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James D. Sargent, M.D.

Title(s):
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Professor of The Dartmouth Institute
Co-Director, Cancer Control Research Program
Norris Cotton Cancer Center

Department(s):
Pediatrics
Community and Family Medicine
The Dartmouth Institute

Education:
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD 1984
University of Oregon, BS 1979

Programs:
Children's Hospital At Dartmouth
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Quantitative Biomedical Sciences
SYNERGY
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Contact Information:

Cancer Control Research Program
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Rubin 8
Lebanon NH 03756

Office: DHMC Lebanon, NH
Phone: 603-653-9025
Email: James.Sargent@Dartmouth.edu

Assistant: Cindy Patch
Asst. Phone: 603-653-6036
Asst. Email: cindy.patch@dartmouth.edu

Professional Interests:

Adolescent Risk Behaviors
Media Influences
Prevention Studies
Tobacco Control
Early Onset Alcohol Use

Grant Information:

Project Title: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act National Longitudinal Study
Awarding Agency: Food & Drug Administration
Amount: $2,345,791, Project Period: 09/19/11-09/18/16
Principal Investigator: James D. Sargent, MD

Project Title: Alcohol Marketing and Underage Drinking
Awarding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $2,938,090, Project Period: 12/15/12-11/30/2017
Principal Investigator: James Sargent, MD and Todd Heatherton, PhD

Project Title: Cinema Smoking and Youth Smoking in Latin America
Awarding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $1,650,085, Project Period: 08/01/2012-07/31/2017
Principal Investigator: James D. Sargent, MD

Project Title: Visual Media Influences on Adolescent Smoking Behavior (renewal)
Awarding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $3,401,428 Project Period: 05/01/07-04/30/13
Principal Investigator: James D. Sargent, MD

Project Title: Media Influences on Early Onset Alcohol Use
Awarding Agency: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Amount: $1,114,213, Project Period: 05/01/05-07/31/13
Principal Investigator: James D. Sargent, MD

Project Title: Assessment of Causality Between Exposure To Tobacco Use In Bollywood Movies And Tobacco Use Among Indian Adolescents
Awarding Agency: Fogarty International Center
Amount: $107,000 Project Period: 07/01/11-06/30/13
Principal Investigator: Monika Aurora PhD
Role in study: Co-investigator, unfunded

Project Title: Self-Control as a Moderator for Effects of Mass Media on Adolescent Substance Use, R01 CA153154-01
Awarding Agency: National Institutes of Health--NCI
Amount: $232,191, Project Period: 07/01/10-06/30/15
Principal Investigator: Thomas Wills, PhD
Role in study: Co-investigator, 8% effort

Selected Publications:
 

Bergamini E, Demidenko E, Sargent JD
Trends in Tobacco and Alcohol Brand Placements in Popular US Movies, 1996 Through 2009.
JAMA Pediatr 2013 May 27; :1-6
PMID: 23712747

Dal Cin S, Stoolmiller M, Sargent JD
Exposure to smoking in movies and smoking initiation among black youth.
Am J Prev Med 2013 Apr; 44(4):345-50
PMID: 23498099

Morgenstern M, Sargent JD, Engels RC, Scholte RH, Florek E, Hunt K, Sweeting H, Mathis F, Faggiano F, Hanewinkel R
Smoking in movies and adolescent smoking initiation: longitudinal study in six European countries.
Am J Prev Med 2013 Apr; 44(4):339-44
PMID: 23498098

McClure AC, Stoolmiller M, Tanski SE, Engels RC, Sargent JD
Alcohol marketing receptivity, marketing-specific cognitions, and underage binge drinking.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2013 Jan; 37 Suppl 1:E404-13
PMID: 23256927

Adachi-Mejia AM, Carlos HA, Berke EM, Tanski SE, Sargent JD
A comparison of individual versus community influences on youth smoking behaviours: a cross-sectional observational study.
BMJ Open 2012; 2(5)
PMID: 22942229

O'Hara RE, Gibbons FX, Gerrard M, Li Z, Sargent JD
Greater exposure to sexual content in popular movies predicts earlier sexual debut and increased sexual risk taking.
Psychol Sci 2012 Sep 1; 23(9):984-93
PMID: 22810165

Sargent JD, Tanski S, Stoolmiller M
Influence of motion picture rating on adolescent response to movie smoking.
Pediatrics 2012 Aug; 130(2):228-36
PMID: 22778305

Lochbuehler K, Sargent JD, Scholte RH, Pieters S, Engels RC
Influence of smoking cues in movies on children's beliefs about smoking.
Pediatrics 2012 Aug; 130(2):221-7
PMID: 22778302

Soneji S, Lewis VA, Tanski S, Sargent JD
Who is most susceptible to movie smoking effects? Exploring the impacts of race and socio-economic status.
Addiction 2012 Dec; 107(12):2201-9
PMID: 22724674

Rodriguez D, Carlos HA, Adachi-Mejia AM, Berke EM, Sargent JD
Predictors of tobacco outlet density nationwide: a geographic analysis.
Tob Control 2012 Apr 4;
PMID: 22491038