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Joshua Muscat, PhD, MPH

    • 8923 Citations
    • 55 h-Index
    1987 …2019
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    Research interests

    Dr. Joshua Muscat is an epidemiologist with a research interest in the causes and prevention of cancer. He previously worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the American Health Foundation in New York. His work has included studies on environmental pollutants and cancer, and he has served as an adviser to federal and state regulatory agencies.

    Dr. Muscat’s interests include understanding the causes of racial differences in cancer risk, including the smoking behaviors, individual factors and diet. 

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    Projects 2005 2019

    Time to first cigarette and early detection in the National Lung Screening Trial

    Muscat, J. & Junjia, Z.

    National Institutes of Health

    12/23/15 → 11/30/18

    Project: Research project

    Tobacco Products
    Lung Neoplasms
    Lung
    Tomography
    Smoking

    Pennsylvania State University Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS)

    Muscat, J., Foulds, J., Liao, J. (., Foulds, J., Richie, J. & Anderson, R.

    National Institutes of Health

    9/30/13 → 8/31/19

    Project: Research project

    nicotine
    science
    mood
    chemistry
    anxiety

    Socioeconomic status and smoking exposure in Appalachia

    Muscat, J.

    National Institutes of Health

    9/15/11 → 5/31/18

    Project: Research project

    Appalachian Region
    Social Class
    Smoke
    Smoking
    Biomarkers

    Epidemiology of protein glutathiolation

    Muscat, J.

    National Institutes of Health

    9/6/05 → 2/28/11

    Project: Research project

    Epidemiology
    Oxidative Stress
    Tobacco Products
    Proteins
    Molecular Epidemiology

    Research Output 1987 2019

    Characteristics of Adult Cigarette Smokers Who "Relight" and the Effects of Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Constituents

    Allen, S. I., Wasserman, E., Veldheer, S., Yingst, J., Hrabovsky, S., Liao, J. J., Krebs, N. M., Horn, K., Reinhart, L., Modesto, J., Putt, K., Evins, A. E., Muscat, J., Richie, J. & Foulds, J., Aug 19 2019, In : Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 21, 9, p. 1206-1212 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Smoke
    Tobacco Products
    Tobacco
    Tobacco Use Disorder
    Cotinine

    Education and gastric cancer risk—An individual participant data meta-analysis in the StoP project consortium

    Rota, M., Alicandro, G., Pelucchi, C., Bonzi, R., Bertuccio, P., Hu, J., Zhang, Z. F., Johnson, K. C., Palli, D., Ferraroni, M., Yu, G. P., Galeone, C., López-Carrillo, L., Muscat, J., Lunet, N., Ferro, A., Ye, W., Plymoth, A., Malekzadeh, R., Zaridze, D. & 23 others, Maximovitch, D., Kogevinas, M., Fernández de Larrea, N., Vioque, J., Navarrete-Muñoz, E. M., Tsugane, S., Hamada, G. S., Hidaka, A., Pakseresht, M., Wolk, A., Håkansson, N., Hernández-Ramírez, R. U., López-Cervantes, M., Ward, M., Pourfarzi, F., Mu, L., Kurtz, R. C., Lagiou, A., Lagiou, P., Boffetta, P., Boccia, S., Negri, E. & La Vecchia, C., Jan 1 2019, In : International Journal of Cancer.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Stomach Neoplasms
    Meta-Analysis
    Confidence Intervals
    Education
    Odds Ratio

    Effect of cigarette rod length on smokers switching to SPECTRUM cigarettes

    Hrabovsky, S., Midya, V., Lester, C., Veldheer, S., Yingst, J. M., Allen, S. I., Krebs, N. M., Liao, J. J., Reinhart, L., Modesto, J., Evins, A. E., Richie, J., Muscat, J., Horn, K. & Foulds, J., Mar 1 2019, In : American Journal of Health Behavior. 43, 2, p. 380-392 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Tobacco Products
    smoking
    Group
    nicotine
    habits

    Emissions of Free Radicals, Carbonyls, and Nicotine from the NIDA Standardized Research Electronic Cigarette and Comparison to Similar Commercial Devices

    Bitzer, Z. T., Goel, R., Reilly, S. M., Bhangu, G., Trushin, N., Foulds, J., Muscat, J. & Richie, J., Jan 22 2019, In : Chemical Research in Toxicology. 32, 1, p. 130-138 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.)
    Aerosols
    Nicotine
    Tobacco Products
    Free Radicals
    2 Citations (Scopus)

    Joint effects of intensity and duration of cigarette smoking on the risk of head and neck cancer: A bivariate spline model approach

    Di Credico, G., Edefonti, V., Polesel, J., Pauli, F., Torelli, N., Serraino, D., Negri, E., Luce, D., Stucker, I., Matsuo, K., Brennan, P., Vilensky, M., Fernandez, L., Curado, M. P., Menezes, A., Daudt, A. W., Koifman, R., Wunsch-Filho, V., Holcatova, I., Ahrens, W. & 58 others, Lagiou, P., Simonato, L., Richiardi, L., Healy, C., Kjaerheim, K., Conway, D. I., Macfarlane, T. V., Thomson, P., Agudo, A., Znaor, A., Boaventura Rios, L. F., Toporcov, T. N., Franceschi, S., Herrero, R., Muscat, J., Olshan, A. F., Zevallos, J. P., La Vecchia, C., Winn, D. M., Sturgis, E. M., Li, G., Fabianova, E., Lissowska, J., Mates, D., Rudnai, P., Shangina, O., Swiatkowska, B., Moysich, K., Zhang, Z. F., Morgenstern, H., Levi, F., Smith, E., Lazarus, P., Bosetti, C., Garavello, W., Kelsey, K., McClean, M., Ramroth, H., Chen, C., Schwartz, S. M., Vaughan, T. L., Zheng, T., Menvielle, G., Boccia, S., Cadoni, G., Hayes, R. B., Purdue, M., Gillison, M., Schantz, S., Yu, G. P., Brenner, H., D'Souza, G., Gross, N. D., Chuang, S. C., Boffetta, P., Hashibe, M., Lee, Y. C. A. & Dal Maso, L., Jul 1 2019, In : Oral Oncology. 94, p. 47-57 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Pharyngeal Neoplasms
    Head and Neck Neoplasms
    Smoking
    Mouth
    Laryngeal Neoplasms