Dr. Pamela Valera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban-Global Public Health and serves as the Ph.D. Director at the School of Public Health, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey.
Ms. Ullstrup has over twenty-five years of experience in substance use and mental health treatment for women. She has been on the Meta House staff since 1995 and was a recipient of their services in 1994. Over her career at Meta House, she has held many different positions within their full continuum of care.
I became a primary care physician to take care of people long term. I became a public health researcher to change the narrative of health for our disproportionately impacted populations, firmly believing that health equity is rooted in all our populations thriving. The most rewarding aspects of my career has been gaining an understanding of how tobacco is an equity issue, learning how to treat tobacco use, and teaching others how to champion tobacco cessation in their practice.
Allison Gorrilla is an Outreach Specialist with the University of Wisconsin’s-Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. She works with health care systems and providers to integrate evidence-based tobacco cessation treatments into routine care. A focus of Allie’s work is bridging the gap in access to cessation treatments in communities disproportionately burdened by tobacco-related health inequities.
