Marcia Tan | Public Health Sciences

Research Summary

Dr. Tan is a health psychologist and epidemiologist who focuses on reducing health disparities among underserved populations through health behavior change. Her research interests are 1) examining biopsychosocial and behavioral factors that contribute to disparities in chronic disease, primarily cancer, and 2) conducting community-based health behavior interventions to reduce risk factors among disparity populations. A majority of her work has focused on tobacco cessation and weight management among low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations.

Keywords

Health Disparities, Minority Health, Tobacco Cessation, Weight Management, Behavioral Sciences

Education

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Postdoctoral Fellowship Cancer Prevention 08/2018
University of Miami, Miami, FL, PhD Clinical Health Psychology 08/2016
Miami VA Medical Center, Miami, FL, Predoctoral Clinical Internship Health Psychology 07/2016
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, MPH Epidemiology 05/2010
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, BS Psychology 05/2007

Biosciences Graduate Program Association

Public Health Sciences

Awards & Honors

2003 - 2007 Presidential Scholar, National Urban League Scholarship, Golden Key International Honour Society University of Alabama
2009 - 2010 Roberts Research Training Awardee Emory University
2010 - 2014 NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences AGEP Travel Award University of Miami
2010 - 2016 McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Florida Education Fund
2012 - Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Health Equality Scholarship Intercultural Cancer Council
2013 - Diversity Travel Scholarship Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
2015 - Graduate Student Association Academic Excellence, Leadership, and Service Award University of Miami
2018 - Citation Abstract Winner Society of Behavioral Medicine
2019 - 2021 NIH Loan Repayment Program, Clinical Research National Cancer Institute
2019 - Diversity Travel Award American Psychosomatic Society
2019 - G. Alan Marlatt Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions American Psychological Association, Division 50 – Addiction Psychology

Publications

Adverse childhood experiences and resilience in childhood and adolescent and young adult cancer patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 03; 70(3):e30141. View in: PubMed
The role of smoking history in longitudinal changes in C-reactive protein between Black and White older adults in the US. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug; 28:101885. View in: PubMed
Gaps in Knowledge and Practice in Treating Tobacco Use Among Non-physician Healthcare Professionals and Lay Health Workers in Chicago, Illinois. Cancer Control. 2022 Jan-Dec; 29:10732748221105310. View in: PubMed
Techniques for Advertising Healthy Food in School Settings to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption. Inquiry. 2022 Jan-Dec; 59:469580221100165. View in: PubMed
Race differences in predictors of weight gain among a community sample of smokers enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a multiple behavior change intervention. Prev Med Rep. 2021 Mar; 21:101303. View in: PubMed
Six Month Abstinence Heterogeneity in the Best Quit Study. Ann Behav Med. 2019 11 09; 53(12):1032-1044. View in: PubMed
Menthol Cigarettes, Tobacco Dependence, and Smoking Persistence: The Need to Examine Enhanced Cognitive Functioning as a Neuropsychological Mechanism. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 04 17; 22(4):466-472. View in: PubMed
Simultaneous vs. sequential treatment for smoking and weight management in tobacco quitlines: 6 and 12?month outcomes from a randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2018 05 31; 18(1):678. View in: PubMed
Association between smoking cessation and weight gain in treatment-seeking African Americans. Addict Behav. 2018 06; 81:84-90. View in: PubMed
Culturally specific versus standard smoking cessation messages targeting Hispanics: An experiment. Psychol Addict Behav. 2015 Jun; 29(2):283-9. View in: PubMed
Depression, deficits in functional capacity, and impaired glycemic control in urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes. J Psychiatr Res. 2014 May; 52:21-7. View in: PubMed
Racial/Ethnic differences among smokers: revisited and expanded to help seekers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 May; 16(5):621-5. View in: PubMed
Associations between coping, affect, and social support among low-income African American smokers. Addict Behav. 2013 Nov; 38(11):2736-40. View in: PubMed
The impact of escitalopram on IL-2-induced neuroendocrine, immune, and behavioral changes in patients with malignant melanoma: preliminary findings. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Sep; 38(10):1921-8. View in: PubMed
Neurobehavioral effects of interferon-a in patients with hepatitis-C: symptom dimensions and responsiveness to paroxetine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 May; 37(6):1444-54. View in: PubMed
Pulmonary embolism in a patient with catatonia: an old disease, changing times. Psychosomatics. 2011 Jul-Aug; 52(4):387-91. View in: PubMed
Sequential multiple-assignment randomized trial design of neurobehavioral treatment for patients with metastatic malignant melanoma undergoing high-dose interferon-alpha therapy. Clin Trials. 2009 Oct; 6(5):480-90. View in: PubMed
Psychosocial correlates of perceived stress and depressive symptoms among help-seeking Hispanic smokers. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. 2015; 8(2):106-117.::::
In DW Kissane, M Maj, and N Sartorius (Eds.) Depression and Cancer. Biology of depression and cytokines in cancer. 2011; 51-80.::::
Acculturation predicts 7-day smoking cessation among treatment-seeking African -Americans in a group intervention. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2012; 43(1):74-83.::::
In M Gellman and JR Turner (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Ex-smokers. 2012; 741-42.::::