Faculty Directory

 

Daniel Cook, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education	Teaching	Research
Publications	Personal

Contact Information

Office Number: LR 213
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone Number: (775) 682-7095
Email Address:dmcook.unr.edu

 

Teaching
CHS 101		Introduction to Community Health Sciences Introduction to basic tenets of community health.
CHS 340		Policy Issues in Health and Society Survey of health/social policy making, including current and future trends. Emphasis of legislation related to disease prevention, health promotion and health care.
CHS 345		Ethics and Professionalism in Public Health Survey of health/social policy making, including current and future trends. Emphasis on legislation related to disease prevention, health promotion, and health care.
CHS 491		Senior Seminar Focus on transition from college to employment and/or further education and reflection on the college experiences from an academic and social perspective.
CHS 695		Tobacco Control: An Ecological Approach
CHS 741		Methods in Health Policy Analysis Understanding the process of making and structuring health policy as well as development of practical skills such as policy development, monitoring, and evaluation. Workshop in Scientific Writing

Education

Postdoctoral, University of California San Francisco, 2003 - 2006; Health Services Research Training Program Certificate, 2005; Institute for Health Policy Studies of UCSF.

Ph.D., Department of Political Science, 2003, City University of New York, Graduate Center.

B.A., Department of Politics, 1992. New York University.

Research Interests

Interest areas include health and safety regulations, policy process, tobacco control, medication safety, government, politics of science and scientific standards, executive branch agencies, qualitative research, administration and management.

Recent Publications

WC Tung, M Lu, DM Cook (in press), "Cervical Cancer Screening Among Taiwanese Women: A Transtheoretical Approach. Oncology Nursing Forum. Accepted June 2009.

WC Tung, M Lu, DM Cook (in press), "Papanicolaou Screening in Taiwan: Perceived Barriers and Self-Efficacy." Health Care for Women International. Accepted September 2009.

DM Cook, WL Lee, W Yang (2009), "Factors Associated with Total Restrictions on Smoking at Work and at Home: A study among populations in multiple US states and the US Virgin Islands." International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. Vol. 15 No. 4, October-December: 392-401.

DM Cook, RK Gurugubelli*, LA Bero (2009), "Risk-Management Policy and Black Box Warnings: A Qualitative Analysis of US FDA Proceedings." Drug Safety 32 (11): 1057-1066.

Cook DM, Mburia-Mwalili A (2009). Medication therapy management favors large pharmacy chains and creates potential conflicts of interest. J Manag Care Pharm. Jul-Aug;15(6):495-500. http://www.amcp.org/data/jmcp/495-500.pdf

Cook DM, Bero LA.(2009). The Politics of Smoking in Federal Buildings: An Executive Order Case Study. Am J Public Health. Jul 16. [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/AJPH.2008.151829v1

Cook DM, Boyd EA, Grossmann C, Bero LA.Journalists and conflicts of interest in science: beliefs and practices. Ethics Sci Environ Polit
http://www.int-res.com/articles/esep2009/9/journalism/e009pp7.pdf

DM Cook, EA Boyd, C Grossmann, LA Bero (2007), “Reporting Science and Conflicts of Interest in the Lay Press,” PLoS ONE, 2(12): e1266. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001266DM

DM Cook & LA Bero (2006), "Identifying Carcinogens: The Tobacco Industry and Regulatory Politics in the United States." International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 36 No. 4, 747-766.  

NT Nguyen, DM Cook, & LA Bero (2006), "The Decision-Making Process of US Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committees on Switches from Prescription to Over-the-Counter Status: A Comparative Case Study." Clinical Therapeutics, Vol. 28 No. 8, August: 1231-1243.

DM Cook, EK Tong, SA Glantz, & LA Bero (2005), "The Power of Paperwork: How Philip Morris Neutralized the Medical Code for Secondhand Smoke." Health Affairs, Vol. 24 No. 4, July/August: 994-1004.

A Baba, DM Cook, TO McGarity, and LA Bero (2005), "Legislating 'Sound Science': The Role of the Tobacco Industry." American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 95, No. S1, July: S20-S27.

DM Cook and AJ Polsky (2005), "Political Time Reconsidered: Unbuilding and Rebuilding the State under the Reagan Administration." American Politics Research, Vol 33 No 4 July: 577-605.

Personal Interests

Travel and skiing