Benjamin Apelberg, PhD is the Deputy Director for Regulatory Science in the Office of Science at FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). In this role, he oversees scientific divisions responsible for managing the Office’s tobacco regulatory science research program, including the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study and collaboration with CDC on the… Read more »
Alex comes from a background in customer service and logistics. Shortly after discovering the value of Tobacco Harm Reduction, he began volunteering his time for CASAA and was appointed to serve on CASAA’s Board of Directors in 2014, and later that same year was elected as CASAA’s Legislative Director. Alex stepped down from the Board… Read more »
Dr. Matthew Carpenter holds the Flora McLeod Edwards Distinguished Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and is Professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he also serves as co-leader of the Cancer Control Program of the Hollings Cancer Center. Dr. Carpenter’s research interests relate to tobacco… Read more »
Dr. Brian King was appointed Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) in July 2022. In this position, Dr. King is responsible for assuring that CTP accomplishes its public health goals and for operationalizing the Center’s vision and mission as it implements the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act…. Read more »
Dr. Jonathan Foulds has spent most of his career finding ways to help smokers beat their addiction to tobacco. He has been a principal investigator on grants totaling well over $27 million and has been invited to speak on smoking cessation in more than 15 countries. In addition to his many publications on tobacco in… Read more »
Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Studies Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Biography Dr. Maciej L. Goniewicz joined the staff of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Roswell Park) in 2013 as Assistant Member of the Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. In 2016,… Read more »
Dr. Sonia Johnson is the Director General of the Tobacco Control Directorate at Health Canada. In this role, she is responsible for leading Canada’s Tobacco Strategy, which aims to reduce tobacco use to less than 5% by 2035 using bold and innovative measures to help people quit tobacco while preventing a new generation from nicotine… Read more »
Peter Hajek is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London. His research is concerned primarily with understanding health behaviours, and developing and evaluating both behavioural and pharmacological treatments for dependent smokers and for people with weight problems. Professor… Read more »
Abigail S. Friedman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the policy determinants of tobacco use and disparities therein, with the overarching goal of informing and facilitating evidence-based policymaking to improve population health and reduce inequality. A health economist… Read more »
Cliff Douglas is the Director of the University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network, an adjunct professor at the School of Public Health, and a co-principal investigator for the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations at the University of Michigan. He was the American Cancer Society’s Vice President for Tobacco Control from 2015 to 2020,… Read more »
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