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A BI-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER OF CASTOR HIGHLIGHTS, EVENTS & MORE
 
ISSUE II VOLUME II       February 14, 2024          2 U54 CA229974
JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR

CAsToR Junior Investigator Sarah Skolnick, MPH
Discusses how computational modeling can be a powerful tool used to understand the complex factors surrounding racial disparities.

Sarah also discusses her journey into computational modeling and tobacco regulatory science.
View Sarah's Featured Video Here
CAsToR has over 80 investigators; to date we have published over 140 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. 
CAsToR Junior Investigator, Luis Zavala and co-authors
recently published, "Dual and polytobacco use disparities at the intersection of age, sex, race and ethnicity, and income among US adults. Results from the 2018–2019 TUS-CPS" in Preventive Medicine Reports.

The authors identified population groups disproportionately using two or more tobacco products, which will aide in the implementation of tobacco control policies aimed at decreasing disparities in tobacco use.
Access the Dual and Polytobacco Use Tool here
Investigators Dr. Steve Cook, Dr. James Buszkiewicz, and Dr. Nancy Fleisher recently published two articles addressing cigar use. 

Access the recent publications through the links below:

Cigar use, with and without cigarettes, and COPD risk
Flavored cigar use and cigar smoking cessation
CAsToR Investigator, Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, University of Massachusetts-Amherst will present the paper, "Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: methodological considerations and results from a Cochrane Review"

Friday, February 16, 2024, 2:00 PM EST
Register for the ZOOM Webinar Here
Join CAsToR Investigators at the Annual Society Research Nicotine Tobacco (SRNT) 2024 Annual Meeting, March 20 - 23, 2024. 

CAsToR members will participate in over 20 Oral and Poster presentations, throughout the event.
 
View SRNT 2024 Schedule at a Glance Here
Panel Discussion:  Developing the Approach Section for Tobacco Regulatory Science Proposals
Panelists will each provide a brief presentation on developing the Approach section in the context of TRS proposals. 
The panel will be held on Zoom on Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, from 3:30 to 4:30pm ET
Registration is required. Please register by Friday, March 29th.  Access registration here

Please contact Molly Coeling at mcoeling@umich.edu for additional information or questions
View additional events and access past CAsToR event recordings on the CAsToR website here
CAsToR Investigator, Dr. Ella August was approved by The University of Michigan Board of Regents as a member of the eighth cohort of global public health appointments at the School of Public Health for a three-year term effective January 1, 2024.  Dr. August and the five faculty approved for this appointment demonstrated substantial experience and sustained contributions to global public health research, training, education, and practice in support of the SPH Office of Global Public Health. 
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.
More Info on this New M.S. Degree from the University of Michigan
Please access the CAsToR Website for additional information on any of the items highlighted in our announcements.
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