5th Annual Tobacco Documents Workshop

PUTTING THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY’S WORDS TO WORK FOR YOU

Tobacco Control Advocacy and Corporate Accountability Event: Register Now!

The University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, an interdisciplinary research community, announces its one-day workshop on using tobacco industry documents for advocacy.

The workshop will cover:
introduction to tobacco industry documents databases; hands-on practice searching and extracting key industry documents under the supervision of expert documents researchers; examples of ways in which the documents can be used to promote tobacco-free communities; and opportunities to network and brainstorm with top documents researchers and other advocates.

Featuring:
• Carol McGruder, the 2007 recipient of the American Legacy Foundation Community Activist Award

• Social/Networking hour hosted by Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine and Director of the CTCRE

• Jono Polansky, owner of Onbeyond LLC, a company directing empowering “Campaigns that Change Things.”

• Friday Night Live free special pre-workshop, “How to Make Changes in Public Policy,” with attorney/policy expert Richard Barnes.

Cost: $25 registration fee to reserve your place, refundable upon completion of the workshop. Deadline is April 16th. Registration is on first come, first served basis and space is limited to 40 participants. A California cuisine lunch and resource materials will be provided. The locations are ADA accessible.

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 10:15 am to 5:30 pm
Place: University of California, San Francisco, Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California

For more information and to register for the workshop, please contact: Jenni Alexander, Jenni.Alexander@ucsf.edu or 415 502 6341.

CTCRE Symposium in February

Mark your calendars!

The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) at UCSF is pleased to host the symposium and poster session:

It’s About a Billion Lives:
Advances in Tobacco Control
Celebrating Five Years of Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 8:00A - 12:00P
505 Parnassus Ave., UCSF, Health Sciences West, Room 303

Presentations include:

Social and Economic Determinants of Smoking in Rich and Poor Countries: Evidence for Reverse Health Disparities?
Elmer E. Huerta, MD, MPH
President, American Cancer Society and Director, Cancer Preventorium at the Washington Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center

Unselling Smokes: Reversing Tobacco Marketing Strategies
Pamela M. Ling, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Industry Efforts to Undermine the World Bank and WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Hadii M. Mamudu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow

The symposium will also have a poster session featuring work that is not included in the oral presentations.

For information or to present a poster, contact Jenni Alexander at 415-502-6341 or jenni.alexander(at)ucsf.edu.

Tobacco Control Fellowships for 2008

The UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) invites applications for fellowships in policy relevant tobacco control research. Completed applications are due January 31, 2008, for fellowships beginning July 1, 2008.

Applicants may learn more about the Center, the fellowship program, and review the list of UCSF faculty and their research interests at: http://tobacco.ucsf.edu.

For more information or to request an application, contact:
Nathan Sinclair
Program Assistant
Phone: 415-476-0140
Fax: 415-514-9345
Email: nathan.sinclair(at)ucsf.edu

Completed applications should be sent to:
Pamela Ling, MD, MPH
Fellowship Program Director, CTCRE
UCSF Box 1390
530 Parnassus Ave., #366
San Francisco, CA 94143-1390

Community Training Workshop

The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education is holding an annual one-day workshop in June for community-based advocates on using tobacco industry documents for advocacy. The workshop covers:
introduction to the on-line tobacco industry documents;
hands-on practice searching tobacco industry documents databases under the supervision of expert documents researchers;
examples of ways in which the documents can be of use for public health work in your community; and
opportunities to meet and brainstorm with top documents researchers and other advocates.

The workshop is held at the University of California, San Francisco, Kalmanovitz Library, 530 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California. To receive information about the 2007 workshop, contact Jenni Alexander at jenni.alexander(at)ucsf.edu.