Health Research and Policy Centers (M/C 275) 850 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60607-3025 Tel: 312.996.1388 Fax: 312.996.2703 Email: impcteen@uic.edu Web: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/impacteen ImpacTeen will identify and track alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug policies and programs at the community-level using a nationally representative sample of about 1,000 communities. Directing this component of the project are: Dianne Barker, MHS Frank Chaloupka, PhD Pamela Clark, PhD John Gardiner PhD Michael Grossman PhD Paul Mowery, PhD Jaana Myllyluoma, PhD Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD Erin Ruel, MA Henry Saffer, PhD Anna Sandoval, MPH Sandy Slater, MS Melanie Wakefield, PhD Elizabeth Wewers, JD, MA Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation Click on the names above, to learn about the researchers. To return to the top of this page, click on the "Community ATOD Research" button on the left side of your browser. Dianne C. Barker, MHS Dianne C. Barker, MHS, runs Barker Bi-Coastal Health Consultants (BBHC), a consulting firm in Los Angeles offering health policy services to national and local philanthropies, professional associations, and community organizations. Prior to establishing BBHC in 1995, Ms. Barker spent seven years in philanthropy, overseeing health services research, program evaluations and public health grantmaking, including a Trends Monitoring Initiative that led to the publication of four chart books and a community indicator manual. She received her master's degree in health science from the Department of Population Dynamics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1987, and directed a multi-site provider intervention study for the Veterans' Administration before joining The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in 1989. She continues to be involved in several RWJF initiatives, including ImpacTeen, Smoke-Free Families, and Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care. She also co-directs three Medicaid managed care surveys. Barker Bi-Coastal Health Consultants 3556 Elm Drive Calabasas, CA 91302 Tel: 818.876.0689 Fax: 818.876.0687 Email: dcbarker@earthlink.net Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD Dr. Chaloupka is a professor of economics in the department of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Business Administration. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research Health Economics Program. He received his doctorate in economics from the City University of New York Graduate School in 1988. Dr. Chaloupka's research focuses on the economic analysis of substance use and abuse, primarily among youth and young adults. He has conducted extensive research on the effects of prices and substance control policies on the demands for tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs, and on related outcomes. Dr. Chaloupka has published over 25 articles in such journals as the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, Journal of Health Economics, Economic Inquiry, Eastern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Journal, and Contemporary Economic Policy; and numerous book chapters and working papers. Tel: 312.413.2287 Email: fjc@uic.edu Web: http://www.uic.edu/~fjc Pamela Clark, PhD Dr. Clark is a senior health research scientist at Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation. She earned her doctorate in epidemiology at the University of South Florida. Prior to joining Battelle, she became an associate professor while teaching at medical schools in Florida and Ohio. Dr. Clark is a leading expert in community approaches to the prevention of youth risk behaviors, particularly in tobacco initiation, maintenance, and cessation by youth. She is now doing formative research on the role of social sources, such as friends, parents, other relatives, and strangers in the provision of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs to children, and is investigating the tobacco retail environment from supply-side and demand-side perspectives. Dr. Clark is the co-author of two medical textbooks, has contributed chapters to three others, and has published more than 80 papers in medical and public health literature. Battelle 6115 Falls Road, Floor 2 Baltimore, MD 21209 Tel: 410.377.5660 Fax: 410.377.6802 Email: clarkp@battelle.org John Gardiner, PhD Gardiner is a professor of political science and director of the UIC Office of Social Science Research. His research focuses on public policy implementation and government regulatory programs. He studies state and local agencies as they translate legislative mandates into specific regulations and enforcement systems, and is currently analyzing government efforts to reduce tobacco use, especially by teenagers. His research has been funded by CDC, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, the Joyce Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice, and has been published by Harvard University Press, Indiana University Press, and Praeger Publishers. University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Social Science Research (M/C 307) B-111 Behavioral Sciences Building 1007 West Harrison Street Chicago, IL 60607-7136 Tel: 312.996.8778 Fax: 312.996.9484 Email: gracelan@uic.edu Web: http://www.uic.edu/depts/ossr/tobacco.htm Michael Grossman, PhD Dr. Grossman received his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1970. He is a distinguished professor of economics at The City University of New York Graduate School, where he has taught since 1972. He served as executive officer (chairperson) of the CUNY doctoral program in economics from 1983 to 1995. Dr. Grossman is also a research associate and program director of health economics research at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he has had an affiliation since 1970. He is the author of a monograph, thirty-nine journal articles, and twenty-two book chapters. His research focuses on: economic models of the determinants of adult, child, and infant health in the U.S.; economic approaches to cigarette smoking and alcohol use by teenagers and young adults; empirical applications of rational addiction theories; the demand for pediatric care; the production and cost of ambulatory medical care in community health centers; and the determinants of interest rates on tax-exempt hospital bonds. