Mohammad Siahpush, PhD

Professor

University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

Dr. Siahpush’ past research contribution to public health has mainly been in the field of social determinants of health and tobacco control, as outlined below:

• Documenting the association between socioeconomic position and smoking.
• Elucidating the mechanism of the link between social disadvantage and smoking.
• Investigating the relationship between financial stress, smoking and smoking-induced deprivation.
• Understanding how smoking is related to health disparities and social inequality.
• Examining the differential impact of population level interventions on smoking behavior.
• Reporting the effect of smoke-free policies on revenues in the hospitality industry.

Education

• MSc – Biostatistics, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2004
• PhD – Sociology, Ohio State University, 1990
• MS – Sociology, 1985

Selected Publications

• Siahpush M, Singh GK, Tibbits M, Pinard C, Shaikh R, Yaroch A. (Accepted March 2013). “It is better to be a fat ex-smoker than a thin smoker: Findings from the 1997-2004 National Health Interview Survey-National Death Index Linkage Study.” Tobacco Control.
• Shaikh R, Siahpush M, Singh GK. (Accepted Dec 2012). Socioeconomic, demographic, and smoking-related correlates of the use of potentially-reduced exposure tobacco products in a national sample. Tobacco Control.
• Yong H-H, Siahpush M, Borland R, Lin L, O’connor R, Yang J, Fong GT. (Accepted Sept 2012). “Urban Chinese smokers from lower socioeconomic backgrounds face more barriers to quitting: Results from the International Tobacco Control China survey.” Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
• Singh GS, Azuine RE, Siahpush M. (Accepted August 2012). “Global inequalities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality are linked to deprivation, low socioeconomic status, and human development”. International Journal of MCH and AIDS.
• Siahpush M, Thrasher JF, Yong H-H, Cummings KM, Fong GT, Sanez de Miera B, Borland R. (Accepted August 2012). “Cigarette prices, cigarette expenditure, and smoking-induced deprivation: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Mexico Survey”. Tobacco Control.
• Hall P, Fong TG, Yong H-H, Sansone G, Borland R, Siahpush M. “Do time perspective and sensation-seeking predict quitting activity among smokers? Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey.” Addictive Behaviors. 37:1307-1313.
• Moore K, Borland R, Yong HH, Siahpush M, Cummings KM, Thrasher JF, Fong GT. (Accepted July 2012). “Support for tobacco control interventions. Do country of origin and socioeconomic status make a difference?” International Journal of Public Health.
• Singh KG, Azuine RE, Siahpush M, Kogan MD.  2012. "All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among US Youth: Socioeconomic and Rural-Urban Disparities and International Patterns". Journal of Urban Health.
• Lal A, Moodie M, Ashton T, Siahpush M, Swinburn B. (Accepted Feb 2012). “Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand.” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 36:550-556.
• Siahpush M, Huberty J, Beighle Aaron. 2012. “Does the effect of a school recess intervention on physical activity vary by gender or race? Results from the Ready for Recess pilot study”. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 18: 416-422.
• Singh KG, Siahpush M, Williams SD. 2012. “Changing urbanization patterns in US lung cancer mortality, 1950-2007”. Journal of Community Health. 37:412-420.
• Siahpush M, Rorland R, Yong H-H, Cummings KM, Fong GT. (Accepted Feb 2012). “Tobacco expenditure, smoking-induced deprivation, and financial stress: Results from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) four country survey.” Drug and Alcohol Review. 31:664-671.
• Partos T, Borland R, Siahpush M. (accepted  Jan 2012). “Socioeconomic disadvantage at the area-level poses few direct barriers to smoking cessation for Australian smokers: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Australian cohort survey.” Drug and Alcohol Review.

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association
• Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco
• UICC GLOBALink, The International Tobacco Control Network
• Eppley Cancer Center and the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) program.