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Ramzi G Salloum

Ramzi G Salloum, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department: MD-HOP-GENERAL
Business Phone: (352) 294-4997
Business Email: rsalloum@ufl.edu

About Ramzi G Salloum

Dr. Salloum is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics at the University of Florida College of Medicine and a member of the UF Health Cancer Center and the Institute for Child Health Policy. He is an economist and health services researcher whose work has consistently focused on decision making across the cancer prevention and control continuum, including prevention, screening, and treatment. His research considers the influence of guidelines and incentives on the demand for and provision of health and healthcare across the cancer control continuum.

He is the recipient of two National Cancer Institute (NCI)-supported fellowships from the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN)’s Cancer Research Network (CRN) Scholars Program (2015-2017); and the Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (MT-DIRC) Program (2016-2018). Given his research experiences in studying the provision of healthcare services, his goal is to increase the implementation and dissemination of innovative value-added cancer prevention and control strategies by improving our understanding of patient values and preferences, and enhancing stakeholder engagement.

Dr. Salloum teaches Fundamentals of Dissemination and Implementation Research (GMS 6851).

Honors & Awards

2020-Current · Florida Cancer Control & Research Advisory Council (CCRAB)
2019-2021 · American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) Global Cancer Research Special Interest Group
2019 · UF Health Cancer Center
2017-Current · American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Tobacco Consortium
2017-2018 · American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO) Global Cancer Research Special Interest Group
2017 · UF College of Medicine
2016-2019 · Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Global Health Network
2016-2018 · NCI Mentored Training in Dissemination and Implementation Research (MT-DIRC)
2016-2017 · OneFlorida Cancer Control Alliance – Scientific Advisory Committee
2015-2017 · NCI Cancer Research Network (CRN) Scholars Program

