Wendy Max, PhD
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Professor In Residence
Research focuses on the economic impact of tobacco on health and healthcare expenditures. Dr. Max and her colleagues have worked for over two decades to develop models to estimate the costs associated with smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.
Education:
Stanford University, 1976, BA, History, Economics
University of Colorado, 1981, MA, Economics
University of Colorado, 1983, Ph.D., Economics
Publications:
- Max W, Sinnott P, Kao C, Sung H-Y, Rice DP. The burden of osteoporosis in California, 1998. Osteoporosis International, 2002,13: 493-500.
- Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Michel M, Breuer W, Zhang X. The economic burden of prostate cancer in California, 1998. Cancer, 2002, 94(11): 2906-13.
- Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Michel M, Breuer, W, Zhang X. The economic burden of gynecologic cancers in California, 1998. Gynecologic Oncology, 2003, 88: 96-103.
- Froelicher ES, Sohn M, Max W, Bacchetti. Women’s initiative for nonsmoking (WINS) VII: Evaluation of health service utilization and costs among women smokers with cardiovascular disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 2003; in press.
- Max W, Rice DP, Finkelstein E, Bardwell RA, Leadbetter MS. The economic toll of intimate partner violence against women in the United States, 1995. Violence and Victims, 2004,19(3): 259-72.
- Max W, Rice DP, Sung H-Y, Zhang X, Miller L. The economic burden of smoking in California. Tobacco Control 2004; 13: 264-67. PMCID: PMC1747911
- Max W. The price of smoking by Sloan, Ostermann, Picone, Conover, and Taylor. Book review. NEJM 2005; 352(20); 2143-4.
- Max W, Tsoukalas T. Economics on Trial: the Use and Abuse of Economic Methods in Third Party Tobacco Litigation. Tobacco Control 2006; 15 (suppl 4): iv. 77-83.
- Max W, Sung H-Y, Stark B. The economic burden of breast cancer in California. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2008 Online first at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007.s10549-008-0149-4.
- John R, Sung H-Y, Max W. Economic cost of tobacco use in India, 2004. Tobacco Control , 2009,18: 138-143. PMCID: PMC2655042
- Fox P, Max W. Cost and caring: Policy challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease. Generations 2009; 33(1): 53-59.
- Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y. Who is exposed to secondhand smoke? Self-reported and serum cotinine measured exposure in the U.S., 1999-2006. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Available online at http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/5/1633 PMCID: PMC2697933 2009
- Max W, Sung HY, Tucker LY, Stark B. The disproportionate cost of smoking for African Americans in California. AJPH 100 (1): forthcoming. 2010