Archives: Speakers

Kathy Crosby is the CEO and President of Truth Initiative, the nation’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all. She leads all aspects of the organization’s lifesaving work, including developing innovative and high-profile public education campaigns, groundbreaking research initiatives, impactful community and youth… Read more »

Olivia A. Wackowski, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy at the Rutgers School of Public Health and Core Member of the Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies. Her primary research interests and work lie in the areas of tobacco communication, product perceptions, and product use… Read more »

Tord Finne Vedoy’s career has been dedicated to advancing knowledge of substance abuse and tobacco use in Norway. His research has significantly advanced understanding of the impact of e-cigarettes, snus, and nicotine replacement therapy products on smokers and non-smokers alike. Vedoy’s work has been pivotal in shaping public health policies and addressing the challenges posed by… Read more »

Holly Jarman, PhD is an Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health and the Co-Lead for Policy and Dissemination with the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations at University of Michigan. As a political scientist, she researches the impact of market regulations and trade agreements on domestic health and social… Read more »

Dr. Jaqueline Avila has a PhD in Population Health Sciences and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her work focuses on social determinants of health outcomes among older adults who smoke in the U.S. and Latin America. The main disciplines in her research are tobacco control,… Read more »

Dr Alex C. Liber, specializes in the analysis of retail scanner data to track tobacco market dynamics and policy impact and designs and implements rigorous policy evaluation methodologies. He also conducts systematic evidence synthesis to inform regulatory decision-making and models tobacco policy impacts on consumer behavior and industry response. Dr. Liber is an expert in… Read more »

Prof Sarah Jackson is a Professorial Research Fellow in the UCL Alcohol and Tobacco Research Group. Her work focuses on monitoring population trends in smoking, vaping, and alcohol use and evaluating the effectiveness of smoking cessation aids, interventions, and policies at the individual and population level. To do this, she makes use of large, population-based… Read more »

“In her “day job”, Kim “Skip” Murray is a Direct Support Professional at a group home providing services to people living with disabilities. She is also a volunteer Public Health Advocate who uses her lived experience as a consumer of nicotine products and former vape shop owner to provide a meaningful voice in the Tobacco Harm Reduction… Read more »