Robert H. Feldman

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Robert H. Feldman

Professor Emeritus, Behavioral and Community Health

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As a cross-cultural health psychologist, Robert Feldman conducts research globally regarding the US in tobacco control and worksite/occupational health. Additionally, Feldman was a UNIBE Professor of Psychology in Costa Rica, conducted research in Kenya, Haiti and Australia, and he was also a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nigeria and Kenya. In the U.S., he has worked with Latinx workers, African American elders and tribal/urban Native Americans. Feldman has received funding from NCI, NIEHS, NSF, DHHS and USDA.

Department Information

Department of Behavioral and Community Health
Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health
Center on Aging

Health Behavior/Health Psychology; Global Health; Tobacco Control; Worksite Health/Occupational Health

Co-Investigator, Latino employees at the University of Maryland: Assessing
their health needs to promote health and well-being. University of Maryland
Tier 1 Research Seed Grant Award, $50,000.00, 2017-2018

Co-Investigator, Motivations, patterns, antecedents of dual use of little
cigars/cigarillos and cigarettes in a high-risk population. National Cancer
Institute, $23,418.00, 2015-2016

Principal Investigator (UMCP) and J. Lipscomb (PI, UMB), Blood-borne
pathogen assessment survey among healthcare workers in Haiti. University
of Maryland Research and Innovation Seed Grant Award, $73,737.00, 2014-2016

Co-Investigator, Self-affirmation and responses to smoking risk messages
among African Americans. National Cancer Institute, $410,980.00, 2014-2016

Co-Investigator, Rapid response characteristics of new and manipulated
tobacco products. Director of Research and Training. National Cancer
Institute, $18,648,449.00, 2013-2018

Co-Principal Investigator, Exploring cultural, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing tobacco use among Asian Americans, Hispanics, African Americans and American Indians in Maryland. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, $140,000.00, 2008

Co-Investigator, Tobacco control evaluation program. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, $249,713.00, 2007-2008

Co-Investigator, Worker education and training response to bio-terrorism. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, N.I.H., $480,000.00, 2002-2004

Co-Principal Investigator, Smoking cessation for Latino immigrant workers: Integrating smoking cessation into worker training. Montgomery County
Cigarette Restitution Fund Program, $20,000.00, 2001-2002

Co-Principal Investigator, Food safety and nutrition knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among low-income women: Strategies for health communication. U.S. Department of Agriculture, $60,252.00, 2000-2001

Co-Investigator, Maryland WIC Healthy Eating for a Lifetime Program. National Cancer Institute, N.I.H., $2,137,022.00, 1997-2000

HLTH 665 Health Behavior I

HLTH 666 Health Behavior II

HLTH 430 Health in the Workplace

HLTH 776 Program Evaluation

BA, Mathematics

Brooklyn College, CUNY

MA, Mathematics

Pennsylvania State University

MS, Social Psychology

Syracuse University

PhD, Social Psychology

Syracuse University

Certificate in Eastern African Studies

Syracuse University

Post-Doctorate (NIH), Health Psychology

University of Connecticut Medical-Dental School

* Feldman, R.H., Villalobos-Pérez, A. & Rodriguez, R.G. (2020). Workplace
smoking cessation in Costa Rica. Workplace Health & Safety, 68.

*Shi, R., Feldman, R., Liu, J. and Clark, P. (2020). The dilemma of
correcting nicotine misperceptions: Nicotine replacement therapy versus
electronic cigarettes. Health Communication.

* Feldman, R.H., Villalobos, A. & Rodriguez, R. (2019). Promoting smoking
cessation in Costa Rica: A focus group study of smokers and ex-smokers.
International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 40(4), 331-336.

* Mead, E., Chen, J.C., Kirchner, T.R., Butler, J. & Feldman, R.H. (2018). An
ecological momentary assessment of cigarette and cigar dual use among
African American young adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, S12-S21.

* Mead, E. Johnson, S. Siddiqui, J. Butler, J. Kirchner, T. & Feldman, R.
(2017). Beyond blunts: reasons for cigarette and cigar use among African
American young adult dual users, Addiction Research & Theory, DOI:
10.1080/16066359.2017.1366456

*Naim, A., Feldman, R. & Sawyer, R. (2015). A needs assessment of
health issues related to maternal mortality rates in Afghanistan: A pilot
study. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 35,(3), 259-
269.

*Carter-Pokras, O., Feldman, R.H., Kanamori, M., Rivera, I., Chen, L., Baezconde-Garbanati, L., Nodora, J., and Noltenius, J. (2011). Barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation among Latino adults. Journal of the National Medical Association, 103(5), 423-431.

*Gryczynski, J, Feldman, R., Carter-Pokras, O., Kanamori, M., Chen, L, and Roth, S. (2010,). Contexts of tobacco use and perspectives on smoking cessation among urban American Indians. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21(2), 544-558.

Feldman, R.H. and Laura, R. (2004). The use of complementary and alternative medicine practices among Australian university students. Complementary Health Practice Review, 9 (3), 173-179.

*Feldman, R.H., Christopher, B.W., Muniz, A.G. and Mejia, D.A. (2004). Integrating smoking cessation into worker training among Latino immigrant workers: Development of a program. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 14 (4), 349-355.