Dr K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., MPH

Dr. Michael Cummings is the Chairman of the Department of Cancer Prevention, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. He also holds the position of Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he teaches graduate courses in cancer epidemiology and health behavior.

Dr. Cummings is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and holds Master of Public Health and Doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Cummings has conducted numerous scientific studies on the health effects of tobacco including several on secondhand smoke. He is nationally recognized as an authority on smoking issues and has contributed to several Surgeon General's Reports on Smoking and Health, and to an Institute of Medicine report on nicotine addiction in children. He has testified as an expert witness against the tobacco industry in several recent court cases, including several of the state Medicaid cases that resulted in the Master Settlement Agreement.

He is currently the Deputy Editor for the journal Tobacco Control and is author of over 130 published scientific papers. Dr. Cummings most recent research has focused on the marketing practices of the tobacco industry.

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