Joaquin Barnoya, MD MPH
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Main interest is secondhand smoke and smoke-free environments. In particular, Dr. Barnoya's work has documented the benefits of smoke-free environments and the effects of secondhand smoke on the cardiovascular system. He works in the United States and Latin America.
Dr. Joaquin Barnoya obtained his medical degree from San Carlos University Medical School in Guatemala in 1998. He then obtained a Masters in Public Health (emphasis in Family and Community Health) from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, MA. While at Harvard, he completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Nutrition under the supervision of Dr. Graham Colditz, Dr.Ph. He then moved to the University of California, San Francisco, where he was a Legacy Foundation Tobacco Control research fellow under the supervision of Stanton Glantz, Ph.D. After three years in San Francisco, he moved back to his native Guatemala where he serves as part-time Director of Research at the Cardiovascular Unit of Guatemala and practices preventive medicine. He is also a part-time Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Barnoya is also editor of the BMJ journal “Tobacco Control.” His research and publications focus on tobacco control, with particular emphasis on secondhand smoke effects, tobacco advertising and smoke-free workplaces.
MD San Carlos University Medical School. Guatemala 1998
MPH Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Nutrition. 2001
1. Sakhuja R and Barnoya J. Perceptions and prevalence of smoking among people in highland Guatemala. Cancer Causes and Control 12: 479-481, 2001.
2. Barnoya J and Glantz S. Attitudes and knowledge about tobacco among Guatemalan physicians. Cancer Causes and Control 13:879-881, 2002
3. Barnoya J and Glantz S. Tobacco industry success in preventing regulation of secondhand smoke in Latin America: the “Latin Project”. Tobacco Control. 2002;11:305-314
4. Barnoya J and Glantz S. The Tobacco Industry and Secondhand Smoke: Lessons from Central and South America. Ethnicity and disease. 2003;13[Suppl 2]:S2-117-S2-119.
5. Barnoya J. Rethinking tobacco control. Editorial. Student BMJ. 2003;11:264-265.
6. Barnoya J and Glantz S. Secondhand smoke and cardiologists: the missing link. Letter to the Editor. International Journal of Cardiology 2004;93(2-3):331
7. Barnoya J and Glantz S. Secondhand smoke: The evidence of danger keeps growing. Editorial. The American Journal of Medicine 2004; 116(3):201-202
8. Saimovici J, Barnoya J. Argentina: "non-smokers' dictatorship". Tobacco Control 2004;13(1):6
9. Barnoya J. Guatemala: snow stopping 'em. Tobacco Control. 2004;13:103
10. Barnoya J and Glantz S. Association of the California Tobacco Control Program with Declines in Lung Cancer incidence. Cancer Causes and Control. 2004; 15: 689-695
11. Barnoya J, Glantz SA. Modifiable Behavioral Factors as Causes of Death. JAMA. 2004;291:2941-b-2942.
12. Bitton A, Neuman MD, Barnoya J, Glantz SA. The p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene and the Tobacco Industry: Research, Debate, and Conflict of Interest. 2004. Lancet 2005;365(9458):531-540.
13. Barnoya J, Glantz S. Cardiovascular effects of secondhand smoke: Nearly as large as smoking. 2004. Circulation 2005;111(20):3684-2698
14. Barnoya J, Bialous SA, Glantz SA. Effective interventions to reduce smoking-induced heart disease around the world: time to act. Circulation 2005;112(4):456-8.
15. Sebrie E, Barnoya J, Perez-Stable EJ, Glantz SA. Tobacco industry successfully prevented tobacco control legislation in Argentina. Tob Control 2005;14(5):e2.
16. Barnoya J, Glantz SA. Cardiovascular effects of second-hand smoke help explain the benefits of smoke-free legislation on heart disease burden. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006;21:457-62.
18. Barnoya J, Glantz SA. The tobacco industry's worldwide ETS consultants project: European and Asian components. Eur J Public Health 2006;16(1):69-77.
19. Flores ML, Barnoya J, Mejia R, Alderete E, Perez-Stable EJ. Litigation in Argentina: challenging the tobacco industry. Tob Control. 2006;15(2):90-96.
20. Barnoya J, Mendoza-Montano C, Navas-Acien A. Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Public Places in Guatemala: Comparison with other Latin American Countries. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Dec;16(12):2730-5