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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Robert C. Klesges, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Member, St. Jude Adjunct Faculty
Departments
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
Contact Information
Robert Klesges, PhD
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
MS 735, Room S-603
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: bob.klesges@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-5842
FAX: 901) 595-5845
Education
BA-Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (1976)
MS-University of Wyoming, Laramie (1978)
PhD-University of Wyoming, Laramie (1980)
Research Interests
- Cancer prevention and control in adults and children, particularly in high risk populations
- Health promotion in underserved populations (women and minorities)
- Smoking cessation
- Obesity treatment and weigh gain prevention in children and adults
Current Research
Girls health Enrichment Multisite Studies (GEMs), Principal Investigator
Efficacy of a Tobacco Quit Line for Childhood Cancer Survivors (XPD07-140, QUITLINE), Principal Investigator
St. Jude Consortium for Interventional Research, Co-Director and Steering Committee
Long-Term Follow-up: Comparison Group Recruitment Feasibility Study for Physical Performance and Physical Activity (MOPALS), Co-Investigator
Selected Publications
Sherrill-Mittleman DA, Klesges LM, Lanctot JQ, Stockton ML, Klesges RC. Measurement characteristics of dietary psychosocial scales in a weight gain prevention study with 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls. Health Educ Res 2009 (in press).
Klesges RC, Vander Weg M, Sherrill-Mittleman DA. Smoking and Body Weight: Is smoking associated with body weight in youth and are concerns related to body weight associated with smoking in youth and young adults. Surgeon General Report of Smoking and Health, Rockville, MD, 2009 (in press).
Klesges RC, Sherrill-Mittleman DA, DeBon M, Talcott GW, Vanecek RJ. Do we believe the tobacco industry lied to us? Association with smoking behavior and other correlates in a military population. Health Educ Res, 2009 (in press).
Stockton MB, Lanctot JQ, McClanahan BS, Klesges LM, Klesges RC, Kumanyika S, Sherrill-Mittleman D. Self-perception and body image associations with body mass index among 8-10-year-old African American Girls. J Pediatr Psychol 2009 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Sherrill-Mittleman D, Klesges RC, Massey V, Vander Weg MW, DeBon M. Relationship between smoking status and body weight in a military population of young adults. Addict Behav 34:400–2, 2009.
McClanahan BS, Stockton MB, Lanctot JQ, Relyea G, Klesges RC, Slawson DL, Schilling LP. Measurement of body composition in 8-10-year-old African-American girls: A comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and foot-to-foot bioimpedance methods. Int J Pediatr Obes 26:1–8, 2009.
Warner DO, Klesges RC, Dale LC, Offord KP, Schroeder DR, Vickers KS, Hathaway JC. Telephone quitlines to help surgical patients quit smoking patient and provider attitudes. Am J Prev Med 35(6 Suppl):S486–93, 2008.
Steenbergh TA, Whelan JP, Meyers AW, Klesges RC, DeBon M. Gambling and health risk-taking behavior in a military sample. Mil Med173:452–9, 2008.
Reddy JG, Ebbert JO, Klesges LM, Enders FT, Klesges RC, Lanctot JQ, McClanahan BS. The relationship between caffeine and blood pressure in preadolescent African American girls. Ethn Dis 18:283–8, 2008.
Lanctot JQ, Klesges RC, Stockton MB, Klesges LM. Prevalence and characteristics of energy underreporting in African-American girls. Obesity 16:1407–12, 2008.
Klesges RC, Klesges LM, Vander Weg MW, DeBon M, Poston WS, Ebbert J, Hays JT, Haddock CK. Characteristics of Air Force personnel who choose pharmacological aids for smoking cessation following an involuntary tobacco ban and tobacco control program. Health Psychol 26:588–9, 2007.
Haddock CK, Pyle SA, DeBon M, Weg MW, Klesges RC, Peterson AL, Poston WS. Cigarette use among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits, compared with secular trends. Mil Med 172:288–94, 2007.
Cooper TV, DeBon M, Haddock CK, Esquivel DR, Klesges RC, Lando H, Talcott GW. Demographics and risky lifestyle behaviors associated with willingness to risk sexually transmitted infection in Air Force recruits. Am J Health Promot 22:164–7, 2008.
Klesges RC, Obarzanek E, Klesges LM, Stockton MB, Beech BM, Murray DM, Lanctot JQ, Sherrill-Mittleman DA. Memphis Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS): Phase 2: design and baseline. Contemp Clin Trials 29:42-55, 2008.
