Our Faculty— Shaping Policy Through Research and Evidence In fall 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health awarded Dr. Kurt Ribisl (professor, health behavior) a five-year, $20 million grant to study issues related to tobacco prevention communication and regulation of e-cigarettes. “The goal is to inform and shape how the FDA regulates tobacco products by doing high-impact research that ultimately will help reduce tobacco use,” Ribisl says. “Despite decades of work to reduce tobacco use in the U.S., it continues to be the leading cause of preventable death and disease.” Ribisl also is co-founder, with student Allison Myers, of CounterTools.org.
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