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SUMMARY:Capacity Building for Tobacco Research and Control in Eastern Euro
 pe - Kristie Foley\, PhD\, Professor and Director\, Medical Humanities and
  Public Health\, Davidson College\, USA
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kristie Foley has spent the past eight years building the 
 capacity for tobacco research and control in Eastern Europe (R01TW007927-0
 1\, 2007-2012 and 1R01TW009280-01\, 2012-2017).  The purpose of the initia
 tive is to build a network of well-trained LMIC scientists who conduct rig
 orous research on tobacco use\, morbidity\, and mortality with a high prob
 ability of translating research findings into practice and policy. Central
  and Eastern Europe has the highest cancer mortality rate of any region in
  the world\, which is at least partially explained by high smoking rates. 
 For example\, between 33-36% of Hungarian adults smoked in 2007 when we la
 unched our initiative.  As a result\, Hungary has held the unenviable posi
 tion as a world leader in lung cancer mortality.  \nThe two consecutive R0
 1 grants have sponsored sixteen research projects teams in Hungary and Rom
 ania. This talk will describe our capacity building approach\, which inclu
 des formal training in research methodology and highly tailored mentoring 
 to support rigorous tobacco research in primary prevention of tobacco use\
 , cessation\, and the reduction of secondhand smoke.  Scientific\, practic
 al\, and policy impacts of the initiative will be discussed.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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