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Michael Siegel is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, medicine, and psychology, with significant contributions to fields such as health, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, physiology, and general health professions.

The primary topics explored in Michael Siegel's research include gun ownership and violence research, suicide and self-harm studies, racial and ethnic identity research, crime patterns and interventions, smoking behavior and cessation, migration, health and trauma, and health disparities and outcomes.

Recent publications by Michael Siegel include:

  • "Racial/Ethnic Disparities in State-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Their Association with Structural Racism," 2021, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "Actual Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality for the Non-Hispanic Black Compared to Non-Hispanic White Population in 35 US States and Their Association with Structural Racism," 2021, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • "Actual Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality for the Non-Hispanic Black Compared to Non-Hispanic White Population in 353 US Counties and Their Association with Structural Racism," 2021, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Michael Siegel frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include David H. Jernigan, Claire Boine, Madeline Rieders, Hannah Rieders, and Pamela J. Trangenstein.

The majority of their work is published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • JAMA Network Open
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Journal of the National Medical Association
  • Injury Epidemiology

The scientist's research output shows a focus on public health issues, with particular attention to structural racism and health disparities, gun-related violence, and mental health topics such as self-harm and suicide prevention. Their publications demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach combining clinical psychology, sociology, and epidemiology perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Electronic cigarettes as a harm reduction strategy for tobacco control: A step forward or a repeat of past mistakes?

    Zachary Cahn;Michael Siegel

  • The Last Straw? Cigarette Advertising and Realized Market Shares among Youths and Adults, 1979-1993,

    Richard W. Pollay;S. Siddarth;Michael Siegel;Anne Haddix

  • Electronic cigarettes as a smoking-cessation: tool results from an online survey.

    Michael B. Siegel;Kerry L. Tanwar;Kathleen S. Wood

  • The impact of an antismoking media campaign on progression to established smoking: results of a longitudinal youth study.

    Michael Siegel;Lois Biener

  • Tobacco marketing and adolescent smoking: more support for a causal inference.

    Biener L;Siegel M

  • Involuntary Smoking in the Restaurant Workplace A Review of Employee Exposure and Health Effects

    Michael Siegel

  • The Relationship Between Gun Ownership and Firearm Homicide Rates in the United States, 1981–2010

    Michael Siegel;Craig S. Ross;Charles King

  • The power of a frame: an analysis of newspaper coverage of tobacco issues--United States, 1985-1996.

    Claudia L. Menashe;Michael Siegel

  • Perceived efficacy of e-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy among successful e-cigarette users: a qualitative approach.

    Amanda M Barbeau;Jennifer Burda;Michael Siegel

  • The Relationship Between Structural Racism and Black-White Disparities in Fatal Police Shootings at the State Level.

    Aldina Mesic;Lydia Franklin;Alev Cansever;Fiona Potter

  • E-cigarette initiation and associated changes in smoking cessation and reduction: the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, 2013-2015.

    Kaitlyn M Berry;Lindsay M Reynolds;Jason M Collins;Michael B Siegel

  • Marketing Public Health: Strategies to Promote Social Change

    Michael Siegel;Lynne Doner

  • The Master Settlement Agreement with the tobacco industry and cigarette advertising in magazines.

    Charles King;Michael Siegel

  • Firearm Ownership and Suicide Rates Among US Men and Women, 1981-2013.

    Michael Siegel;Emily F. Rothman

  • The effectiveness of state-level tobacco control interventions: a review of program implementation and behavioral outcomes.

    Michael Siegel

  • Electronic cigarettes: achieving a balanced perspective.

    Theodore L. Wagener;Michael Siegel;Belinda Borrelli

  • State Intimate Partner Violence-Related Firearm Laws and Intimate Partner Homicide Rates in the United States, 1991 to 2015.

    Carolina Díez;Rachel P. Kurland;Emily F. Rothman;Megan Bair-Merritt

  • Firearm-Related Laws in All 50 US States, 1991–2016

    Michael Siegel;Molly Pahn;Ziming Xuan;Craig S. Ross

  • Racial/Ethnic Disparities in State-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Their Association with Structural Racism.

    Michael Siegel;Isabella Critchfield-Jain;Isabella Critchfield-Jain;Matthew Boykin;Matthew Boykin;Alicia Owens;Alicia Owens

  • Effect of local restaurant smoking regulations on progression to established smoking among youths.

    M Siegel;A B Albers;D M Cheng;L Biener

  • Exposure to secondhand smoke and excess lung cancer mortality risk among workers in the “5 B’s”: bars, bowling alleys, billiard halls, betting establishments, and bingo parlours

    M Siegel;M Skeer

  • Child Access Prevention Firearm Laws and Firearm Fatalities Among Children Aged 0 to 14 Years, 1991-2016.

    Hooman Alexander Azad;Michael C. Monuteaux;Michael C. Monuteaux;Chris A. Rees;Chris A. Rees;Michael Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Jernigan
David H. Jernigan Boston University
William DeJong
William DeJong Boston University
Emily F. Rothman
Emily F. Rothman Boston University
Margie Skeer
Margie Skeer Tufts University
David Hemenway
David Hemenway Harvard University
Rajiv N. Rimal
Rajiv N. Rimal Johns Hopkins University
Michael P. Eriksen
Michael P. Eriksen Georgia State University
Katharine A. Bradley
Katharine A. Bradley University of Washington
Emily C. Williams
Emily C. Williams University of Washington
Emelia J. Benjamin
Emelia J. Benjamin Boston University

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