Stuart Gansky, MS, DrPH
Oral health research, health disparities research, applied statistical analyses and related methodological issues.
Peter Ganz
Cardiovascular effects and potential harms of conventional, new and emerging tobacco products.
Warren Gold, MD
Long-term effects of second hand cigarette smoke on flight attendants.
Jeffrey Gotts, MD, PhD
Effects of cigarette smoke and e-cigarette aerosols on susceptibility to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a major cause of respiratory failure in critically ill patients.
Jennifer Grandis, MD
Signal transduction in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (tobacco-caused cancers) development and progression with the ultimate goal of targeting key pathways for therapeutic benefit.
Lawrence Green, DrPH, MPH
Health promotion, including tobacco control, with particular emphasis on knowledge dissemination, transfer, program planning and implementation strategies in making practice more evidence-based by making evidence more practice-based.
Valerie Gribben, MD
Valerie Gribben, MD, FAAP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF. Research interests include: reducing primary and secondhand vaping, cigarette, and marijuana exposure in children and teens; vaping patterns of teenagers during the COVID-19 pandemic; the intersection between digital usage and vaping; social media interventions to assist in vaping cessation; and health disparities in tobacco use and exposure.
Joe Guydish, PhD
Access, delivery, and organization of substance abuse treatment services, treatment effectiveness, and adoption of new treatments into practice settings with current focus an organizational change intervention for treatment programs in tobacco dependence.
Sharon Hall, PhD
Clinical trials for the treatment of nicotine dependence, with emphasis on treatments that reflect a chronic disease model, and on complex populations.
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Center Leadership
Pamela Ling, MD MPH
Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Fellowship Program Director
Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Control Program
Tung T. Nguyen, MD
Co-Director, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Control Program
Research Spotlight
Tobacco use remains the largest preventable cause of death in the United States[i]. Tobacco cessation involves multiple quit attempts over time—but with provider engagement, patients are more likely to remain smoke-free.