The SRNT Board of Directors is pleased to offer SRNT’s first virtual half-day conference. This is a new venture for SRNT that meets the Board’s goal of launching projects that will benefit the membership. We envision virtual conferences that are timely, comprehensive, and interactive, on scientific topics of that are of current import and need. These virtual conferences will not only support SRNT’s primary goal of dissemination of evidence-based tobacco and nicotine science, but also provide a new source of revenue to support and strengthen the Society’s future financial position.
Since the advent of the global COVID-19 pandemic, research has been rapidly instigated to understand the risk and protective factors for infection, severity of disease, and impact on a wide range of social and behavioral domains. SRNT’s first virtual half-day conference focuses on the potential role of tobacco and nicotine in this global pandemic. Presentations will address the science of tobacco as a risk factor for respiratory disease and the role of nicotine and tobacco as either increasing or decreasing severity of COVID-19 symptoms, and the impact of the pandemic on tobacco use behaviors and perceptions.
The speakers will answer questions and a separate discussion panel will provide participants ample opportunity for interaction. In addition to an overview of current scientific findings, panelists will address gaps in the science and priority research questions. The SRNT Board hopes that this half-day conference serves as a model for respectful discourse about this topic given that the science and data are continuing to evolve.
Presenters:
Neal Benowitz, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
SRNT Past President
Joseph N. Cappella, PhD
Gerald R. Miller Professor of Communication
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
Geoffrey T. Fong, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor of Psychology and Public Health and Health Systems,
University of Waterloo
Senior Investigator, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Principal Investigator, International Tobacco Control Policy
Evaluation Project (ITC Project)
Olga Perski, PhD
Research Associate, Department of Behavioural Science and Health
Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care
UCL
Jonathan Samet, MD, MS
Dean and Professor
Colorado School of Public Health
Dr. Kamran Siddiqi, MBBS, MRCP, MPH, FFPH, PhD
Professor in Public Health
University of York
Discussion Panel:
Timothy Baker, PhD
UW-CTRI Research Director and Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH
Professor
Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
Director of Research, Office of Health Initiatives and Disparities Research
Department of Surgery
College of Medicine and Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Andrea Villanti, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Vermont
Moderators:
Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
SRNT President
Cathy L Backinger, PhD, MPH
Member, SRNT Board of Directors |