Miranda R. Jones, MHS, PhD

Centers and Institutes

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Additional Academic Titles

Joint Appointment in Oncology

Research Interests

air pollution, cancer, cardiovascular disease, environmental health disparities, epidemiology, health disparities, heavy metals, secondhand smoke, tobacco

Selected Publications

•  Jones MR, Tellez-Plaza M, Navas-Acien A. Smoking, menthol cigarettes and all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and a meta-analysis. PLoS One 2013;8(10):e77941. PMID: 24205038

• Jones MR, Apelberg BJ, Tellez-Plaza M, Samet JM, Navas-Acien A. Menthol cigarettes, race/ethnicity and biomarkers of tobacco use in US adults: The 1999-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2013; 22(2):224-32. PMID: 23250935

• Jones MR, Diez-Roux AV, Hajat A, Kershaw KN, O’Neill MS, Guallar E, Post W, Kaufman JD,  Navas-Acien A. Race/ethnicity, residential segregation and exposure to ambient air pollution: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Journal of Public Health 2014; 104(11):2130-2137. PMID: 25211756

• Jones MR, Joshu CE, Kanarek N, Navas-Acien A, Richardson KA, Platz EA. Cigarette smoking and prostate cancer mortality in four US states, 1999-2010. Preventing Chronic Disease 2016; 13:E51. PMID: 27079649

• Jones MR, Wipfli H, Shahrir S, Avila-Tang E, Samet JM, Breysse P, Navas-Acien A. Secondhand tobacco smoke: An occupational hazard for smoking and non-smoking bar and nightclub employees. Tobacco Control 2013; 22(5):308-14. PMID: 22273689