Scott McIntosh, Ph.D.

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As Associate Director of the Smoking Research Program, and Director of the Greater Rochester Area Tobacco Cessation Center, Dr. McIntosh is currently involved with the study of stop-smoking interventions with various populations and the training of physicians and other medical professionals in guideline-based nicotine dependence interventions. He is also currently Site Principal Investigator of an assessment and health improvement program in an inner-city neighborhood. He was recently Project Director for a randomized controlled trial for smoking cessation in the Dominican Republic, investigator on an obesity prevention project in large worksites, and Site Principal Investigator for a study of smoking cessation education in Medical Schools. He is a founding Co-Chair of WATI (Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions), an ongoing series of international workshops funded by the National Cancer Institute, Health Canada, and the American Legacy Foundation. He is conducting several pilot projects dealing with behavioral interventions for obesity. Finally, Dr. McIntosh is Course Director of a required 4th Year Medical School course in Community Health Improvement.

Current Appointments

• Associate Professor - Department of Community and Preventive Medicine (SMD)
• Associate Professor - Department of Orthopaedics (SMD)
• Associate Professor - Cancer Center (SMD)