Lawrence Green, DrPH, MPH
Professor Emeritus
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

He was the first Director of the federal Office of Health Promotion under the Carter Administration, and a Vice President of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. He has published broadly on program planning, evidence and evaluation issues in health services, public health, and policy. His awards include the highest distinctions of the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Health Behavior, the Society for Public Health Education, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Alumnus of the Year, and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo, and election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

• Highlighting Contributions of Behavioral and Social Sciences in Advancing Public Health: Where We've Come, Where We're Headed.
  Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP 2021 Alber JM, Green LW, Gambescia SF, McLeroy KR, Sofalvi A, Auld ME
• Evaluating the sustainability of a cancer screening intervention through a PRISM: The PreView experience.
  Preventive medicine reports 2021 Walsh J, Potter M, Ozer E, Gildengorin G, Dass N, Green L
• More on Fake News, Disinformation, and Countering These with Science.
  Annual review of public health 2021 Green LW, Fielding JE, Brownson RC
• A cluster-randomized controlled trial of an elementary school drinking water access and promotion intervention: Rationale, study design, and protocol.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2020 Moreno GD, Schmidt LA, Ritchie LD, McCulloch CE, Cabana MD, Brindis CD, Green LW, Altman EA, Patel AI
• Knowing Well, Being Well: well-being born of understanding: How Humans Know.
  American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2020 Katz DL, Green LW, Allegrante JP, Martínez-González MA, Trichopoulou A, Gardner CD, Crimarco A, Landry MJ, Fielding-Singh P
• Practice-Based Evidence and the Need for More Diverse Methods and Sources in Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Promotion.
  American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2020 Green LW, Allegrante JP
• Introduction: Fake News, Science, and the Growing Multiplicity and Duplicity of Information Sources.
  Annual review of public health 2020 Green LW, Brownson RC, Fielding JE
• PreView: a Randomized Trial of a Multi-site Intervention in Diverse Primary Care to Increase Rates of Age-Appropriate Cancer Screening.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Walsh J, Potter M, Salazar R, Ozer E, Gildengorin G, Dass N, Green L
• Introduction to the Symposium: Causal Inference and Public Health.
  Annual review of public health 2019 Aiello AE, Green LW
• Introduction: ARPH Approach to Controversial Issues.
  Annual review of public health 2019 Fielding JE, Brownson RC, Green LW
• Paul R. Mico, MPH, DPA (1924-2019).
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2019 Green LW
• Wells syndrome secondary to influenza vaccination: A case report and review of the literature.
  Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2018 Safran T, Masckauchan M, Maj J, Green L
• The Debate About Electronic Cigarettes: Harm Minimization or the Precautionary Principle.
  Annual review of public health 2018 Green LW, Fielding JE, Brownson RC
• Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Public Health: Reconciling the Pulls of Practice and the Push of Research.
  Annual review of public health 2017 Brownson RC, Fielding JE, Green LW
• Sarah Tilton Fries, MPH (1938-2017).
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2017 Green LW, Mullen PD, Lorig KR
• Introduction: How Is the Growing Concern for Relevance and Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions Shaping the Public Health Research Agenda?
  Annual review of public health 2017 Green LW, Brownson RC, Fielding JE
• Howard Wesley Ennes, Jr., MPH (1917-2015).
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2016 Green LW, Ottoson JM
• Donald Iverson, PhD DSc(Hon) (1946-2016).
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2016 Green LW, Green LA, Portnoy B, Fisher RS, Ashbury FD
• Annette Le Meitour-Kaplun (1924-2015).
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2016 Green LW
• Culture Change From Tobacco Accommodation to Intolerance: Time to Connect the Dots.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2016 Livingood WC, Allegrante JP, Green LW
• Reflections on Government Service Rotations by an Academic Health Education Professional.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2016 Green LW
• Introduction.
  Annual review of public health 2016 Green LW, Brownson RC, Fielding JE
• Recommendation to Reduce Patients' Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Medication Costs.
  Preventing chronic disease 2015 Fielding JE, Rimer BK, Johnson RL, Orleans CT, Calonge N, Clymer JM, Glanz K, Goetzel RZ, Green LW, Ramirez G, Pronk NP, Community Preventive Services Task Force
• A realist evaluation of community-based participatory research: partnership synergy, trust building and related ripple effects.
  BMC public health 2015 Jagosh J, Bush PL, Salsberg J, Macaulay AC, Greenhalgh T, Wong G, Cargo M, Green LW, Herbert CP, Pluye P
• The impact of policy, environmental, and educational interventions: a synthesis of the evidence from two public health success stories.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2015 Gielen AC, Green LW
• Upending the social ecological model to guide health promotion efforts toward policy and environmental change.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2015 Golden SD, McLeroy KR, Green LW, Earp JA, Lieberman LD
• “What’s past is prologue”: views from Dr. Lawrence Green.