Publications

2020
An Implementation Trial to Improve Tobacco Treatment for Cancer Patients: Patient Preferences, Treatment Acceptability and Effectiveness
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2020
The Impact of One-week Dietary Supplementation with Kava on Biomarkers of Tobacco Use and Nitrosamine-based Carcinogenesis Risk among Active Smokers
Cancer Prevention Research
2020
The impact of a comprehensive tobacco product flavor ban in San Francisco among young adults
Addictive behaviors reports
2020
Smoking-Cessation Methods and Outcomes Among Cancer Survivors
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020
The effects of the Affordable Care Act on the receipt of colonoscopies among the insured elderly
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2019
A content analysis of free smoking cessation mobile apps in the United States
Journal of Smoking Cessation
2019
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among University Students in Three Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Patterns, Place, and Price
Substance use & misuse
2019
Waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in Oman: A cross-sectional study
International Journal of Public Health Research
2019
Tobacco-related counseling and documentation in adolescent primary care practice: Challenges and opportunities
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2019
The use of agent-based modeling for waterpipe tobacco smoking-related research
Tobacco Regulatory Science
2019
Smoking during pregnancy and changes in corporate tobacco sales policies by CVS and national dollar store chains
Jama Pediatrics
2019
Rural-urban disparities in tobacco retail access in the southeastern United States: CVS vs. the dollar stores
Preventive medicine reports
2019
Provider-patient discussions about smoking and the impact of lung cancer screening guidelines: NHIS 2011-2015
Journal of General Internal Medicine
2019
Tobacco and e-cigarette use among cancer survivors in the United States
PLoS One
2019
Implementation of shared decision-making in clinical practice in rheumatology
Jcr-Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
2019
How do waterpipe smoking establishments attract smokers? Implications for policy
Substance Use and Misuse
2019
Evaluating health warning messages specific to waterpipe smoking among university students in Jordan
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
2019
Disparities in knowledge and use of tobacco treatment among smokers in California following healthcare reform
Preventive medicine reports
2019
Disparities in clinician advice to quit smoking and smokers’ knowledge and use of cessation interventions in California following health care reform
Preventive medicine reports
2019
Considerations of privacy and confidentiality in developing a clinical support tool for adolescent tobacco control
JMIR formative research
2019
New strategies to tackle the combined biologic and social context of preterm birth
American Journal of Perinatology
2019
Attributable failure of first-line cancer treatment and incremental costs associated with smoking by cancer patients
JAMA Network Open
2018
Participatory Implementation Science to Increase the Impact of Evidence-Based Cancer Prevention and Control
Cancer Causes & Control
2018
Patterns of electronic cigarette use in youth with asthma: Results from a nationally representative sample
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
2018
Recent trends in cost-related medication non-adherence among cancer survivors in the United States
Journal Of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy
2018
Rural-Urban And Racial-Ethnic Differences In Awareness Of Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing.
BMC Public Health
2018
Testing Cessation Messages for Cigarette Package Inserts: Findings from a Best/Worst Discrete Choice Experiment
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2018
The Impact and Relevance of Tobacco Control Research in Low-and Middle-Income Countries Globally and to the US
Addictive Behaviors
2018
Medical Care Costs Associated With Cancer in Integrated Delivery Systems.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
2018
Stakeholder Engagement in Developing an Electronic Clinical Support Tool for Tobacco Prevention in Adolescent Primary Care
Children-Basel
2018
Intra-Ethnic Racial Differences in Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking among Latinos?
Substance use & misuse
2018
Characteristics of youth and young adult poly-tobacco users: Findings from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2013-2014
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2018
Harm Perceptions of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among University Students in Five Eastern Mediterranean Region Countries: a Cross-Sectional Study
2018
Global tobacco control research: Benefits to the US
Addictive Behaviors
2018
Evidence-Based Tobacco Treatment Utilization Among Dual Users of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes
Preventive Medicine
2018
Discrete choice experiments on the acceptability of monetary-based health treatments: A replication and extension to deposit contracts
The Psychological Record
2018
Correlates of Poly-Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: Findings From the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2013-2014
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2018
Association of pleasant sensations at cigarette smoking initiation with subsequent tobacco product use among U.S. adolescents.
Addictive behaviors
2018
Individual-level determinants of waterpipe smoking demand in four Eastern Mediterranean countries
Health Promotion International
2018
Assessing Smoking Cessation Messages With a Discrete Choice Experiment
Tobacco Regulatory Science
2017
Disparities in the receipt of tobacco treatment counseling within the US context of the Affordable Care Act and Meaningful Use Implementation
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2017
Application Of Discrete Choice Experiments To Enhance Stakeholder Engagement As A Strategy For Advancing Implementation: A Systematic Review.
Implementation Science
2017
Consensus statement on waterpipe assessment in epidemiological studies
Tobacco control
2017
Do you vape? Leveraging electronic health records to assess clinician documentation of electronic nicotine delivery system use among adolescents and adults
Preventive Medicine
2017
Patterns of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among U.S. Young Adults, 2013-2014
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017
Policy-relevant context of waterpipe tobacco smoking among university students in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A qualitative study
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
2017
Timeliness of Treatment Initiation and Associated Survival Following Diagnosis of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in South Carolina
Southern Medical Journal
2017
Use of evidence-based prostate cancer imaging in a non-governmental integrated healthcare system
Journal of Oncology Practice
2017
Using Social Media Data to Understand the Impact of Promotional Information on Laypeople's Discussions: a Case Study of Lynch Syndrome
2017
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among Sexual Minorities in the United States: Evidence From the National Adult Tobacco Survey (2012-2014)
Addictive Behaviors
2017
Evaluation of strategies to communicate harmful and potentially harmful constituent (HPHC) information through cigarette package inserts: A discrete choice experiment
Tobacco control
2016
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking Among Young Adults in the United States, 2012-2013
Preventing Chronic Disease
2016
Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among Cancer Survivors in the US
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2016
Towards a regulatory framework for waterpipe products
American Journal of Public Health
2016
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cost-Related Medication Non-Adherence Among Cancer Survivors
Journal of Cancer Survivorship
2016
Patient-provider discussions about lung cancer screening pre- and post-guidelines: Health Information National Trends Survey
Patient Education and Counseling
2016
Geographic Proximity of Waterpipe Smoking Establishments to Colleges in the US
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2016
Effectiveness of Health Warnings for Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among College Students
2016
Mining Twitter to Assess the Public Perception of the "Internet of Things"
PLoS One
2015
Waterpipe tobacco smoking in the United States: Findings from the National Adult Tobacco Survey
Preventive Medicine
2015
The global epidemiology of waterpipe smoking
Tobacco control
2015
Smoking among sexual minorities: Are there racial differences?
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2015
Factors Associated With Smoking Frequency Among Current Waterpipe Smokers in the United States: Findings From the National College Health Assessment II
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2015
How popular is waterpipe tobacco smoking? Findings from Internet search queries
Tobacco control
2015
Cigarette price and other factors associated with brand choice and brand loyalty in Zambia: Findings from the ITC Zambia Survey
Tobacco control
2015
Cigarette brands with flavour capsules in the filter: Trends in use and brand perceptions among smokers in Australia, Mexico, and the United States, 2012-2014
Tobacco control
2015
Assessing preferences for a university-based smoking cessation program in Lebanon: A discrete choice experiment
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
2015
A slow start: Use of preventive services among seniors following the Affordable Care Act’s enhancement of Medicare benefits
Preventive Medicine
2015
Eliciting preferences for waterpipe tobacco smoking using a discrete choice experiment: Implications for product regulation
BMJ Open
2014
Lung cancer screening using low-dose CT in the US: The current landscape
Lung Cancer
2014
Positron emission tomography and stage migration for head and neck cancer
Jama Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
2014
Preventive care receipt and office visit use among breast and colorectal cancer survivors relative to age- and gender-matched cancer-free controls
Journal of Cancer Survivorship
2014
Surveillance of tobacco retail density in Beirut, Lebanon using electronic tablet technology
Tobacco Induced Diseases
2014
US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations and cancer screening among female Medicare beneficiaries
Journal of Womens Health
2014
Use of bone scan during initial prostate cancer workup, downstream procedures, and associated Medicare costs
International Journal Of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
2013
When does an episode of care for cancer begin?
Medical care
2013
The “Welcome to Medicare” visit: A missed opportunity for cancer screening among women?
Journal of Womens Health
2013
The challenge of conducting comparative effectiveness research in cancer: The impact of a fragmented health care system
Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs
2013
A standardized relative resource cost model for medical care: Application to cancer control programs
Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs
2013
Guideline-discordant androgen deprivation therapy in localized prostate cancer: Patterns of use in the Medicare population and cost implications
Annals of Oncology
2013
Comparing cancer care, outcomes, and costs across health systems: Charting the course
Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs
2013
Point-of-sale tobacco advertising in Beirut, Lebanon following a national advertising ban
BMC Public Health
2012
Adherence to surveillance care guidelines after breast and colorectal cancer treatment with curative intent
Cancer
2012
Factors associated with adherence to chemotherapy guidelines in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Lung Cancer
2012
Survival among non-small cell lung cancer patients with poor performance status after first line chemotherapy
Lung Cancer
2011
Using claims-based measures to predict performance status score in patients with lung cancer
Cancer

