TCORS: Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

How to Conduct a High-Quality Journal Peer Review: DATE + TIME: Fri Nov 15, 2024 • 2:30 PM — 4:00 PM; Peer review is a key skill for academic professionals. In this webinar, you will: • Increase your skills and confidence in writing a high-quality journal peer review report.
• Understand how to apply a three-step process to conduct a thorough and respectful journal peer review. Participants will be invited to consider various examples in small groups. To participate, please register here by Friday, November 8th. This workshop is open to all CAsToR trainees & junior investigators. Questions? Please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu.; SPEAKERS: Dr. Ella August

Recent Events

CAsToR Webinar with Ben Apelberg and Mitch Zeller: A Conversation about the Use of Computational Models in Tobacco Regulation: DATE: Thu May 30, 2024; Dr. Ben Apelberg will provide brief remarks on how tobacco modelers can make their work as valuable and practical as possible for tobacco regulatory authorities. Mitch Zeller will provide commentary on Dr. Apelberg’s remarks, and both speakers will then participate in a discussion. Questions from the audience are welcomed and encouraged. Registration is required. All registrants must be approved by CAsToR to join this webinar. Questions? Please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu.; SPEAKERS: Ben Apelberg, PhD, MHS (Deputy Director, Office of Science, U.S. FDA) and Mitch Zeller, JD (Former Director, Center for Tobacco Products, U.S. FDA); Video for “CAsToR Webinar with Ben Apelberg and Mitch Zeller: A Conversation about the Use of Computational Models in Tobacco Regulation”
CAsToR Individual Development Plan: DATE: Tue Apr 30, 2024; Create your personalized career development plan. An IDP is a communication tool to support setting and reaching professional goals in collaboration with your mentor(s). In this workshop, you will: • Create an IDP using a self-assessment process and template developed specifically for CAsToR trainees & junior investigators (general skills, TRS competencies, and tobacco modeling competencies for modelers or modeling collaborators)
• Establish career and research goals
• Create a roadmap to reach your goals This workshop is open to CAsToR trainees & junior investigators only. All CAsToR trainees & junior investigators are encouraged to participate. Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, April 30th from 12-1:30pm ET. Registration is required. Please register by Friday, April 26th. We will ask that you complete a portion of the self-assessment ahead of time.; SPEAKERS: Dr. Ella August
CAsToR Workshop: AI Tools for Information Seeking: DATE: Thu Apr 18, 2024; This workshop will orient participants to AI tools that can be used for information seeking and summarizing literature, such as: • Recognizing strengths and challenges of using AI in literature searching
• Learning best practices for avoiding incorrect or misleading information
• Understanding how to evaluate AI tools for information seeking There will also be some hands-on exploration! This workshop is open to all CAsToR-affiliated individuals. To participate, please register here by Thursday, April 11th. For more information, please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu.; SPEAKERS: Tyler Nix, MS (Associate Director of Research & Informatics, UM Taubman Health Sciences Library) and Judy Smith, MS (Informationist, UM Taubman Health Sciences Library)
Developing the Approach Section for Tobacco Regulatory Science Proposals: DATE: Tue Apr 02, 2024; Panelists will each provide a brief presentation on developing the Approach section in the context of TRS proposals. There will be sufficient time for Q & A, and registrants will be offered the opportunity to submit questions prior to the event. This event is open to all TRS investigators. Registration is required. Please register by Friday, March 29th. For more information, please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu.; SPEAKERS: Dr. Stephanie Land (Program Director & Statistician, NIH National Cancer Institute, Behavioral Research Program, Tobacco Control Research Branch) and Dr. Adam Leventhal (Director, Institute for Addiction Science, University of Southern California) and Dr. Jamie Tam (Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Yale School of Public Health); Video for “Developing the Approach Section for Tobacco Regulatory Science Proposals”
Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) 3.0 Inaugural Event: DATE: Thu Oct 05, 2023; Recognizing the second round of NIH funding, Twenty Million Dollars, 2023-2028View slides for this event; SPEAKERS: Lynda Lisabeth, Sr. Associate Dean, UM School of Public Health and Eric Fearon, Director, UM Rogel Cancer Center and Helen Meissner, Director, Tobacco Regulatory Science Program and Denise Anthony, Chair, Health Mgt & Policy and Belinda Needham, Chair, Epidemiology and David Mendez, PI, University of Michigan and David Levy, PI, Georgetown University and Rafael Meza, PI, BC Cancer Research Institute and Ritesh Mistry, Co-Investigator, UM and Kenneth Warner, Co-Investigator, UM

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Profile: CAsToR Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Travis Whitacre, PhD: DATE: Sun Aug 18, 2024; Description: CAsToR Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Travis Whitacre, PhD, describes his research on the cross-section of adolescent mental health and smoking behavior. He uses applied econometric and quasi-experimental analysis using large administrative survey datasets to help inform how access to mental healthcare might affect adolescents’ tobacco product use behavior.
Webinar: CAsToR Webinar with Ben Apelberg and Mitch Zeller: A Conversation about the Use of Computational Models in Tobacco Regulation: DATE: Thu May 30, 2024; Speakers: Ben Apelberg, PhD, MHS • Mitch Zeller, JD Description:
Dr. Ben Apelberg will provide brief remarks on how tobacco modelers can make their work as valuable and practical as possible for tobacco regulatory authorities. Mitch Zeller will provide commentary on Dr. Apelberg’s remarks, and both speakers will then participate in a discussion. Questions from the audience are welcomed and encouraged. Registration is required. All registrants must be approved by CAsToR to join this webinar. Questions? Please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu.
Workshop: Developing the Approach Section for Tobacco Regulatory Science Proposals: DATE: Tue Apr 02, 2024; Speakers: Dr. Stephanie Land • Dr. Adam Leventhal • Dr. Jamie Tam Description:
Panelists will each provide a brief presentation on developing the Approach section in the context of TRS proposals. There will be sufficient time for Q & A, and registrants will be offered the opportunity to submit questions prior to the event. This event is open to all TRS investigators. Registration is required. Please register by Friday, March 29th. For more information, please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu.