The following University of Waterloo experts are available for comment in media stories about tobacco use
This week is National Non-Smoking Week. The following University of Waterloo experts are available for comment in media stories about tobacco use.
Professor Geoffrey Fong
Department of Psychology and the School of Public Health and Health Systems
Professor Fong is the founder and lead researcher of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project), which is evaluating the impact of tobacco control policies such as pictorial warning labels, plain packaging, smoke-free laws, tobacco tax policies, and advertising and sponsorship bans in 22 countries (inhabited by more than half of the world's population) including Canada, the United States, Australia, China, India, Brazil, France and Kenya.
519.888.4567 ext. 35811
519.503.4820
Professor Ryan Kennedy
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Professor Kennedy is collaborating with Professor Gregory Connolly at the Global Centre for Tobacco Research at Harvard on a project involving smoking in multi-unit dwellings. The project aims to develop better communication interventions to encourage smoke-free homes. He is currently at Harvard.
617.432.1814
Professor Bruce Baskerville
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Professor Baskerville's current research supports the work of the tobacco control. He is principal investigator for the Crush the Crave project, a smoking cessation smartphone app.
519.888.4567 ext. 35236
Professor Stephen Manske
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the School of Public Health and Health Systems
Professor Manske's primary focus is promoting youth health, with a goal of supporting communities to pinpoint best opportunities to improve youth health, identify best intervention approaches and access intervention resources.
519.888.4518
Professor David Hammond
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the School of Public Health and Health Systems
Professor Hammond's research seeks to evaluate and inform interventions and policies related to health behaviour. His primary focus is on programs and policies that reach large segments of the population and that target primary determinants of health, including tobacco use, diet, and illicit drug use.
519.888.4567 ext. 36462
Professor Sharon Campbell
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the School of Public Health and Health Systems
Professor Campbell has extensive research and evaluation experience in the cancer field. She provides leadership for the evaluation of Canadian tobacco cessation quitlines and sits on the board of the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC). Her work was instrumental in developing an international Minimal Data Set for evaluating the reach, utilization and effectiveness of tobacco cessation quitlines. The Minimal Data Set, endorsed by the North American Quitline Consortium, is currently in use throughout North America and parts of Europe. Professor Campbell received the 2007 NACQ Leadership Award for this contribution.
Tel. 519.888.4583
