Lisa Kroon, PharmD
Tobacco cessation education and training of health professionals.
Susan Lee, MD
Feasibility and acceptability of e-cigarettes versus nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation in the perioperative period.
Heather Leutwyler, RN, PhD, NP
Dr. Leutwyler has extensive research and clinical experiences working with adults with serious mental illness, and her research focuses on identifying factors associated with poor physical health among adults with schizophrenia and conducting interventions to promote physical health among adults with serious mental illness. Currently, Dr. Leutwyler is the PI of a TRDRP-funded pilot 2-arm RCT to examine the feasibility and potential efficacy of a game-based group physical activity intervention, along with cessation counseling and pharmacotherapy, to increase successful smoking cessation in smokers with serious mental illness.
James Lightwood, PhD
Estimating the changes in direct healthcare costs due to changes in smoking behavior in large populations, and changes in exposure to passive smoking and health care cost and utilization attributable to adoption of smoke-free laws.
Pamela Ling, MD, MPH
Tobacco industry marketing strategies targeting young adults, women, and other high risk population, and new smokeless and novel tobacco product marketing strategies with focus on how to use tobacco industry marketing strategies to improve tobacco control programs.
Ruth Malone, RN, PhD, FAAN
Tobacco industry activities aimed at undermining public health, strategic positioning and messaging, marginalized populations, and emerging developments in the social construction of tobacco use.
Jyothi Marbin, MD
Impact of tobacco on low income, urban children and reducing the burden of secondhand smoke on children with focus on the impact of electronic health record changes on clinical uptake of tobacco cessation interventions, as well as the use of online trainings to train physicians on smoking cessation.
Gregory Marcus, MD, MAS
Cardiovascular effects of alcohol, atrial fibrillation, supraventricular, implantable cardiac devices with broader interests in clinical research study design and genetic epidemiology.
Michael Matthay, MD
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.
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Center Leadership
Pamela Ling, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Dorie Apollonio, PhD, MPP
Fellowship Co-Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS
Fellowship Co-Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Stella Bialous, RN, DrPH, FAAN
Associate Director for Global Tobacco Control Initiatives
Research Spotlight
This study includes analyses of previously secret tobacco industry documents related to marketing and promotion, including targeting special populations (women, young adults, low SES), marketing of novel tobacco products, and harm reduction.
