It's About a Billion Lives Symposium 2024

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