Grants

Jul 2020 ACTIVE
Adequate selection of patients for thyroid biopsy: evaluation of a shared decision making conversation aid
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI ·
May 2020 ACTIVE
Prevention of Vaping and Tobacco Product Use Among Rural Youth in Florida
AETNA FOUNDATION · Principal Investigator
Jan 2020 ACTIVE
The benefits and harms of lung cancer screening in Florida
NATL INST OF HLTH NCI ·
Oct 2019 ACTIVE
Clinically-Efficient Strategies to Address Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Pediatric Practice
FL DEPT OF HLTH BIOMED RES PGM/J&E KING · Principal Investigator
Sep 2018 ACTIVE
Eastern Mediterranean Consortium on the Economics of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Capacity Building and Knowledge Translation
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT · Principal Investigator
Nov 2015 – Oct 2016
Exploring methods to elicit individual patient preferenc
UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA · Principal Investigator
Jun 2015 – Dec 2016
Waterpipe tobacco smoking among University students
ZAYED UNIVERSITY · Principal Investigator
May 2015 – Apr 2017
CRN Scholars Award – CRN4: Cancer Research Resources & Collaboration in Integrated Health Care Systems
KAISER FOU RESEARCH INSTITUTE · Principal Investigator
May 2015 – Oct 2016
Building evidence for effective and sustainable cigarette warning label policy
UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA · Principal Investigator
Apr 2015 ACTIVE
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS · Project Manager
Mar 2015 – Jan 2017
Waterpipe tobacco smoking amoung university students: Testing policy and prevention tools using a discrete choice.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT · Principal Investigator
Feb 2015 ACTIVE
UF Health Cancer Center Pilot Project Grants funded through the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program
UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL · Project Manager
Jun 2014 – Dec 2017
OneFlorida Cancer Control Network
FL DEPT OF HLTH BIOMED RES PGM/J&E KING ·

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cancer Care Quality
2011-2013 · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD, Economics
2011 · Wayne State University
MA, Economics
2007 · University of South Florida
MBA, Business Administration
2002 · University of South Florida
BS, Management Information Systems
2001 · University of South Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-4997
Emails:
Business:
rsalloum@ufl.edu