Joseph W. Cullen
Dr. Joseph W. Cullen | |
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1988 portrait of Cullen, National Cancer Institute | |
| Born | 28 November 1936 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | 24 November 1990 (aged 53) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Brain cancer |
| Alma mater | Boston College (BS, MA) Florida State University (PhD) |
| Known for | Smoking Tobacco and Cancer Program at NCI (1982) |
| Spouse | Katherine Marie Cullen |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer prevention and rehabilitation |
| Institutions | Perry Point VA Hospital National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center AMC Cancer Center |
Joseph W. Cullen (November 28, 1936 - November 24, 1990) was an American cancer prevention and rehabilitation researcher and briefly director of the AMC Cancer Research Center (1989-1990). He previously worked at the VA Hospital in Maryland (1968-1973), the National Institutes of Health (1973), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) (1974-1976, 1982–1989), and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (1976-1982), holding high-level positions such as division director at several. He was a coordinator, creator, and researcher for the Smoking Tobacco and Cancer Program at the NCI, the largest anti-smoking campaign in the world at that time. Cullen wrote more than 90 publications in his lifetime, including four books.