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.
Prescott Woodruff, MD
Professor
Medicine
Clinical and basic science approaches to study the effects of cigarette smoke on lung inflammation.
Tingting Yao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
The economic impact of tobacco products.
Valerie Yerger, MA, ND
Professor of Health Policy
Social Behavioral Sciences
Tobacco industry targeting African American communities and the use of menthol in tobacco products, smokefree policies in multiunit housing.
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Center Leadership
Pamela Ling, MD MPH
Interim Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Fellowship Program Director
Joe Guydish, PhD
Co-Director, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Tobacco Control Program
Research Spotlight
Using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Data to assess changes in diagnostic codes, healthcare costs, and hospitalizations after legalization of recreational cannabis
