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Marianne C. Fahs
Professor
Degrees/Diplomas: PhD, University of Michigan, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, Health Management and Policy (Economics) 1985
Campus Affiliation: CUNY Graduate Center|Hunter College
Research Interests: Public health economics, urban aging and longevity, disparities, immigrant health, health policy, cost effectiveness analysis.
Phone: 212-396-7758
Email: mfahs@hunter.cuny.edu

Primary Teaching Areas

Public health economics; Healthy urban aging; Health Services Research; Policy analysis.

Selected Publications

  • Friedman D, Parikh NS , Giunta N, Fahs MC , Gallo WT. The influence of neighborhood factors on the quality of life of older adults attending New York City senior centers: results from the Health Indicators Project." Qual Life Res May 21 2011.
  • Shelley D. Russell S, Parikh N, Fahs M. Ethnic Disparities in Self reported Oral Health Status and Access to Care among Older Adults in NYC. J Urban Health 88(4):651-62. 2011.
  • Fahs MC, Cabin W, Gallo WT. Healthy Aging and Mental Health: A Public Health Challenge for the 21st Century.  In: Cohen N, Galea S, eds Population Mental Health: Evidence, Policy, and Public Health Practice.  London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 2011.
  • Weiss R, Maantay J, Fahs M. Promoting Active Urban Aging: A Measurement Approach to Neighborhood Walkability for Older Adults. Cities and the Environment (CATE) 3(1). 2010.
  • Yeh M-C, Fahs MC, Shelley D, Yerneni R, Parikh N, Burton D. Body weight and length of residence in the US among Chinese Americans. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. J of Immigrant and Minority Health 11(5):422-7. 2009.
  • Fahs MC, Viladrich A, Parikh N. Immigrants and Urban Aging: Towards A Policy Framework, in Interdisciplinary Urban Health Research And Practice. Eds. Freudenberg N, Klitzman S, Saegert S. Chapter 10, pp. 239-270. Jossey-Bass, imprint of John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey. 2009.
  • Hung D, Lubetkin E, Fahs M, Shelley D. Assessing Known-Groups Validity of the SF-12 and Impact of Behavioral Risk Factors in a U.S. Chinese Immigrant Population. Medical Care 47(2)262-267. 2009.
  • Parikh N, Fahs M, Shelley D, Yerneni R. Health Behaviors of Older Chinese Adults in NYC. J of Community Health 34(1)6-15. 2009.
  • Shelley D, Fahs M, Yerneni R, Das D, Nguyen N, Hung D, Chin M, Chang M-D, Cummings M. The Effectiveness of Tobacco Control Among Chinese Americans: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Approcaches Versus Community-based Programs. Preventive Medicine 47:530-536. 2008.
  • Cantreill J, Hung D, Fahs MC, Shelley D. Purchasing Patterns and Smoking Behaviors After a Large Tobacco Tax Increase: A Study of Chinese Americans Living in New York City. Public Health Reports 123(2):135-46. 2008
  • Freudenberg N, Galea S, Fahs M. Changing Corporate Practices to Reduce Cancer Disparities. J Health Care for Poor and Underserved 19(1):26-40. 2008.
  • Fahs MC. Who Will Heal Us as We Grow Old? New York Times, Oct. 22, p. wk12. 2006.
  • Yamada T, Chen C-C, Yamada T, Fahs M, Fukawa T. Behavioural Analysis of the Choice of Community-Based Formal Home Care, Informal Home Care and Nursing Home Care in Japan. The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review 31: No. 2. 2006.
  • Freudenberg N, Fahs MC, Galea S, Greenberg A. Public Health Then and Now: The Impact of New York City's 1975 Fiscal Crisis on the Tuberculosis, HIV, and Homicide Syndemic. American J of Public Health. 96: 424-434. 2006.
  • Fahs MC. The Great Debate:The Future of Social Security. New York Times, Jan. 6, p. A26. 2005.
  • Shelley D, Fahs MC, Swain S, Qu J, Burton D: Acculturation and Tobacco Use among Chinese Americans. American J of Public Health 94:300-307, 2004.
  • Fahs MC, Muennig P, Kontos N, et al. The Cost of Interventions to Improve Breast Cancer Control among African-American Women. In: The Status of Women: Facing the Facts, Forging the Future. Institute for Women's Policy Research, pp. 90-94. Washington DC . 2003.
  • Cantor SB, Fahs MC, Mandelblatt JS, Myers ER, Sanders GD. Decision Science and Cervical Cancer. Cancer S98 (9):2003-2008. 2003.
  • Muennig P, Fahs MC, Davis S. Health Status and Hospital Utilization of Recent Immigrants to New York City. Preventive Medicine 35, 225-231, 2002

Education

  • BA, L'Institut des Sciences Politiques, L'Université de Paris, Paris, France (1969-1970) 1971
  • M.P.H., University of Michigan, School of Public Health Community Health  1973
    Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia
  • PhD, University of Michigan, Rackham School of Graduate Studies, Health Management and Policy (Economics) 1985