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Gary Marks is affiliated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the social sciences, with particular focus on education and related subfields. The main areas of study cover education, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, developmental and educational psychology, and political science and international relations.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, especially in school choice and performance, intergenerational and educational inequality studies, cognitive abilities and testing, parental involvement in education, educational and psychological assessments, early childhood education and development, and higher education research studies.

Gary Marks has contributed to the academic community through numerous publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • How much do students' scores in PISA reflect general intelligence and how much do they reflect specific abilities? (2021, Journal of Educational Psychology)
  • Inadequacies in the SES-Achievement model: Evidence from PISA and other studies (2021, Review of Education)
  • Explaining the salience of anti-elitism and reducing political corruption for political parties in Europe with the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey data (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • The importance of parental ability for cognitive ability and student achievement: Implications for social stratification theory and practice (2023, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility)
  • Cognitive ability and conscientiousness are more important than SES for educational attainment: An analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study (2021, Personality and Individual Differences)

Gary Marks has frequently published in venues such as UNC Libraries, Intelligence, Review of Education, Australian Journal of Social Issues, and the Journal of Educational Psychology.

The scientist's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Michael O'Connell
  • Liesbet Hooghe
  • Artur Pokropek
  • Francesca Borgonovi
  • Bruce A. Phillips

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of high-risk sexual behavior in persons aware and unaware they are infected with HIV in the United States: implications for HIV prevention programs.

    Marks G;Crepaz N;Senterfitt Jw;Janssen Rs

  • Estimating sexual transmission of HIV from persons aware and unaware that they are infected with the virus in the USA.

    Gary Marks;Nicole Crepaz;Robert S Janssen

  • Ten years of research on the false-consensus effect: an empirical and theoretical review

    Gary Marks;Norman Miller

  • Highly active antiretroviral therapy and sexual risk behavior: a meta-analytic review.

    Nicole Crepaz;Trevor A. Hart;Gary Marks

  • Acculturation, access to care, and use of preventive services by Hispanics: findings from HHANES 1982-84.

    J M Solis;G Marks;M Garcia;D Shelton

  • Social influence processes affecting adolescent substance use.

    John W. Graham;Gary Marks;William B. Hansen

  • Meta-analytic examination of online sex-seeking and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men.

    Adrian Liau;Gregorio Millett;Gary Marks

  • Towards an understanding of sexual risk behavior in people living with HIV: a review of social, psychological, and medical findings.

    Nicole Crepaz;Gary Marks

  • Efficacy of interventions in improving highly active antiretroviral therapy adherence and HIV-1 RNA viral load. A meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Jane M. Simoni;Cynthia R. Pearson;David W. Pantalone;Gary Marks

  • Adverse effects of acculturation: psychological distress among Mexican American young adults.

    Mark S. Kaplan;Gary Marks

  • The Circuit Party Men's Health Survey: findings and implications for gay and bisexual men.

    Gordon Mansergh;Grant N. Colfax;Gary Marks;Melissa Rader

  • Drug use and sexual risk behavior among gay and bisexual men who attend circuit parties: a venue-based comparison.

    Grant N. Colfax;Gordon Mansergh;Robert Guzman;Eric Vittinghoff

  • Are negative affective states associated with HIV sexual risk behaviors? A meta-analytic review.

    Nicole Crepaz;Gary Marks

  • Women's Self-Disclosure of HIV Infection: Rates, Reasons, and Reactions

    Jane M. Simoni;Hyacinth R. C. Mason;Gary Marks;Monica S. Ruiz

  • Prevalence of unprotected anal intercourse among HIV-diagnosed MSM in the United States: a meta-analysis.

    Nicole Crepaz;Gary Marks;Adrian Liau;Mary M Mullins

  • Effect of brief safer-sex counseling by medical providers to HIV-1 seropositive patients: a multi-clinic assessment.

    Jean L Richardson;Joel Milam;Allen McCutchan;Susan Stoyanoff

  • Circumcision Status and Risk of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Meta-analysis

    Gregorio A. Millett;Stephen A. Flores;Gary Marks;J. Bailey Reed

  • Brief strengths-based case management promotes entry into HIV medical care: results of the antiretroviral treatment access study-II.

    Jason A Craw;Lytt I Gardner;Gary Marks;Richard C Rapp

  • Entry and retention in medical care among HIV-diagnosed persons: a meta-analysis.

    Gary Marks;Lytt I Gardner;Jason Craw;Nicole Crepaz

  • Functional Decline in the Elderly: Evidence for Direct and Stress-buffering Protective Effects of Social Interactions and Physical Activity

    Jennifer B. Unger;C. Anderson Johnson;Gary Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole Crepaz
Nicole Crepaz Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lisa R. Metsch
Lisa R. Metsch Columbia University
Tracey E. Wilson
Tracey E. Wilson SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Gregorio A. Millett
Gregorio A. Millett Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Norman Miller
Norman Miller University of Southern California
Susan Buchbinder
Susan Buchbinder University of California, San Francisco
Jane M. Simoni
Jane M. Simoni University of Washington
Ann Stueve
Ann Stueve Education Development Center
Sheila T. Murphy
Sheila T. Murphy University of Southern California
Lynn C. Miller
Lynn C. Miller University of Southern California

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