  American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2015 Green L, Terry PE
• Mass media health communication campaigns combined with health-related product distribution: a community guide systematic review.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2014 Robinson MN, Tansil KA, Elder RW, Soler RE, Labre MP, Mercer SL, Eroglu D, Baur C, Lyon-Daniel K, Fridinger F, Sokler LA, Green LW, Miller T, Dearing JW, Evans WD, Snyder LB, Kasisomayajula Viswanath …
• Closing the chasm between research and practice: evidence of and for change.
  Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals 2014 Green LW
• Diffusion theory and knowledge dissemination, utilization and integration.
  Frontiers in public health services & systems research 2014 Green LW, Ottoson JM, García C, Hiatt RA, Roditis ML
• Critical reflections on realist review: insights from customizing the methodology to the needs of participatory research assessment.
  Research synthesis methods 2013 Jagosh J, Pluye P, Wong G, Cargo M, Salsberg J, Bush PL, Herbert CP, Green LW, Greenhalgh T, Macaulay AC
• A review of settings-based health promotion with applications to sports clubs.
  Health promotion international 2013 Kokko S, Green LW, Kannas L
• L.E.A.D.: a framework for evidence gathering and use for the prevention of obesity and other complex public health problems.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2013 Chatterji M, Green LW, Kumanyika S
• Developing a research agenda for cardiovascular disease prevention in high-risk rural communities.
  American journal of public health 2013 Melvin CL, Corbie-Smith G, Kumanyika SK, Pratt CA, Nelson C, Walker ER, Ammerman A, Ayala GX, Best LG, Cherrington AL, Economos CD, Green LW, Harman J, Hooker SP, Murray DM, Perri MG, Ricketts TC, …
• Effectiveness and reach of the FLU-FIT program in an integrated health care system: a multisite randomized trial.
  American journal of public health 2013 Potter MB, Ackerson LM, Gomez V, Walsh JM, Green LW, Levin TR, Somkin CP
• Exploring potential research contributions to policy: the Salud America! Experience.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2013 Ottoson JM, Ramirez AG, Green LW, Gallion KJ
• The U.S. training institute for dissemination and implementation research in health.
  Implementation science : IS 2013 Meissner HI, Glasgow RE, Vinson CA, Chambers D, Brownson RC, Green LW, Ammerman AS, Weiner BJ, Mittman B
• Next steps in obesity prevention: applying the systems approach.
  Childhood obesity (Print) 2013 Huang TT, Brownson R, Esposito L, Green L, Homer C
• Connecting the dots of a public health career.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2012 Green LW
• Active Living by Design and its evaluation: contributions to science.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2012 Sallis JF, Green LW
• An evidence integration triangle for aligning science with policy and practice.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2012 Glasgow RE, Green LW, Taylor MV, Stange KC
• Uncovering the benefits of participatory research: implications of a realist review for health research and practice.
  The Milbank quarterly 2012 Jagosh J, Macaulay AC, Pluye P, Salsberg J, Bush PL, Henderson J, Sirett E, Wong G, Cargo M, Herbert CP, Seifer SD, Green LW, Greenhalgh T
• The FLU-FOBT Program in community clinics: durable benefits of a randomized controlled trial.
  Health education research 2012 Walsh JM, Gildengorin G, Green LW, Jenkins J, Potter MB
• Implementation and spread of interventions into the multilevel context of routine practice and policy: implications for the cancer care continuum.
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs 2012 Yano EM, Green LW, Glanz K, Ayanian JZ, Mittman BS, Chollette V, Rubenstein LV
• Practice-based evidence for weight management: alliance between primary care and public health.
  Family practice 2012 Truswell AS, Hiddink GJ, Green LW, Roberts R, van Weel C
• Primary prevention of type 2 diabetes: integrative public health and primary care opportunities, challenges and strategies.
  Family practice 2012 Green LW, Brancati FL, Albright A, Primary Prevention of Diabetes Working Group
• The multisite translational community trial and community-based participatory research: a failure to communicate?
  American journal of public health 2012 Katz DL, Green LW, Murimi M, Gonzalez A, Njike V
• Healthy people 1980-2020: raising the ante decennially or just the name from public health education to health promotion to social determinants?
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2011 Green LW, Allegrante JP
• Applied social and behavioral science to address complex health problems.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2011 Livingood WC, Allegrante JP, Airhihenbuwa CO, Clark NM, Windsor RC, Zimmerman MA, Green LW
• How should we define health?
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2011 Huber M, Knottnerus JA, Green L, van der Horst H, Jadad AR, Kromhout D, Leonard B, Lorig K, Loureiro MI, van der Meer JW, Schnabel P, Smith R, van Weel C, Smid H
• The effectiveness of the FLU-FOBT program in primary care a randomized trial.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2011 Potter MB, Walsh JM, Yu TM, Gildengorin G, Green LW, McPhee SJ
• Advancing the science of community-level interventions.
