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FRIDAY 28 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 2016<br />
PLENARY SESSIONS<br />
09.00 – 10.00 3 ARENA<br />
PLENARY SESSION II <strong>TO</strong>BACCO CONTROL<br />
Chair(s): Matthew Myers (United States of America), Senator Pierre Flambeau Ngayap (Cameroon), Jesus Felipe Gonzalez Roldan (Mexico)<br />
Jeff Collin<br />
Kellen Namusisi<br />
E-cigarettes and the future of the tobacco industry: Competition or capture, obsolescence or renewal?<br />
Speaker: Jeff Collin (United Kingdom) is Professor of Global Health Policy, University of Edinburgh.<br />
Jeff Collin is Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh. A political scientist by background, his research interests focus on health policy and<br />
global health governance, with a particular emphasis on the role of the commercial sector. He has a particular interest in unhealthy commodity industries, with extensive<br />
research experience in examining how tobacco companies have sought to shape public policy, with a growing programme of work also examining the alcohol and<br />
ultra-processed food industries. He has been a member of WHO expert groups on tobacco industry influence on policy, is a member of Cancer Research UK’s Tobacco<br />
Advisory Group and new International Tobacco Advisory Group, and is a co-investigator in the UK Centre on Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.<br />
Current picture and tobacco control efforts in Africa<br />
Speaker: Kellen Namusisi (Uganda) is Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for the Center for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA).<br />
Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi is a public health professional working with the Center for Tobacco Control in Africa (CTCA), supporting African governments to enact<br />
and implement tobacco control policy and laws. Previously Kellen worked as a Country Programme Advisor for Uganda supported by Interact Worldwide.<br />
Kellen holds a Masters of Science in Population and Reproductive Health from Makerere University and a two-year Fellowship in HIV/AIDS management<br />
by Makerere University and Center for Diseases Control (CDC).<br />
The political successes and shortfalls that “100% smoke-free” campaigns are facing in Latin America<br />
Speaker: Tania Cavalcanti (Brazil) - To be confirmed<br />
AWARD PRESENTATION THE UNION SCIENTIFIC PRIZE<br />
The Union Scientific Prize acknowledges researchers at any stage of their career for work on tuberculosis<br />
or lung health in the past five years.<br />
FRIDAY 28 OCT<br />
26-29 OC<strong>TO</strong>BER 2016 - LIVERPOOL - UNITED KINGDOM<br />
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