco use.
Impacteen is based at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy, and collaborators are at RAND, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and other institutions around the country.
[4] He is the "first winner of the UIC Researcher of the Year award for social science and humanities.
"[4] Chaloupka has a wife Eshell, and three children; Benjamin, Jacob, and Frank.