PhD, 1993, Counseling Psychology, University of Miami

MA, 1986, Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia

BS, 1984, Psychology, Iowa State University

Scott McIntosh, PhD

Associate Professor,
Division of Social and Behavioral Medicine,
Community & Preventive Medicine and James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

Contact Information:

University of Rochester
Community & Preventive Medicine
120 Corporate Woods, Suite 350
Rochester, NY 14623

Office: 3217
Phone: (585) 758-7816
Fax: (585) 424-1469

Email: scott_mcintosh@urmc.rochester.edu

Research:

Self-help interventions for smoking cessation and behavioral change with various populations.

As Director of the Greater Rochester Tobacco Research Center, and Associate Director of the Smoking Research Program, Dr. McIntosh is currently involved with the practice and study of stop-smoking interventions with various populations and the training of physicians and other medical professionals. He was recently Project Director for a randomized controlled trial for smoking cessation in the Dominican Republic, and Site Principal Investigator for a study of tobacco prevention and cessation education in Medical Schools. He is a co-investigator onseveral projects, including an obesity prevention project in large worksites,and a study of medical decision making with older patient populations. He is also conducting several pilot projects dealing with behavioral interventions for obesity. Finally, Dr. McIntosh is Course Director of a required 4th Year Medical School course called the Community Health Improvement Clerkship.

• McIntosh S, Sierra E.,Dozier AM, Diaz S, Quiñones Z, Primack A, Chadwick G, Ossip-Klein DJ (In Press). Ethical Review Issues in Collaborative Research Between U.S. and Low - Middle Income Country Partners: A Case Example. Bioethics.
• McIntosh S, Block RC, Kapsak G, Pearson TA (2008). Training Medical Students in Community Health: A Novel Required Fourth-Year Clerkship at the University of Rochester. Academic Medicine, 83(4):357-364.
• Bailey PL, Eaton MP, McIntosh S (2007). Central Venous Catheter Insertion: It is Finally Time to Start Looking (Letter to the Editor). Anesthesia & Analgesia, 105: 879-880.
• Quinn L, Block R, & McIntosh S (2007). Impact of a Community Health Improvement Clerkship Project. Medical Education, 41: 1083-1111.
• Bailey PL, Glance LG, Eaton MP, Parshall B, & McIntosh S (2007). A Survey of the Use of Ultrasound During Central Venous Catheterization. Anesthesia Analgesia, 104(3): 491-497.
• McIntosh S, Kapsak G, Sager R, & Clarke H (2006). Understanding Advocacy: An Advocacy and Policy Change Module for Medical Students. Association of American Medical Colleges: MedEdPORTAL. Available from: http://www.aamc.org/mededportal, ID = 163.
• Yawman D, McIntosh S, Fernandez D, Auinger P, Allan M, Weitzman M, (2006). The Use of Spanish by Medical Students and Residents at One University Hospital. Academic Medicine, 81:468-473.
• McIntosh S, Ossip-Klein DJ, Hazel-Fernandez L, Spada J, McDonald PW, & Klein JD (2005). Recruitment of physician offices for an office-based adolescent smoking cessation study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 7(3): 1-8.
• McIntosh S, Watt CA, Sesselberg T, Klein B, Guido JJ, & Ossip-Klein, DJ (2004). Assisting mid-life and older smokers: physician adherence with evidence-based guidelines. Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine,1(2):101-110.
• Powers CA, Zapka JG, Bognar B, Dube C, Hyder Ferry L, Ferguson KJ, O'Donnel JF, Rigotti N, Conley Thomson C, White M, Wilkerson L, Geller AC, & McIntosh S (2004). Evaluation of Current Tobacco Curriculum at 12 US Medical Schools. Journal of Cancer Education, 19(4): 212-219.
• Ossip-Klein DJ & McIntosh S (2003). Quitlines in North America: Evidence base and applications. American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 326(4):201-205.
• Ossip-Klein DJ, McIntosh S, Utman C, Burton K, Spada J, Guido J (2000).Smokers ages 50+: who gets physician advice to quit? Preventive Medicine, 31(4):364-9