  American journal of public health 2011 Trickett EJ, Beehler S, Deutsch C, Green LW, Hawe P, McLeroy K, Miller RL, Rapkin BD, Schensul JJ, Schulz AJ, Trimble JE
• From controlled trial to community adoption: the multisite translational community trial.
  American journal of public health 2011 Katz DL, Murimi M, Gonzalez A, Njike V, Green LW
• Through tobacco industry eyes: civil society and the FCTC process from Philip Morris and British American Tobacco's perspectives.
  Tobacco control 2011 Gonzalez M, Green LW, Glantz SA
• Assessing the benefits of participatory research: a rationale for a realist review.
  Global health promotion 2011 Macaulay AC, Jagosh J, Seller R, Henderson J, Cargo M, Greenhalgh T, Wong G, Salsberg J, Green LW, Herbert CP, Pluye P
• Assessing the outcomes of participatory research: protocol for identifying, selecting, appraising and synthesizing the literature for realist review.
  Implementation science : IS 2011 Jagosh J, Pluye P, Macaulay AC, Salsberg J, Henderson J, Sirett E, Bush PL, Seller R, Wong G, Greenhalgh T, Cargo M, Herbert CP, Seifer SD, Green LW
• What has changed most dramatically since the inauguration of the American Journal of Health Promotion?
  American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2011 Green LW
• Adaptation of the FLU-FOBT Program for a primary care clinic serving a low-income Chinese American community: new evidence of effectiveness.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2011 Potter MB, Yu TM, Gildengorin G, Yu AY, Chan K, McPhee SJ, Green LW, Walsh JM
• Salud America! Developing a National Latino Childhood Obesity Research Agenda.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2011 Ramirez AG, Chalela P, Gallion KJ, Green LW, Ottoson J
• The U.S. healthy people initiative: its genesis and its sustainability.
  Annual review of public health 2011 Green LW, Fielding J
• Male circumcision and HIV prevention insufficient evidence and neglected external validity.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2010 Green LW, Travis JW, McAllister RG, Peterson KW, Vardanyan AN, Craig A
• Evidence hierarchies versus synergistic interventions.
  American journal of public health 2010 Green LW, Kreuter MW
• Making evidence from research more relevant, useful, and actionable in policy, program planning, and practice slips "twixt cup and lip".
  American journal of preventive medicine 2009 Green LW, Glasgow RE, Atkins D, Stange K
• Policy-contribution assessment and field-building analysis of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Research Program.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2009 Ottoson JM, Green LW, Beery WL, Senter SK, Cahill CL, Pearson DC, Greenwald HP, Hamre R, Leviton L
• Medicaid coverage of circumcision spreads harm to the poor.
  American journal of public health 2009 Green LW, McAllister RG, Peterson KW, Travis JW
• Diffusion theory and knowledge dissemination, utilization, and integration in public health.
  Annual review of public health 2009 Green LW, Ottoson JM, García C, Hiatt RA
• Evaluation of a partnership approach to translating research on breast cancer and the environment.
  Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action 2009 Van Olphen J, Ottoson J, Green L, Barlow J, Koblick K, Hiatt R
• Evaluation of a partnership approach to translating research on breast cancer and the environment.
  Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action 2009 Van Olphen J, Ottoson J, Green L, Barlow J, Koblick K, Hiatt R
• Fidelity versus flexibility: translating evidence-based research into practice.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2008 Cohen DJ, Crabtree BF, Etz RS, Balasubramanian BA, Donahue KE, Leviton LC, Clark EC, Isaacson NF, Stange KC, Green LW
• From Alma Ata to prescription for health: correcting 30 years of drift in primary care prevention and behavioral interventions.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2008 Green LW
• Making research relevant: if it is an evidence-based practice, where's the practice-based evidence?
  Family practice 2008 Green LW
• Optimizing practice through research: a new perspective to solve an old problem.
  Annals of family medicine 2008 Kottke TE, Solberg LI, Nelson AF, Belcher DW, Caplan W, Green LW, Lydick E, Magid DJ, Rolnick SJ, Woolf SH
• Professional development in retirement: the top rung on the career ladder.
  Health promotion practice 2008 Hayden J, Cottrell R, Green L, Ames E, Ramsey D
• Public health asks of community psychology...
