Education

• B.A.  DePauw University  1993
• M.P.H.  Emory University  1996
• Ph.D.  Indiana University  2009

Background

• Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (August 2010 - June 2016)
• Assistant Scientist/Project Director, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (July 2010 - August 2010)
• Research Associate/Project Director, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (November 2003 - June 2010)
• Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology Unit Manager/District Epidemiologist, DeKalb County Board of Health, Decatur, GA (October 2002 - October 2003)
• ORISE Fellow/Research Epidemiologist, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (June 2000 - October 2002)
• Grants and Development Coordinator, HealthNet, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (October 1998 - June 2000)
• Ryan White Title III Project Director, Marion County Health Department, Indianapolis, IN (February 1998 - October 1998)

Scholarly Interest

My research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of strategies to promote healthy behaviors.

• Public health policy
• Tobacco prevention
• Smoking cessation
• Tobacco control
• Youth sports safety and promotion
• Gun violence prevention

Selected Publications

Articles

Macy, J. T., Chassin, L., Presson, C. C., & Sherman, J. W. (2015). Changing implicit attitudes toward smoking: Results from a web-based approach-avoidance practice intervention. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38, 143-152. PMID: 25059750

Macy, J. T., Li, J., Xun, P., Presson, C. C., & Chassin, L. (2016). Dual trajectories of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use from adolescence to midlife among males in a Midwestern U.S. community sample. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 18, 186-195. PMID: 25847287

Macy, J. T., Chassin, L., Presson, C. C., & Yeung, E. (2016). Exposure to graphic warning labels on cigarette packages: Effects on implicit and explicit attitudes toward smoking among young adults. Psychology and Health, 31, 349-363. PMID: 26442992

Macy, J. T., O'Rourke, H. P., Seo, D.-C., Presson, C. C., Chassin, L. (2019). Adolescent Tolerance for Deviance, Cigarette Smoking Trajectories, and Premature Mortality: A Longitudinal Study. Preventive Medicine, 119, 118-123. PMID: 30594535

Kercher, K., Steinfeldt, J. A., Macy, J. T., Ejima, K., & Kawata, K. (2020). Subconcussive head impact exposure between drill intensities in U.S. high school football. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0237800. PMID: 32797073

Macy, J. T., Kercher, K., Steinfeldt, J. A., & Kawata, K. (2021). Fewer US adolescents playing football and public health: A review of measures to improve safety and an analysis of gaps in the literature. Public Health Reports. Published online February 18, 2021. PMID: 33602026

Macy, J. T., Owens, C., Mullis, K., & Middlestadt, S. E. (2021). The role of self-efficacy and injunctive norms in helping older adults decide to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 660813.