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Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center Lectures
Held the second Friday of each month
12-1 p.m.
450 Masonic Cancer Research Building (MCRB)
Lunch provided
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 10/03/08 | Canceled | |
| 11/14/08 | Separate and combined effects of tobacco and nicotine on bone fracture healing | Joan Bechtold, Ph.D. Director Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory Midwest Orthopaedic Research Foundation Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation University of Minnesota |
| 12/12/08 | Zebrafish nicotine genetics | Stephen C. Ekker, Ph.D. Professor and Consultant Editor-in-Chief, Zebrafish Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| 01/09/09 | Toxicants and carcinogens in smokeless tobacco: Beyond nicotine and nitrosamines | Irina Stepanov, Ph.D. Research Associate Masonic Cancer Center University of Minnesota |
| 02/13/09 | Enhancing 'Quit and Win' contests to improve cessation among college smokers | Janet L. Thomas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine University of Minnesota |
| 03/13/09 | Tobacco research to action: Advocacy and research in collaboration | Jeanne Weigum, M.S.W. President Association for Nonsmokers |
| 04/10/09 | Pituitary-adrenocortical response to stress and endogenous opioids in dependent smokers | Mustafa al'Absi, Ph.D. Max & Mary LaDue Pickworth Professor Behavioral Medicine Director Duluth Medical Research Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth |
| 05/08/09 | Advances in the pharmacologic treatment of smokeless tobacco use | Jon Ebbert, M.D., M.Sc. Associate Professor Department of Medicine Mayo Medical School Nicotine Dependence Center Primary Care Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic |
| 06/05/09 | Is it possible to make a cigarette that causes less harm than currently available cigarettes? | Robert Vassallo, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapeutics Program Mayo Clinic |
| 06/12/09 | The movement towards tobacco free/smoke-free college campuses | David Golden Director of Public Health and Communications Boynton Health Service and Maria Rudie, M.P.H. Associate Program Director Boynton Health Service |
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