Center Affiliates: National Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers and Partners
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Cancer Institute are proud to fund the NIH Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers initiative.
The PENN Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) is one of seven academic research centers across the United States dedicated to studying new ways to combat tobacco use and nicotine addiction. Each TTURC is conducting collaborative research on a different tobacco related research theme, including studies in culture, genetics, innovative treatments, and tobacco policy. By using this transdisciplinary method to combine knowledge, TTURC research will broaden perspectives and close gaps in knowledge and understanding of tobacco dependence.
The seven centers are:
- The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Principal Investigator: Caryn Lerman, Ph.D.
Project Title: Translating Basic Science to Improve Tobacco Dependence Treatment. - University of Wisconsin
Principal Investigator:Timothy B. Baker, Ph.D.
Project Title: Tobacco Dependence: Treatment and Outcomes - Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation
Principal Investigator:K. Michael Cummings, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Project Title: Building the Evidence Base for Tobacco Control Policies - University of Minnesota
Principal Investigator: Dorothy K. Hatsukami, Ph.D.
Project Title: Tobacco Exposure Reduction - University of Southern California
Principal Investigator: C. Anderson Johnson, Ph.D.
Project Title: Genes, Environment & Tobacco Use Across Cultures - Brown University: Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at the Miriam Hospital
Principal Investigator: Raymond Niaura, Ph.D.
Project Title: Nicotine Dependence: Phenotype, Endophenotype & Contexts - Yale University
Principal Investigator: Stephanie S. O'Malley, Ph.D.
Project Title: Tobacco Dependence & Risk Factors for Treatment Failure
Additional Information:
For more detailed information about each TTURC, visit http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/tturc/
Penn Affiliates
Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics: http://www.cceb.upenn.edu/main/
Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research: http://ceccr.asc.upenn.edu/
Center of Neurobiology and Behavior (CNB): http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cnb/
Center for Population Health & Health Disparity: http://www.cceb.upenn.edu/cphhd/
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Policy & Economics (LDI): http://www.upenn.edu/ldi/
Treatment Research Center: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/trc/treatment_research
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: http://www.med.upenn.edu/rwjcsp/
Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program:http://www.upenn.edu/rwjhssp