It’s About a Billion Lives Annual Symposium

Friday, April 26, 2024

 

  • 8am-12:30pm
  • UCSF Robertson Auditorium (inside William J. Rutter Center)
  • 1675 Owens Street
  • San Francisco, California

Registration is now open!

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Two of these presentations are from our postdoctoral fellows and graduates.  Interested in joining us for postdoctoral fellowship?  LEARN MORE

Keynote Panel: Ending the Tobacco Epidemic:

  • Catherine O. Egbe, PhD Senior Specialist Scientist Mental health, Alcohol, Substance use and Tobacco Research Unit (MASTRU) South African Medical Research Council
  • Allison Chausmer Hoffman, PhD, MA, Deputy Director for Research Translation, CDC Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
  • Charlene Le Fauve, PhD, Senior Advisor for Health Equity, FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)
  • Ruth Malone, RN, PhD, UCSF Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Moderator: Joanna Cohen, PhD, Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention, Chair, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins University.

Presentations by Faculty and Postdoctoral Scholars:

  • Lisa Kroon, PharmD, Chair and Professor, UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy
  • Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
  • Dian Gu, PhD, CTCRE Postdoctoral Scholar
  • Eileen Han, PhD, CTCRE Postdoctoral Scholar

Closing Remarks, Harold Collard, MD, MS, UCSF Vice Chancellor for Research

Up to four hours of FREE credit can be earned for a limited number of participants who join the LIVE session, in-person or online, on Friday, April 26, 2024. You will receive instructions on how to claim credit via the post webinar email.

This event is co-presented by the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC), and the UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center.

Watch the 2023 symposium and past years’ symposia.