Ruth E. Malone, PhD, RN

Professor, Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF

ruth.malone@ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 476-3273 (voice)
Box 1390, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-1390

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Education

Southern Oregon College, Ashland, OR, A.S., Highest Honors, 1977, Nursing
University of California, San Francisco, B.S.N., Highest Honors, 1989; M.S., 1991, Community Health/Cross-Cultural Nursing
University of California, San Francisco, Ph.D., 1995, Nursing
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1995-97, Health Policy/Health Services Research

Professional Experience

• 1977-1995
  Clinical nursing; acute care hospitals in Oregon and California
• 1990-1993
  Teaching and Research Assistant, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing
• 1995-1997
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco
• 1997-2001
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, UCSF
• 1997-present
  Core Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, UCSF
• 2001-2002
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, UCSF
• 2002-2006
  Associate Professor & Director, Health Policy Program, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, UCSF
• 2006-present
  Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, UCSF

Honors & Awards

• 1988-89
  Birdzel Scholarship,UCSF School of Nursing
• 1989-92
  California State Graduate Fellowships (three years)
• 1990-91
  Lucy C. Perry Scholarship, Nurses' Educational Funds
• 1991-1994
  University of California Regents Fellow
• 1994-95
  Alameda County Nurses Association Scholarship
• 1994-95
  Hiemenz Award, Tyson Award; NEF Scholar, Nurses' Educational Funds
• 1994
  Graduate Student Research Award, UCSF Graduate Division
• 1994
  Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Eta Chapter (Nursing Honor Society)
• 1994-1995
  Health Services Dissertation Research Grant, Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
• 1998-1999
  Mt. Zion Health Systems/UCSF Clinical Investigator Research Program Award
• 2000
  UCSF Chancellor's Award for Public Service and Edison T. Uno Award for Leadership
• 2001
  Shannon Award, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
• 2003
  Best poster Award, World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki
• 2004
  Selected Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
• 2004
  Nominated for Distinction in Teaching Award, UCSF Academic Senate.
• 2004
  Nominated for School of Nursing Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduating Masters students
• 2004
  Nominated for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award, UCSF
• 2005
  Nominated for Postdoctoral Scholar's Association Annual Outstanding Mentorship Award, UCSF
• 2006
  Nominated by American Nurses' Association for International Council of Nurses' Bank of Nurse Experts (Tobacco)
• 2006
  Nominated for Distinction in Teaching Award, UCSF Academic Senate
• 2006
  Sybil Jacobs Award for Outstanding Use of Tobacco Industry Documents, American Legacy Foundation (Awarded in Washington, D.C. at World Conference on Tobacco or Health).

Selected Publications

1. Malone RE. Tobacco endgames: what they are and are not, issues for tobacco control strategic planning and a possible US scenario. Tob Control. 2013 May; 22 Suppl 1:i42-i44.
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2. Malone RE. Making it normal to sell death: two books worth reading. Tob Control. 2013 Mar; 22(2):65.
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3. Offen N, Smith EA, Malone RE. "They're Going to Die Anyway": Smoking Shelters at Veterans' Facilities. Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr; 103(4):604-12.
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4. Smith EA, Malone RE. Military exceptionalism or tobacco exceptionalism: how civilian health leaders' beliefs may impede military tobacco control efforts. Am J Public Health. 2013 Apr; 103(4):599-604.
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5. Malone RE. Changing Tobacco Control's policy on tobacco industry-funded research. Tob Control. 2013 Jan; 22(1):1-2.
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6. Yang JS, McDaniel PA, Malone RE. 'A question of balance': Addressing the public health impacts of multinational enterprises in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Glob Public Health. 2012 Dec; 7(10):1045-61.
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7. Smith EA, Malone RE. Why strong tobacco control measures "can't" be implemented in the U.S. Military: a qualitative analysis. Mil Med. 2012 Oct; 177(10):1202-7.
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8. Malone RE. David Simpson steps down as News Editor. Tob Control. 2012 Sep; 21(5):455.
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9. McDaniel PA, Malone RE. "The Big WHY": Philip Morris's failed search for corporate social value. Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct; 102(10):1942-50.
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10. Malone RE, McGruder C, Froelicher ES, Yerger VB. Being part of something: transformative outcomes of a community-based participatory study. Health Promot Pract. 2013 Mar; 14(2):205-12.
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11. Malone RE. For once, truth in tobacco advertising: it is 'better to die' than to not smoke (better for tobacco companies, that is). Tob Control. 2012 May; 21(3):301.
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12. Chandler JT, Malone RE, Thompson LM, Rehm RS. "No me ponían mucha importancia": care-seeking experiences of undocumented Mexican immigrant women with chronic illness. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2012 Apr-Jun; 35(2):E24-36.
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13. Malone RE, Grundy Q, Bero LA. Tobacco industry denormalisation as a tobacco control intervention: a review. Tob Control. 2012 Mar; 21(2):162-70.
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14. Malone RE, Warner KE. Tobacco control at twenty: reflecting on the past, considering the present and developing the new conversations for the future. Tob Control. 2012 Mar; 21(2):74-6.
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15. Malone RE. Peer reviewed journals, science and social justice. Tob Control. 2012 Jan; 21(1):1.
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16. McCandless PM, Yerger VB, Malone RE. Quid pro quo: tobacco companies and the black press. Am J Public Health. 2012 Apr; 102(4):739-50.
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17. McDaniel PA, Malone RE. Why California retailers stop selling tobacco products, and what their customers and employees think about it when they do: case studies. BMC Public Health. 2011; 11:848.
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18. McDaniel PA, Malone RE. Businesses' voluntary pro-health tobacco policies: a review and research agenda. Tob Control. 2012 Jan; 21(1):66-72.
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19. McDaniel PA, Malone RE. British American Tobacco's partnership with Earthwatch Europe and its implications for public health. Glob Public Health. 2012; 7(1):14-28.
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20. Zhang JY, Chan SS, Fong DY, Malone RE, Lam TH. The social context of smoking cessation in China: an exploratory interview study. Tob Control. 2012 Jan; 21(1):57-8.
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