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The 4th Annual Invitational Symposium for Research to Inform Tobacco Control

Most symposium presentations and team activity reports are now available for download. Links to the remaining presentations are available to members only through the Tools for Researchers> Presentations. If you do not have an account, you can register here.

Day 1: Opening Session

Canada's International Impact on Research

Speaker 1: Harry Lando - Networking for Global Tobacco Reduction

Speaker 2: David Hammond - Global Research in Tobacco Control: Benefits and Challenges

Speaker 3: Jacqui Drope - Research for International Tobacco Control

Day 2: Session 1

Innovative Methodology in Tobacco Control Research

Speaker 1: Annette Schultz - Mixed Methods Research: Reflecting on Yield

Speaker 2: Steve Brown - Approaches to Multi-level Modelling in Tobaco Control Research and Evaluation

Speaker 3: Jennifer O'Loughlin - Incorporating Genetics into Tobacco Control Research

Session 2

Ethical Dilemmas in Tobacco Research

Speaker 1: Joanna Cohen - Ethics, Responsibility and Action Are we complicit in this corporate-caused pandemic?

Speaker 2: Charl Els - The Secret Sins of Psychiatry

Speaker 3: Allan Collins - Should Scientists Interact with the Tobacco Industry

Session 3

Generating Funding for Tobacco Control Research

Speaker 1: Marie Chia - Generating Funding for Tobacco Control Research

Speaker 2: Candace Nykiforuk - Decisions, Decisions ... Funding Paths & Implications for Early Career Investigators

Speaker 3: Cathy Backinger - Tobacco Control Research Funding: US Perspective