Mark Parascandola, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Branch Director, Research and Training

Center for Global Health

240-276-6871

paramark@mail.nih.gov

Mark Parascandola, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Director of the Research and Training Branch in the Center for Global Health at the NCI. Dr. Parascandola received his Doctorate in Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University and his Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. He has authored over 75 published articles on global cancer prevention, implementation science, tobacco control, and epidemiologic research methodology. Mark served as an editor for the NCI/WHO report, The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control (2016), the NCI/CDC report Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective (2014), and the two-volume encyclopedia Tobacco: Its History and Culture (2005). Dr. Parascandola has served as an Embassy Science Fellow and expert advisor on tobacco control, air pollution and health at the U.S. Embassies in Beijing, China, and Warsaw, Poland.

Key Publications

Ricciardone MD, Baker L, Twesten J, Parascandola M. Portfolio analysis of global tobacco control research funding at the National Cancer Institute, 2000-2019. Tob Prev Cessat. 2024;10:10.18332/tpc/184041. Published 2024 Mar 4. doi:10.18332/tpc/184041

Parascandola M, Neta G, Salloum RG, Shelley D, Rositch AF. Role of Local Evidence in Transferring Evidence-Based Interventions to Low- and Middle-Income Country Settings: Application to Global Cancer Prevention and Control. JCO Glob Oncol. 2022;8:e2200054. doi:10.1200/GO.22.00054

Parascandola M, Neta G, Bloch M, Gopal S. Colliding Epidemics: Research Gaps and Implementation Science Opportunities for Tobacco Use and HIV/AIDS in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. J Smok Cessat. 2022;2022:6835146. Published 2022 Jun 17. doi:10.1155/2022/6835146

Parascandola M, Pearlman PC, Eldridge L, Gopal S. The Development of Global Cancer Research at the United States National Cancer Institute. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022;114(9):1228-1237. doi:10.1093/jnci/djac104

Berg CJ, Fong GT, Thrasher JF, et al. The impact and relevance of tobacco control research in low-and middle-income countries globally and to the US. Addict Behav. 2018;87:162-168. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.07.012