TReND: About TReND
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FDA Center for Tobacco Products
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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to learn more about research, programs, policies, and resources relevant to tobacco and health disparities.
Mission and Goals
The NCI has partnered with the American Legacy Foundation to develop and implement the Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND). The mission of the Network is to understand and address tobacco-related health disparities by advancing the science, translating that scientific knowledge into practice, and informing public policy. TReND is designed to stimulate new studies, challenge existing paradigms, and address significant gaps in research on understudied and underserved populations. This is the only national research network on tobacco and health disparities that offers a unique forum for stimulating scientific inquiry, promoting scientific collaborations, and evaluating the scientific evidence of research. TReND includes diverse disciplines of researchers who seek to achieve the following goals:
- encourage collaborations among multiple research disciplines;
- serve as a forum for generating new ideas and research projects focusing on tobacco-related health disparities;
- establish a translation mechanism for communicating and interacting with other networks and community advocacy groups;
- promote the involvement and training of junior investigators and the participation of senior researchers in health disparities research; and
- provide scientific information and serve as a resource on tobacco and health disparities issues.
TReND Brochure (PDF)
TReND Members
Linda A. Alexander, EdD
University of Kentucky
Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH
University of Southern California
Laura A. Beebe, PhD, MPH
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Francisco O. Buchting, PhD
ETR Associates
Josephine Crisostomo, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Catherine Cubbin, PhD
University of Texas at Austin
Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH
National Cancer Instiute
Anita F. Fernander, PhD
University of Kentucky
Brian P. Flaherty, PhD
University of Washington
Jean L. Forster, PhD, MPH
University of Minnesota
George Hammons, PhD
Philander Smith College
Mark D. Hayward, PhD
University of Texas at Austin
Deirdre Lawrence, PhD, MPH
National Cancer Institute
Deborah L. McLellan, MHS, MA
Brandeis University
Eric T. Moolchan,MD
Alkermes
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Allison Rose, MHS
SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Vickie L. Shavers, PhD
National Cancer Institute
John A. Tauras, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH
Claremont Graduate University
Donna Vallone, PhD, MPH
American Legacy Foundation
K. Vish Viswanath, PhD
Harvard School of Public Health
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Steering Committee
Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH (Co-Chair)
National Cancer Institute
Donna Vallone, PhD, MPH (Co-Chair)
American Legacy Foundation
K. Vish Viswanath, PhD
Harvard School of Public Health
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Mark D. Hayward, PhD
University of Texas at Austin
Deirdre Lawrence, PhD, MPH
National Cancer Institute
Contact Us
For questions and comments regarding TReND, please contact:
Pebbles Fagan, PhD, MPH
Health Scientist
Tobacco Control Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
faganp@mail.nih.gov
To request copies of TReND’s special journal issues, reports, or other materials, please contact:
Allison Rose, MHS
Clinical Project Manager I
Clinical Monitoring Research Program
Support to Tobacco Control Research Branch, BRP/DCCPS/NCI
SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
National Cancer Institute at Frederick
rosea@mail.nih.gov
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and American Legacy Foundation are proud to fund the Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND). Previous support has also been provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office on Women’s Health, NCI Office of Women’s Health, and the NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities.
