Speaker Group: Speakers 2022

Prof Kevin M. Gray, M.D

Kevin M. Gray, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and serves as Assistant Provost for Research Advancement at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). As a child and adolescent psychiatrist and physician-scientist co-leading the MUSC Youth Collaborative, he conducts National Institutes of Health supported clinical research, contributing novel… Read more »

Marc Slis

High school dropout and runaway at 14 years old.  After 20 years working in the building trades, I obtained a bachelor’s degree in Geology, then spent 18 years at sea, working as a marine seismic geophysicist, 5 years as a geophysical consultant managing seismic surveys around the globe for the petroleum industry and 3 years… Read more »

Jeff Lynch

Jeff Lynch works as a facilitator in the Prevention Intervention Education, Choices Program for Tulare County Office of Education.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandman University graduating Summa cum laude.  The mission of the Tulare County Office of Education is to provide quality service and support to all students and school districts… Read more »

Prof Kathleen. S Hoke, J.D.

Kathleen is a Law School Professor, Director of the Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy, and Director of the Network for Public Health Law-Eastern Region, at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. Through the Center and Network, Kathleen provides technical legal assistance to state and local health officials, legislators, researchers, and organizations… Read more »

Dr Vaughan W. Rees

Dr. Rees is Director of the Center for Global Tobacco Control, and Senior Lecturer on Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, USA. His research focuses on tobacco control, which entails strategies to address a public health epidemic projected to cause the deaths of one billion people in the… Read more »

Prof David L. Ashley Ph.D

David Ashley is currently a Research Professor in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1982 from Emory University. He spent 27 years, from 1983-2010 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health. During this time, he carried out research… Read more »

Associate Prof Jennifer Pearson

Jennifer Pearson is an Associate Professor in Health Administration and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada, Reno.  Broadly, her research focuses on how regulation of tobacco and cannabis product characteristics, packaging, and advertising affects consumer behavior and public health outcomes. Dr. Pearson has authored over 100 scientific peer-reviewed scientific… Read more »

Matthew R. Holman

Matthew R. Holman, Ph.D. is currently Director of the Office of Science at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He was appointed to that position in January 2017. The Office of Science at CTP is responsible for identifying, developing, and enhancing the science related to tobacco products,… Read more »

David Graham

David Graham is Chief Impact Officer at NJOY, a role which leads efforts across the company to maximize the positive impact on public health of the company’s products and services through increasing their reach and effectiveness while including oversight of regulatory affairs for the company. He has extensive experience in nicotine and non-nicotine new product… Read more »