“In her “day job”, Kim “Skip” Murray is a Direct Support Professional at a group home providing services to people living with disabilities. She is also a volunteer Public Health Advocate who uses her lived experience as a consumer of nicotine products and former vape shop owner to provide a meaningful voice in the Tobacco Harm Reduction… Read more »
Steve Cook is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan. Prior to this, Steven earned a PhD from the University of Toronto and held faculty positions in Quantitative Methods and Criminology in Canada and the United Kingdom. He has been doing research in tobacco control for the past 5… Read more »
Christian Matthew Saens is a doctoral candidate and 5th year Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Starting in 2025, I have been a visiting student in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University. My dissertation committee consists of Michael Pesko (chair), Daniel… Read more »
Sharon Cox is a Principal Research Fellow within the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at University College London. Collectively, she has over 20 years’ experience within substance use treatment and research. Her research focuses on tobacco dependence and cessation amongst people living with severe, and often unchanging, health and social needs. She has a special… Read more »
Jeff has recently been appointed Chief Engagement Officer for DF Medical Ventures, which seeks to market a medicinal smoking cessation product. Jeff Weiss was Chief Engagement Officer, General Counsel, and Interim President of NJOY, the third largest e-cigarette company in the United States. An NJOY lawsuit against FDA, culminating in a 2011 D.C. Circuit decision… Read more »
Dr. Piper is a Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin (UW). She is a UW Chair for Tobacco Research and Intervention Research Professor and a Director of Research at the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI). Dr. Piper served as Associate… Read more »
Dr Shahab is a Professor of Health Psychology at University College London, Head of the Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health and co-Director of the University College London Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. He is past President of the European Chapter of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), elected fellow of… Read more »
Dr. Tracy Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and Co-Leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Hollings Cancer Center. Dr. Smith conducts tobacco regulatory science, which is science that aims to provide FDA and other regulatory bodies with information… Read more »
Jamie Tam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Tam uses simulation modeling methods to evaluate and understand the impact of tobacco regulations on tobacco use disparities, with a focus on populations with behavioral health conditions. She examines the implications of the… Read more »
Martin has recently retired as Tobacco Control Programme Lead for (OHID) The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (previously Public Health England). He joined PHE in February after 7 years at Action on Smoking and Health. Martin has worked in Public Health since the mid 1980’s when he was involved in HIV prevention work. He… Read more »
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