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A Bi-MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER OF CASTOR HIGHLIGHTS, EVENTS & MORE
 
ISSUE II VOLUME VI       July 8, 2025                2U54 CA229974
 
The World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025
CAsToR Investigators Dr. Holly Jarman, Dr. Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, and Dr. Ritesh Mistry presented at the World Conference on Tobacco Control (WCTC) in Dublin, Ireland. The conference, which has not been held in person since 2018, attracts thousands of academics, health professionals, non-government organisations, and public officials from over 100 countries. The conference is organised by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
View WCTC Agenda and Speaker Info Here
JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR
 

CAsToR Junior Investigator Ke “Vicky” Xu, M.Sc., describes her work as a data analyst at the CAsToR British Columbia Cancer Research Institute site, where she works with CAsToR MPI Dr. Rafael Meza.  
View Vicky's Featured Video Here
Congratulations, Nancy Fleischer!! 
CAsToR 2.0 Investigator Dr. Nancy Fleischer was promoted to Professor, Epidemiology, with Tenure, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, effective September 1, 2025
Congratulations, Jihyoun Jeon!! 
CAsToR  Investigator Dr. Jihyoun Jeon was promoted to Research Scientist, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, effective September 1, 2025
Chenlan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor School of Public Health. Dr. Wan is working on Research Project 2 under the supervision of Prof. David Mendez and Dr. Thuy Le. Dr. Wan received her B.Eng. degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China in 2015. She received her M.S. degree in 2017 and her Ph.D. degree in 2024 in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Chenlan’s research interests include modeling, game theory, social networks, machine learning, and healthcare. She’s also interested in animal behavior and human factors. Chenlan aims to understand and model how different types of groups or social networks are formed under strategic settings, by looking at the decision-making process of multiple rational agents. Most importantly, Chenlan’s models provide new insights into real-world scenarios such as LA gangs and bird migration. 
 
CAsToR is excited to announce the successful defense of three of our PH.D students.  Dr. Christopher Cadham, Dr. Jiale Tan, and Dr. Luis Zavala Arciniega!!!
Dr. Cadham has accepted a faculty position with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and will be starting this fall.
Dr. Tan has accepted a scientist position with Wells Fargo, which will begin this summer. 
Dr. Zavala Arciniega has accepted a Research Associate position with Yale University, working with Dr. Jamie Tam starting this summer.
Graduate students Rossana Torres Alvarez and Yoonseo Mok successfully completed their PhD qualifying exams, an important milestone in the doctoral program. These exams indicate the student's readiness to pursue independent research and signify their transition to doctoral candidacy. 

Congratulations, Rossana and Yoonseo!!!
June, 2025
What's new in the DAM core? A lot! 1) Data Briefs, collaboration between the Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco Products (CRST) and CAsToR; 2) Restricted use PATH Wave 7.5 Datasets, now available, and more...
Access the DAM Beaver Bulletin Here to Learn More

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY!
Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators
(R03 Clinical Trial Optional) 
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) aims to support new biomedical, behavioral, and social science investigators who are in the early stages of establishing independent careers in tobacco regulatory research. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects, including pilot and feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, small, self-contained research projects, development of research methodology, and development of new research technology. Applicants are encouraged to conduct projects that ultimately have the potential to inform regulations on tobacco product manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. Research projects must address one or more High-Priority Research Topic(s) related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) as mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), Public Law 111-31.
Application due dates: November 18, 2025 and July 14, 2026. Letter of intent due 60 days prior to the application due date.
Read more about the NOFO here
Michigan Public Health Launches 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 M.S. Degree from the University of Michigan Here
Please access the CAsToR Website for additional information on any of the items highlighted in our announcements.
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