  American journal of community psychology 2008 Green LW
• Limitations of the randomized controlled trial in evaluating population-based health interventions.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2007 Sanson-Fisher RW, Bonevski B, Green LW, D'Este C
• Study designs for effectiveness and translation research :identifying trade-offs.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2007 Mercer SL, DeVinney BJ, Fine LJ, Green LW, Dougherty D
• The multiple baseline design for evaluating population-based research.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2007 Hawkins NG, Sanson-Fisher RW, Shakeshaft A, D'Este C, Green LW
• The prevention research centers as models of practice-based evidence two decades on.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2007 Green LW
• Vision for a global registry of anticipated public health studies.
  American journal of public health 2007 Choi BC, Frank J, Mindell JS, Orlova A, Lin V, Vaillancourt AD, Puska P, Pang T, Skinner HA, Marsh M, Mokdad AH, Yu SZ, Lindner MC, Sherman G, Barreto SM, Green LW, Svenson LW, Sainsbury P, Yan Y, …
• Potential lessons from public health and health promotion for the prevention of child abuse.
  Journal of prevention & intervention in the community 2007 Martin JB, Green LW, Gielen AC
• Inferring strategies for disseminating physical activity policies, programs, and practices from the successes of tobacco control.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2006 Green LW, Orleans CT, Ottoson JM, Cameron R, Pierce JP, Bettinghaus EP
• Recommendations from the ASPH/Legacy Scholarship, Training, and Education Program for Tobacco Use Prevention (STEP UP) strategy planning meeting Chicago, May 3, 2005.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2006 Sheffer C, Green L, Ramiah K, Raczynski J
• External validity: we need to do more.
  Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2006 Glasgow RE, Green LW, Klesges LM, Abrams DB, Fisher EB, Goldstein MG, Hayman LL, Ockene JK, Orleans CT
• Evaluating the relevance, generalization, and applicability of research: issues in external validation and translation methodology.
  Evaluation & the health professions 2006 Green LW, Glasgow RE
• Public health asks of systems science: to advance our evidence-based practice, can you help us get more practice-based evidence?
  American journal of public health 2006 Green LW
• Appraising and funding participatory research in health promotion. 1998-99.
  International quarterly of community health education 2006 George MA, Daniel M, Green LW
• The underdeveloped partnership of patient education and counseling with public health.
  Patient education and counseling 2005 Green LW
• Community outreach: from measuring the difference to making a difference with health information.
  Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 2005 Ottoson JM, Green LW
• The public health infrastructure and our nation's health.
  Annual review of public health 2005 Baker EL, Potter MA, Jones DL, Mercer SL, Cioffi JP, Green LW, Halverson PK, Lichtveld MY, Fleming DW
• Ethics and community-based participatory research: commentary on Minkler.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2004 Green LW
• Participatory research and evaluation: from best practices for all states to achievable practices within each state in the context of the Master Settlement Agreement.
  Health promotion practice 2004 Mercer SL, MacDonald G, Green LW
• Cigarette smoking, mental health and social support: data from a northwestern First Nation.
  Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique 2004 Daniel M, Cargo MD, Lifshay J, Green LW
• Assessment of communication barriers in community pharmacies.
  Evaluation & the health professions 2003 Paluck EC, Green LW, Frankish CJ, Fielding DW, Haverkamp B
• An integrative framework for community partnering to translate theory into effective health promotion strategy.
  American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2003 Best A, Stokols D, Green LW, Leischow S, Holmes B, Buchholz K
• Risk factors for death or stroke after carotid endarterectomy: observations from the Ontario Carotid Endarterectomy Registry.
  Stroke 2003 Tu JV, Wang H, Bowyer B, Green L, Fang J, Kucey D, Participants in the Ontario Carotid Endarterectomy Registry
• Considerations for diabetes translational research in real-world settings.
  Diabetes care 2003 Garfield SA, Malozowski S, Chin MH, Narayan KM, Glasgow RE, Green LW, Hiss RG, Krumholz HM, Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee (DIMCC) Translation Conference Working Group
• An interview with Lawrence W Green. Interview by Molly T. Laflin and David R. Black.
  American journal of health behavior 2003 Green LW
• Possible lessons from the tobacco experience for obesity control.
  The American journal of clinical nutrition 2003 Mercer SL, Green LW, Rosenthal AC, Husten CG, Khan LK, Dietz WH
• Empowerment as fostering positive youth development and citizenship.
  American journal of health behavior 2003 Cargo M, Grams GD, Ottoson JM, Ward P, Green LW
• Possible lessons for physician counseling on obesity from the progress in smoking cessation in primary care.
  Forum of nutrition 2003 Green LW, Mercer SL, Rosenthal AC, Dietz WH, Husten CG
• Software to assist with programme planning: two community-based cases.
  Promotion & education 2003 Lovato C, Potvin L, Lehoux P, Proulx M, Milligan D, Chiasson M, Tremblay M, Gariépy E, Dingwell G, Green LW
• New insights into how mass media works for and against tobacco.
  Journal of health communication 2002 Green LW, Murphy RL, McKenna JW