Faculty

The Center Faculty come from all four UCSF Schools and conduct research and teaching in every aspect of tobacco control, from efforts by the tobacco industry to manipulate international politics to the molecular biology of nicotine addiction.

Steve Schroeder, MD

Professor
Medicine

Determinants of medical expenditures, efficacy of medical cost containment, quality of care, and tobacco control with an emphasis on smoking cessation.

Mark Schumacher, MD, PhD

Professor
Anesthesia

My goal is to leverage a better understanding of peripheral pain transduction to inspire more effective and non-addictive treatments for pain. In collaboration with the Hellman laboratory, we are investigating the role of TRPV1 and CB1 in sensory neurons as anti-inflammatory and analgesic targets for the minor cannabinoids.

Joel Simon, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus
Medicine

Hospital-based and out-patient clinical trials of smoking cessation.

Elizabeth Smith, PhD

Professor

"Legitimate" tobacco industry activities, and tobacco industry relationships with other groups.

Joanne Spetz, PhD

Professor

Economics of the health care workforce, shortages and supply of registered nurses, organization and quality of the hospital industry, impact of health information technology, effect of medical marijuana policy on youth substance use, and the substance use disorder treatment workforce.

Matt Springer, PhD

Professor
Medicine

Mechanisms underlying vascular reactivity and how they are affected by exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco and marijuana.

Gideon St Helen, PhD

Assistant Professor
Medicine

Utility and evaluation of biological markers (biomarkers) of tobacco use and exposure for epidemiology, risk assessment, product regulation, and identification of susceptibility factors.

Hai-Yen Sung, PhD

Professor

Costs of smoking, costs of illness, evaluation of the economic impact of tobacco taxation and other tobacco control policies, secondhand smoke exposure, and cancer screening and outcomes.

Janice Tsoh, PhD

Professor
Psychiatry

Smoking cessation treatment in vulnerable populations including Asian Americans, and clients in substance abuse treatment with focus on use of social network and digital health technology to promote utilization of and delivering evidence-based treatment in underserved populations.  

Candy Tsourounis, PharmD

Professor
Clinical Pharmacy

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