Samuel Asare, PhD

At ACS since 2021

As a Principal Scientist for the Tobacco Control Research team within the American Cancer Society's (ACS) Surveillance & Health Equity Science department, Samuel Asare, PhD, leads and collaborates on research projects that aim to reduce cancer risks in the United States.

A health economist, Asare's expertise is in the use of cutting-edge econometrics techniques and quasi-experimental (i.e. non-experimental) data. His goal is to provide evidence on the impacts of policy interventions (e.g. tobacco-control policies) and natural experiments (e.g. changes in economic conditions and coronavirus pandemic) on smoking-related outcomes and health.

Research focus and accomplishments

Asare studies how national-, state-, and local-level tobacco interventions and policies affect smoking behaviors. 

During his doctoral studies at Georgia State University, he received multiple awards, travel grants, and fellowships, including the:

• Provost Dissertation Fellowship (2020-2021)
• Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Teaching Economics Award (2020)
• Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk Dissertation Fellowship (2018 - 2020)

To learn more about Asare's past and current research, visit his website.

Publications

For a full list of Dr. Asare's publications, visit his Google Scholar page.

Contact

samuel.asare@cancer.org

Work before ACS

• American Economic Association (AEA)
• AEA Minority Mentorship Group 
• Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
• Southern Economic Association (SEA)

Education

• PhD: Economics, Georgia State University in Atlanta, 2021
• MA: Economics, University of Akron in Ohio, 2014
• BA: Economics and Mathematics, University of Ghana in Legon, 2012