Richard B. Warnecke, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology, Public Administration and Sociology
Dr. Warnecke has been actively involved as researcher in cancer control for more than 25 years and has a long-standing relationship with the National Cancer Institute, as both a principal investigator and a grant reviewer. He received one of the first Cancer Control Science Program Grants ever awarded by NCI, and has published two books and more than 80 articles concerned with cancer control topics.
Research Interests
Cancer prevention and epidemiology and health disparities as they relate to cancer management
Recent and Noteworthy Publications
Artinian NT, Warnecke RB, Kelly KM, et al. Advancing the science of health disparities research. Ethn Dis. 2007 Summer;17(3):427-33.
Barrett RE, Cho YI, Weaver KE, Ryu K, Campbell RT, Dolecek TA, Warnecke RB. Neighborhood change and distant metastasis at diagnosis of breast cancer. Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;18(1):43-7. Epub 2007 Sep 24.
Curry SJ, Emery S, Sporer AK, Mermelstein R, Flay BR, Berbaum M, Warnecke RB, Johnson T, Mowery P, Parsons J, Harmon L, Hund L, Wells H. A national survey of tobacco cessation programs for youths. Am J Public Health. 2007 Jan;97(1):171-177.
Jacobs EA, Rolle I, Ferrans CE, Whitaker EE, Warnecke RB. Understanding African Americans' views of the trustworthiness of physicians. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jun;21(6):642-647.
Johnson TP, Cho YI, Holbrook AL, O'Rourke D, Warnecke RB, Chavez N. Cultural variability in the effects of question design features on respondent comprehension of health surveys. Ann Epidemiol. 2006 Sep;16(9):661-668.
Johnson TP, O'Rourke DP, Burris JE, Warnecke RB. An investigation of the effects of social desirability on the validity of self-reports of cancer screening behaviors. Med Care. 2005 Jun;43(6):565-573.
Turner LR, Mermelstein R, Hitsman B, Warnecke RB. Social support as a moderator of the relationship between recent history of depression and smoking cessation among lower-educated women. Nicotine Tob Res. 2008 Jan;10(1):201-12.
Waters TM, Warnecke RB, Parsons J, Almagor O, Budetti PP. The role of the national practitioner data bank in the credentialing process. Am J Med Qual. 2006 Jan-Feb;21(1):30-39.
Contact Info
Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 275)
472 Westside Research Office Bldg.
1747 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
Other Title(s)
Director, Program for Cancer Control and Population Science
IHRP Affiliation(s)
Current IHRP Research Studies (PI)
Recently Completed Research
Helping Young Smokers Quit: Identifying Best Practices for Tobacco Cessation
Oral Cancer Prevention and Detection: The Illinois Model
Quality of Life of African American Cancer Survivors
Socioeconomic Status, Age and Race/Ethnicity as Predictors of Stage of Disease
Social-Emotional Contexts of Adolescent Smoking Patterns