Research Summary
I have worked in tobacco and cancer control for over 30 years nationally and internationally. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of death and disease and a modifiable cause of health disparities.I have worked extensively with the World Health Organization and other international organizations, and have engaged with a range of national and international civil society groups, particularly in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a UN health treaty.
I have worked with several agencies, including the WHO and National Cancer Institute in the development of monographs and white papers on tobacco, cancer and NCDs control and the role of the tobacco industry in undermining public health.
Additionally, since 2001 I have collaborated with Dean Linda Sarna (UCLA) in establishing the Tobacco Free Nurses initiative, working in the US and abroad to support capacity building of nurses to engage in tobacco control and policy.I was the President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care from 2014 to 2018.
Research Funding
- October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2023 - The Political Economy of Tobacco Production and Control in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, Co-Investigator. Sponsor: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Sponsor Award ID:
- July 7, 2020 - June 6, 2022 - Interactive Mobile Doctor (iMD) to Promote Tobacco Cessation among Cancer Patients, Co-Investigator. Sponsor: TRDRP, Sponsor Award ID:
- December 1, 2018 - November 30, 2021 - Policy Analysis to Denormalize Tobacco Use in CA-Pacific Parks and Beaches, Mentor. Sponsor: TRDRP, Sponsor Award ID:
- October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2021 - Implementing and Evaluating a Palliative Wound Care and Palliative Care Nursing Educational Program at Ocean Road Cancer Institute, PI. Sponsor: Celgene Cancer Care Links, Sponsor Award ID:
Education
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BSN, 1985, Nursing
The Johns Hopkins University, MScN, 1990, Nursing
University of California, Berkeley, MPH, 1994, Public Health
University of California, San Francisco, DrPH, 1999, Public Health
Honors & Awards
- 2005
Media Award for the Tobacco Free Nurses Initiative, American Academy of Nursing - 2006
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Nursing - 2006
Ad Q award for outstanding advertising (1 of the 10 most memorable ads from a national reader survey) for Tobacco Free Nurses advertisements - 2009
Marian Barriett Lecture, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia - 2012
Distinguished Merit Award, International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care - 2014-2018
President, International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care
Selected Publications
- Nguenha N, Cunguara B, Bialous S, Drope J, Lencucha R An Overview of the Policy and Market Landscape of Tobacco Production and Control in Mozambique. View on PubMed
- Bhatta DN, Crosbie E, Bialous SA, Glantz S Defending Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policy Implementation in Nepal From Tobacco Industry Interference (2011-2018). View on PubMed
- Bhatta DN, Bialous S, Crosbie E, Glantz S Exceeding WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Obligations: Nepal Overcoming Tobacco Industry Interference to Enact a Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policy. View on PubMed
- Bialous SA, Nohavova I, Kralikova E, Wells MJ, Brook J, Sarna L Building capacity in tobacco control by establishing the Eastern Europe Nurses' Center of Excellence for Tobacco Control. View on PubMed
- Sircar NR, Yadav A, Bialous SA Assessing sector representation of non-state actors within the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. View on PubMed
- Petersen AB, Sarna L, Rezk-Hanna M, Wells M, Nohavova I, Bialous S "Everyone Needs a Breath of Fresh Air": Workplace Impact on Nurses' Smoking Behaviors. View on PubMed
- Bialous SA, van der Eijk Y Response to "A Deliberate Public Policy Plus Naivety at Best". View on PubMed
- Lencucha R, Drope J, Labonte R, Cunguara B, Ruckert A, Mlambo Z, Kadungure A, Bialous S, Nhamo N The Political Economy of Tobacco in Mozambique and Zimbabwe: A Triangulation Mixed Methods Protocol. View on PubMed
- Bialous SA, Baltzell K The World Needs 6 Million More Nurses: What Are We Waiting For? View on PubMed
- Bialous SA, van der Eijk Y How Should Global Tobacco Control Efforts Be Prioritized to Protect Children in Resource-Poor Regions? View on PubMed
- Bhatta D, Crosbie E, Bialous S, Glantz S Tobacco control in Nepal during a time of government turmoil (1960-2006). View on PubMed
- Egbe CO, Bialous SA, Glantz S Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Implementation in Nigeria: Lessons for Low- and Middle-Income Countries. View on PubMed
- Sarna L, Hollen PJ, Heath J, Bialous SA Increased adoption of smoke-free policies on campuses with schools of nursing. View on PubMed
- Oliveira da Silva AL, Bialous SA, Albertassi PGD, Arquete DADR, Fernandes AMMS, Moreira JC The taste of smoke: tobacco industry strategies to prevent the prohibition of additives in tobacco products in Brazil. View on PubMed
- Hendlin YH, Bialous SA The environmental externalities of tobacco manufacturing: A review of tobacco industry reporting. View on PubMed
- Bialous SA Impact of implementation of the WHO FCTC on the tobacco industry's behaviour. View on PubMed
- Crosbie E, Bialous S, Glantz SA Memoranda of understanding: a tobacco industry strategy to undermine illicit tobacco trade policies. View on PubMed
- Bialous SA, Glantz SA Heated tobacco products: another tobacco industry global strategy to slow progress in tobacco control. View on PubMed
- Rezk-Hanna M, Sarna L, Petersen AB, Wells M, Nohavova I, Bialous S Attitudes, barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation among Central and Eastern European nurses: A focus group study. View on PubMed
- Egbe CO, Bialous SA, Glantz S Role of stakeholders in Nigeria's tobacco control journey after the FCTC: lessons for tobacco control advocacy in low-income and middle-income countries. View on PubMed