Register Now for CTCRE's and SCLC's in person and virtual event,
"It's About a Billion Lives" Symposium
When?
Friday, April 26, 2024, from 8:00am - 12:30pm PDT
We encourage in-person attendance. Continental breakfast will be provided.
Where?
Virtual and in-person at UCSF Robertson Auditorium (inside William J. Rutter Center), 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, California
We are honored to have the following speakers presenting at this year’s Symposium:
Keynote Panel: Ending the Tobacco Epidemic:
- Catherine O. Egbe, PhD Senior Specialist Scientist Mental health, Alcohol, Substance use and Tobacco Research Unit (MASTRU) South African Medical Research Council
- Allison Chausmer Hoffman, PhD, MA, Deputy Director for Research Translation, CDC Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
- Charlene Le Fauve, PhD, Senior Advisor for Health Equity, FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)
- Ruth Malone, RN, PhD, UCSF Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Moderator: Joanna Cohen, PhD, Bloomberg Professor of Disease Prevention, Chair, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins University.
Presentations by Faculty and Postdoctoral Scholars:
- "Evaluation of a contingency management smoking cessation intervention for people experiencing homelessness," Dian Gu, PhD, CTCRE Postdoctoral Scholar
- "Unlocking Potential: Pharmacists' Key Role in Tobacco Cessation," Lisa Kroon, PharmD, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Co-Vice Dean of Clinical Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer, Clinical Innovation, Education and Research, UCSF Health
- "Social policies, health equity, and cannabis and tobacco-related outcomes: Mixed methods analyses" Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
- "Toward an Analytical Framework of Tobacco-Related Misinformation: Findings from Twitter Data," Eileen Han, PhD, CTCRE Postdoctoral Scholar
Closing Remarks, Harold Collard, MD, MS, UCSF Vice Chancellor for Research