Glantz, Stanton A.

Autor: Glantz, Stanton A.
Rok: 1946-
Oblast působnosti: lékaři, kardiologové, matematici, vysokoškolští učitelé

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Americký profesor kardiologie, ve svém výzkumu se zabývá vlivem pasivního kouření na srdce. Publikuje také z oboru biometrie, biostatistiky a regresní analýzy.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Stanton Arnold Glantz, Ph.D. (born 1946) is an American professor, author, and leading tobacco control activist. Glantz is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, the American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Glantz's research focuses on the health effects of tobacco smoking. Often called the "Ralph Nader of the anti-tobacco movement," Glantz is an activist for nonsmokers' rights and an advocate of public health policies to reduce smoking. He is the author of four books, including The Cigarette Papers and Primer of Biostatistics. Glantz is also a member of the UC San Francisco Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Health Policy Studies and co-leader of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Tobacco Program. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005.