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CAsToR has over 80 investigators; to date we have published over 90 publications in many leading public health journals, discussing findings ranging from Sociodemographic Patterns of Tobacco Use to the Dynamics of Smoking and E-cigarettes Use Prevalence
Below are links to recent publications.
Please access the CAsToR Website for a more complete listing.
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Our team of Junior Investigators and Trainees, Christopher Cadham, Alex Liber, Luz Sanchez, and Mona Issabakhsh, recently published "The actual and anticipated effects of restrictions on flavoured electronic nicotine delivery systems: a scoping review”, in the BMC Public Health Journal.
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The incredibly dynamic team along with their faculty co-authors, Kenneth Warner, Rafael Meza, and David Levy discuss the need for additional research on the impacts of ENDS restrictions.
Access the full article here.
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 CAsToR Trainee, Luis Zavala, and colleagues, developed a visualization tool to identify disparities in cigarette, e-cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco use at the intersection of multiple social identities.
The paper, "Disparities in Cigarette, E-cigarette, Cigar, and Smokeless Tobacco Use at the Intersection of Multiple Social Identities in the US Adult Population. Results From the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey 2018–2019 Survey" was published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, November 2022.
Access here to view the full article. |
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Access and experience the capability of the Intersectionality Tool here
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CAsToR Investigator, Cliff Douglas discusses the recent New Zealand ban on cigarette sales in the Wall Street Journal, December 2022.
New Zealand is “engaged in an extraordinarily important natural experiment to see if these significant policy approaches, which have not been implemented elsewhere, succeed in driving down cigarette smoking, as many experts think they’re likely to do,” said Clifford Douglas, director of the Tobacco Research Network at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
New Zealand Bans Cigarette Sales for Everyone Born After 2008.
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JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR
CAsToR New Investigator Mona Issabakshs PhD, MS discusses her academic and career journey in mathematical modeling and computer simulation.
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View Dr. Issabakhsh discuss her journey here
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Please access the November CAsToR DAD Beaver Bulletin to view the new Cigarettes and ENDS use tables using data from multiple nationally representative surveys. The November bulleting also contains information on PATH: Marijuana Ever-use Variables.
Read more in the Beaver Bulletin November issue here
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Secondary Analyses of Existing Datasets of Tobacco Use and Health (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
(REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS)
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The purpose of this FOA is to invite R21 applications proposing the innovative analysis of existing (publicly available) nationally representative U.S. cross-sectional and longitudinal data, to investigate novel scientific ideas and/or to generate new models, systems, tools, methods, or technologies that have the potential for significant impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research in areas relevant to the FDA CTP. Other publicly available data sets would be considered depending on the analyses to be conducted; however, nationally representative analyses will receive priority. Application due date: March 8, 2023.
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Michigan Public Health Master of Science Degree in Computational Epidemiology and Systems Modeling
In this program, students are trained to become highly skilled epidemiologists who can understand and analyze public health problems with mathematical and statistical models.
Epidemiological models and simulation-based analyses are increasingly used to inform public health policy and practice. Notably, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, government agencies, policy-makers and others have used epidemiological models to help inform decision-making and slow the spread of the virus.
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Please access the CAsToR Website for additional information on any of the items highlighted in our announcements.
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Wishing you all the best in 2023!
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