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Stephen Marcus is a senior epidemiologist in the Tobacco Control Research Branch, Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute. Areas of interest and expertise include epidemiologic and survey research methods; measurement of tobacco use behavior and impact of tobacco control activities at the individual and community level; harm reduction; quality of care issues in tobacco prevention and control; genetic susceptibility (in particular, the identification of smoking phenotypes); systems thinking and methods in public health; and the evaluation of large research initiatives. He is also the Series Editor of the Tobacco Control Monographs.
Dr. Marcus graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1978 with a joint M.P.H. in epidemiology and medical care administration and from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983 with a Ph.D. in epidemiology (clinical/health services research track). Prior to NCI, Dr. Marcus worked at the National Center for Health Services Research (now AHRQ); ICU Research Unit, George Washington University Medical Center (on the SUPPORT study of the quality of life and treatment decision-making of critically ill hospitalized adults); Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Institute of Dental Research (now NIDCR); and Outcomes Research Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute.
Select Publications and Presentations:
Nelson DE, Mowery P, Tomar S, Marcus S, Giovino G, Zhao L. Trends in Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults and Adolescents in the United States. AJPH 2006;96:897-905.
Weinstein ND, Marcus SE, Moser RP. Smokers' unrealistic optimism about their risk. Tobacco Control. 2005 Feb;14(1):55-9.
Augustson E, Marcus S. Use of the current population survey to characterize subpopulations of continued smokers: a national perspective on the "hardcore" smoker phenomenon. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2004 Aug;6(4):621-9.
Sabol SZ, Nelson ML, Fisher C, Gunzerath L, Brody CL, Hu S, Sirota LA, Marcus SE, Greenberg BD, Lucas FR 4th, Benjamin J, Murphy DL, Hamer DH. A genetic association for cigarette smoking behavior. Health Psychology. 1999 Jan;18(1):7-13.
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