The Career Enhancement Core (CEC) provides junior tobacco control researchers and modelers with exposure, training, and experience in the use of modeling in Tobacco Regulatory Sciences. The CEC supports the career development of new and early stage investigators interested in using modeling for tobacco control and policy evaluation research. The overall goal of the CEC is to support the advancement of junior researchers in becoming independent scientists who use simulation modeling for Tobacco Regulatory Science.

Leads

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  Ritesh Mistry, PhD

  University of Michigan

  Ritesh Mistry, PhD

  University of Michigan: Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, Associate Professor of Global Health

  Position: Core Lead, Career Enhancement Core (CEC)

  Role: Co-Investigator

  Webpage: sph.umich.edu

  Dr. Ritesh Mistry is Core Lead for the Career Enhancement Core (CEC) and a member of the CAsToR Steering Committee. Dr. Mistry is an Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, Associate Professor of Global Health at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on evaluating health disparities in smoking trends, as well as adolescent tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposures in global settings.

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  David Mendez, PhD

  University of Michigan

  David Mendez, PhD

  University of Michigan: Associate Professor

  Positions: Core Lead, Career Enhancement Core (CEC); Project Lead, Research Project 2

  Role: Co-Investigator

  Webpage: sph.umich.edu

  Dr. David Mendez is Core Lead for the Career Enhancement Core (CEC) and Project Lead for Research Project 2. He is also a member of the CAsToR Steering Committee. Dr. Mendez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on modeling trends of cigarette smoking cessation or switching to e-cigarettes. Dr. Mendez’s research also investigates the financial implications of these trends, with specific focus on tobacco control in the United States.