Stanton A. Glantz
| Stanton Arnold Glantz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 71–72) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati, Stanford University |
| Known for | Research into health effects of tobacco and regulation of tobacco products |
| Spouse(s) | Marsha Glantz |
| Children | Aaron and Frieda Glantz |
| Awards | Elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cardiology, public health |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco |
| Thesis | A mathematical approach to cardiac muscle physiology (1973) |
Stanton Arnold Glantz, Ph.D. (born 1946) is an American professor, author, and leading tobacco control activist. Glantz is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, the American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Glantz's research focuses on the health effects of tobacco smoking. Often called the "Ralph Nader of the anti-tobacco movement," Glantz is an activist for nonsmokers' rights and an advocate of public health policies to reduce smoking. He is the author of four books, including The Cigarette Papers and Primer of Biostatistics. Glantz is also a member of the UC San Francisco Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Health Policy Studies and co-leader of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center Tobacco Program. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2005.
Glantz was the first of two children, born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Louis Glantz, an insurance salesman, and Frieda, a real estate broker. As a youth, Gantz took a great interest in the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 satellite. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, where he achieved the top rank of Eagle Scout, and earned a Bronze Palm for further achievements.
Glantz obtained a BSc in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1969, an MSc in applied mechanics from Stanford University in 1970, and in 1973, a PhD from Stanford in applied mechanics (concentrating on the mechanics of the human heart) and engineering-economic systems (EES is a Stanford department created in the late 1960s, integrating computers and engineering in "methods of systems and economic analysis to engineering problems involving policy and decision making, both in government and industry"). Concurrently with his studies, he worked at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, first as a student trainee, then as an aerospace engineer. In 1973, Glantz carried out postdoctoral research on the mathematical modeling of heart tissue at Stanford, and then at the UCSF, where he has worked since 1977.
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