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A - M | N - Z Benjamin Apelberg, PhD, MHS
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Apelberg currently serves as a research associate in both the Epidemiology Department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and at the Institute for Global Tobacco Control. An environmental epidemiologist, he has applied his training to the investigation of the health effects of pervasive environmental toxins, including tobacco smoke. He has conducted studies highlighting the benefits of increasing tobacco use cessation rates in countries such as Japan and the United States. He is currently working to provide investigators with a tool to establish a smoker’s risk for developing disease. Tobacco Control Surveillance
Frank Chaloupka, PhD
University of Illinois and ITEN
Dr. Frank Chaloupka received his BA from John Carroll College in 1984 and his PhD from the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center. He is currently an economics professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration. He serves as the director of both the International Tobacco Evidence Network and ImpacTeen: A Policy Research Partnership to Reduce Youth Substance Abuse. Dr. Chaloupka is also a research associate in both the Health Economics and Children's Programs of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His areas of research interest include the economic analysis of substance abuse and the effect that control programs have on the demand of substances such as tobacco and alcohol. Dr. Chaloupka has authored many research papers on these subjects and is a major contributor to the research advances in the field of substance abuse economics. Tobacco Taxation
Greg Connolly, DMD, MPH
Harvard School of Public Health
Greg Connolly currently serves as a Professor of the Practice of Public Health in the Department of Society, Human Health, and Development and Director of the Tobacco Control Research Program in the Division of Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health. In addition, he is a scientific adviser for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. He focuses his research attention to tobacco control and prevention of tobacco-related disease. He is currently the principle investigator for three projects studying varying aspects of tobacco control, from tobacco product design to the efficacy of tobacco control policies. He is a Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor awarded to the Harvard School of Public Health by the Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute. Dr. Connolly has published extensively on tobacco control policies. Developing a Mass Media Anti-Smoking Campaign
Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, MD, PhD, MBA
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Dr. Vera Luiza Da Costa e Silva is a medical doctor, PhD in Public Health and Epidemiology and Masters in Business Administration for the Health Sector. She coordinated for 16 years different activities in the areas of epidemiology and cancer prevention and control at Brazil’s National Cancer Institute and was involved in legislative, economic, surveillance and regulatory tobacco control measures, and in the establishment of a tobacco products regulatory authority in the country. From 2001 to 2005 she was the director of the Tobacco Free Initiative at the World Health Organization-WHO, in Geneva, Switzerland where she supervised the secretariat to the negotiations of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Her participation in several congresses, commissions and committees as well as authorship of peer-reviewed papers, her role as associated editor and reviewer in journals and books and several awards received, brought together a successful career. In March 2007, Dr Costa e Silva joined PAHO as team leader in the tobacco control program. Developing a National Program: Brazil Case Study
Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Thomas Frieden has served since 2002 as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, one of the world's oldest and largest public health agencies. In 2002, Dr. Frieden launched a citywide anti-tobacco initiative that included raising the local tax on cigarettes and prohibiting smoking in virtually all work spaces, including 20,000 bars and restaurants. Because of his efforts, New York City is a national and global model for tobacco control. A leading expert in tuberculosis control, Dr. Frieden was appointed NYC Health Commissioner after working in India for 5 years, where he helped develop one of the world's most effective tuberculosis control programs. Prior to his tenure in India, Dr. Frieden was instrumental in stopping the tuberculosis epidemic in New York City. Dr. Frieden is considered one of the most respected experts in public health and has improved the health of NYC’s residents drastically. How to Prevent 100 Million Deaths From Tobacco
Jack Henningfield, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Pinney Associates
Dr. Henningfield is Adjunct Professor of Behavioral Biology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Vice President for Research and Health Policy at Pinney Associates, a health care consulting firm in Maryland. Dr. Henningfield has investigated addictive drugs, including alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, morphine and nicotine, as well as medications for treating addiction and other disorders. Much of his research was conducted at the National Institute on Drug Abuse where he was a principal investigator and directed several laboratories dedicated to the study of addictive drugs and addiction treatment from 1980 to 1996. Dr. Henningfield continues to serve as advisor and consultant to various departments of the U.S. Federal Government, the World Health Organization and other organizations that address issues of tobacco, drug addiction and health. Tobacco Addiction
Tei-wei Hu, PhD
University of California
Dr. Hu is currently a professor emeritus in the Health Policy and Management Department at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. His research interests include tobacco control economics and health care reform in Asia. Dr. Hu has published extensively in the field of tobacco control economics, and is considered an expert on the effects that various control policies, such as taxation, have on global tobacco markets. Economic Analysis of Tobacco Supply
Laurent Huber
Framework Convention Alliance
Laurent Huber is the Director of the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA), an organization that has been active in promoting, creating, and entering into force the international treaty on tobacco control. He and his organization are credited with shaping the international treaty movement, and his actions are generally regarded as being influential in establishing international tobacco control policy. Mr. Huber is considered a leader in the field of Non-Governmental Organization monitoring of tobacco control programming under the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. He is a recent (2005) recipient of the American Lung Association C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award. The Role of Civil Society in the FCTC Process
Andrew Hyland, PhD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Dr. Hyland is an Associate Member in the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Dr. Hyland holds a PhD in Epidemiology and a MA in Statistics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Hyland’s primary research interests lie in evaluating the impact of policies aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the use of tobacco products. Examples of his work include an evaluation of the economic impact of clean indoor air laws, monitoring trends in cancer rates and cancer risk factors in the population using geographical methods, and assessing the impact of a variety of tobacco policy measures on cessation and mortality in large cohorts of smokers in the US and internationally. His recent work has involved facilitating comprehensive evaluations of national and sub-national clean air regulations and examining the impact of low and untaxed cigarette sales on indicators of smoking cessation and uncollected tax revenue. Evaluating Smoke-Free Policies
Natasha Jategaonkar, MSc
Framework Convention Alliance
Natasha Jategaonkar worked with the Framework Convention Alliance (FCA) as the Project Manager of the FCA FCTC Monitor between November 2006 - April 2008. The FCA FCTC Monitor is a civil-society-based approach to monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in countries around the world. Previously, she was co-editor of the international report Turning a New Leaf: Women, Tobacco, and the Future; and for three years conducted community-based research as the Tobacco Research Coordinator with the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health in Vancouver, Canada. Women and Tobacco
Kelley Lee, DPhil, FFPH
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr. Kelley Lee is Reader in Global Health, Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Change and Health, and Head of the Public and Environmental Health Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on the impacts of globalisation on communicable and non-communicable diseases, including analysing the internal documents of British American Tobacco to understand market entry strategies, policy influence, cigarette smuggling and other industry tactics. She has authored over 60 scholarly papers, 36 book chapters and 10 books including Globalization and Health, An introduction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), Global Change and Health (Open University Press, 2005), and The World Health Organization (Routledge, 2008). Tobacco Industry Tactics
Matt Myers, JD
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Matt Myers currently serves as president and CEO of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, an organization that focuses attention on curtailing youth tobacco use. Instrumental in establishing the organization he has been with the Campaign since its creation in 1996. In addition, Mr. Myers played an integral role in settling suits brought against Liggett Tobacco Company and in crafting domestic tobacco control policy. He has been awarded the Harvard School of Public Health’s highest honor, the Julius B. Richmond award, for his work on reducing the tobacco industry’s ability to market to children. As president of the Campaign, he focuses on decreasing the the tobacco industry’s influence over children and countering tobacco industry actions. Tobacco and Youth |
