Dr. Marcus is Program Leader for Cancer Prevention and Control at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. He also directs a NCI-funded Survey Research Resource Core at CU Cancer Center. Dr. Marcus established this core resource in 1993, which became a NCI-funded core resource in 2000. Specializing in computer-assisted telephone interviewing, this resource has completed in excess of 100,000 telephone interviews, the vast majority of which were funded by the NCI, CDC and ACS.
Dr. Marcus has also been involved in behavioral research in cancer prevention and control for over 30 years. He has been Principal Investigator of two previous program project grants (P01) conducted in collaboration with the NCI-funded Cancer Information Service (i.e., the Cancer Information Service Research Consortium), which is now being carried forward in a third P01 (2006-2011). The current CISRC is conducting three large trials to test web-based interventions to promote informed treatment decision making (prostate and breast cancer patients) and to help breast cancer survivors prepare for life after primary therapy.
1990-present Senior Researcher, AMC Cancer Research Center of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO
1993-2002 Visiting Associate Research Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
2000-present Core Dir, Survey Core Resource, University of Colorado Cancer Center
2000-2005 Program Leader, Clinical and Community Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Colorado Cancer Center
2003-2006 Research Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
2005-present Program Leader, AMC Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center
2006-present Research Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Denver, and the Department of Community and Behavioral Health, School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver
2007-present Director, AMC Cancer Research Center, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, CO