This graduate course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of tobacco and tobacco-related issues from a public health perspective. The course focuses on patterns, determinants and health effects of tobacco use, the causes, impacts and interventions regarding nicotine addiction, and the prevention of tobacco use. Topics will include epidemiology, nicotine addiction, genetic factors, health effects, treatment issues, prevention, and program and policy issues. Students will be exposed to experts in the field who bring real world experience in tobacco control in addition to academic expertise. This course is targeted to community health and health studies students in both professional and research degree programs, as well as students in the Collaborative Program in Addiction Studies. Qualified students from all disciplines are encouraged to register. Webcast technology allows students from universities across Canada to take this course.
Instructors
Dr. Michael Chaiton
University of Toronto(416) 535-8501 ext 4428
michael.chaiton@utoronto.ca
Michael Chaiton is a Project Lead at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He has a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. He has been active in tobacco control since 2000 when he started working for Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada and the International Non Governmental Coalition Against Tobacco. His main areas of research include unraveling the relationship between depression and smoking in adolescents and understanding the impact of widespread retail availability of tobacco.
Dr. Roberta Ferrence
Ontario Tobacco Research Unit(416) 535-8501 ext 4482
roberta.ferrence@utoronto.ca
Roberta Ferrence is Deputy Director (formerly Executive Director) of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit and Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She has a Master’s degree in Medical Sociology and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include the epidemiology of tobacco use, tobacco policy, health effects of tobacco use, environmental exposures and economic factors in smoking behaviour. Currently, she is involved in qualitative and quantitative research on waterpipe use.
Faculty Contacts
Dr. Sean Barrett
Dalhousie UniversitySean.barrett@dal.ca
Dr. Barrett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Dalhousie University. His research interests include prescription drug misuse, polysubstance use, tobacco and nicotine, alcohol and gambling.
Dr. Peter Brink
Lakehead Universitypeter.brink@lakeheadu.ca
Dr. Peter Brink is an Assistant Professor at Lakehead University, and Graduate Coordinator of the Master of Public Health Program in the Department of Health Sciences.
Dr. Alison Holloway
McMaster Universityhollow@mcmaster.ca
Dr. Holloway is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. Dr. Holloway's current research studies how exposure to various chemicals during pregnancy can cause damage to the fetus while it is still in the womb. She is also interested in the long-term health consequences of these chemical exposures for the exposed children.
Dr. Harry Prapavessis
University of Western Ontariohprapave@uwo.ca
Harry Prapavessis is Professor and Faculty Scholar in the School of Kinesiology/Department of Oncology at the University of Western Ontario. He is also exercise of the Exercise and Health Psychology Laboratory. His research focuses on determinants of physical activity, exercise as a therapy to improve health and the role of psychological factors in the prediction, prevention and recovery of injury.
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