Vander Weg MW, Klesges RC, Ebbert JO, Lichty EJ, DeBon M, North F, Schroeder DR, Dubbert PM. Trial design: Blood pressure control and weight gain prevention in prehypertensive and hypertensive smokers: The treatment and prevention study. Contemp Clin Trials 29:281–92, 2008.
Vander Weg MW, Peterson AL, Ebbert JO, DeBon M, Klesges RC, Haddock CK. Prevalence of alternative forms of tobacco use in a population of young adult military recruits. Addict Behav 33:69-82, 2008.
Klesges RC, Obarzanek E, Klesges LM, Stockton MB, Beech BM, Murray DM, Lanctot JQ, Sherrill-Mittleman DA. Memphis Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS) Phase 2: Design and baseline. Contemp Clin Trials 29:42-55, 2008.
Klosky JL, Tyc VL, Garces-Webb DM, Buscemi J, Klesges RC, Hudson MM. Emerging issues in smoking among adolescent and adult cancer survivors: a comprehensive review. Cancer 110:2408-19, 2007.
Klesges RC, Klesges LM, Vander Weg MW, DeBon M, Poston WS, Ebbert J, Hays JT, Haddock CK. Characteristics of Air Force personnel who choose pharmacological aids for smoking cessation following an involuntary tobacco ban and tobacco control program. Health Psychol 26:588-97, 2007.
Haddock CK, Pyle SA, DeBon M, Weg MW, Klesges RC, Peterson AL, Poston WS. Cigarette use among two cohorts of U.S. Air Force recruits, compared with secular trends. Mil Med 172:288-94, 2007.
Eck LH, Klesges RC, Ward KD, et al: Sources of calcium intake in a sample of African-American and Euro-American collegiate athletes. J Nutrit Edu 21:201-9, 2006
Haddock CK, Poston WS, Pyle SA, Klesges RC, Vander Weg MW, Peterson A, DeBon M. The validity of self-rated health as a measure of health status among young military personnel: evidence from a cross-sectional survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:57, 2006.
Klesges RC, Johnson KC, Somes G. Varenicline for smoking cessation: definite promise, but no panacea. JAMA 296:94-5, 2006.
Levine JA, Vander Weg M, Klesges RC: Increasing non-exercise activity thermogenesis: A NEAT way to increase energy expenditure in you patients. Obes Manage 1:146-151, 2006.
Robinson LA, Murray DM, Alfano CM, Zbikowski SM, Blitstein JL, Klesges RC. Ethnic differences in predictors of adolescent smoking onset and escalation: a longitudinal study from 7th to 12th grade. Nicotine Tob Res 8:297-307, 2006.
Ward KD, Vander Weg MW, Relyea G, DeBon M, Klesges RC. Waterpipe smoking among American military recruits. Prev Med 43:92-7, 2006.
Klesges RC, DeBon M, Vander Weg MW, Haddock CK, Lando HA, Relyea GE, Peterson AL, Talcott GW. Efficacy of a tailored tobacco control program on long-term use in a population of U.S. military troops. J Consult Clin Psychol 74:295-306, 2006.
Cooper TV, Klesges LM, DeBon M, Klesges RC, Shelton ML. An assessment of obese and non obese girls' metabolic rate during television viewing, reading, and resting. Eat Behav 7:105-14, 2006.
Vander Weg MW, DeBon M, Sherrill-Mittleman D, Klesges RC, Relyea GE. Binge drinking, drinking and driving, and riding with a driver who had been drinking heavily among Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Personnel. Mil Med 171:177-83, 2006.
Levine JA, Vander Weg MW, Hill JO, Klesges RC. Non-exercise activity thermogenesis: the crouching tiger hidden dragon of societal weight gain. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 26:729-36, 2006.
Ebbert JO, Haddock CK, Vander WM, Klesges RC, Poston WS, DeBon M. Predictors of smokeless tobacco initiation in a young adult military cohort. Am J Health Behav 30:103-12, 2006.
Vander Weg MW, DeBon M, Peterson AL, Sherrill-Mittleman D, Klesges RC, Relyea GE. Prevalence and correlates of lifetime smokeless tobacco use in female military recruits. Nicotine Tob Res 7:431-41, 2005.
Vander Weg MW, Klesges RC, DeBon M. Relationship between smokeless tobacco use and body weight in young adult military recruits. Nicotine Tob Res 7:301-5, 2005.
Last update: June 2009