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Health Economics and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. National Bureau of Economic Research 365 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor New York, NY 10016-4309 Tel: 212.817.7959 Fax: 212.817.1597 Email: mgrossman@gc.cuny.edu Paul Mowery, MA Research Triangle Institute 2951 Flowers Road South Suite 119 Atlanta, GA 30341 Tel: 770.234.5010 Fax: 770.234.5030 Email: pdm@rti.org Jaana Myllyluoma, PhD Dr. Myllyluoma is the director of the Baltimore Site Operations for Battelle CPHRE and directs the community data collection efforts for the ImpacTeen project. She earned a master of arts degree in demography from Georgetown University in 1980 and her doctorate in population dynamics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988. In addition to directing large scale survey operations projects, Dr. Myllyluoma has conducted extensive research on minors' access to tobacco, including compliance checks on the sale of tobacco to underage youth. Her expertise includes the design and implementation of community-level data collection from key informants and by observation. She is currently advising the FDA tobacco program on the use of commercial lists of businesses to identify tobacco retailers. Battelle 6115 Falls Road, Floor 2 Baltimore, MD 21209 Tel: 410.377.5660 Fax: 410.377.6802 Email: mylly@battelle.org Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD Rosalie Liccardo Pacula is an associate economist in the Health and Criminal Justice Programs at RAND and faculty research fellow in the Health Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Pacula's research has focused on evaluating the effectiveness of public policies on youth substance use and abuse and their social costs, including: analyses of the impact of youth access laws and enforcement on youth smoking; gender and racial differences in responsiveness to tobacco policies; the impact of magazine tobacco advertising on youth smoking; the impact of higher cigarette and alcohol prices on demand for marijuana, cocaine and heroin; and the effects of prices and public policies on demand for marijuana. She is principal investigator on a grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to investigate social costs associated with marijuana use. RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 Tel: 310.393.0411, ext. 6494 Fax: 310.451.6930 Email: Rosalie_Pacula@rand.org Erin Ruel, MA Ms. Ruel is responsible for data management and analysis for the community databases. She is currently working on her PhD in sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research interests include quantitative methods, inequality, and race and gender differences in youth ATOD and delinquency. Tel: 312.413.8468 Email: eruel1@uic.edu Henry Saffer, PhD Dr. Saffer is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York and professor of economics at Kean University in New Jersey. He received his doctorate in economics from the City University of New York in 1977. His research focuses on international and US studies of the effects of advertising on alcohol and cigarette demand. Dr. Saffer is currently studying criminal justice expenditures, public health spending, price and demographics on the demand for illicit drugs. In addition, he has conducted research on the price responsiveness of illicit drugs and the effectiveness of clean indoor air laws. He has published numerous papers on public policy and substance abuse, including the effects of alcohol advertising and advertising bans, alcohol pricing and taxation, the minimum legal drinking age and drunk driving. He has been principle investigator on several grants from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute of Cancer, National Institute on Drug Abuse, J.M. Foundation, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. National Bureau of Economic Research 365 Fifth Avenue 5th Floor New York, NY 10016-4309 Tel: 212.817.7956 Fax: 212.817.1597 Email: hsaffer@gc.cuny.edu Anna S. Sandoval, MPH Anna Sandoval is the research coordinator for ImpacTeen. She received her master of public health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1999. Her research interests include qualitative methodology, violence prevention, health education and promotion, and youth health issues. Tel: 312.355.2388 Email: asando1@uic.edu Sandy J. Slater, MS Sandy Slater is the deputy director for the ImpacTeen study. She received her master of science degree from DePaul University in 1995 and is currently pursuing her doctorate in public policy analysis at UIC. She has extensive experience in policy and program development related to alcohol and tobacco control laws; survey design and analysis; and legislative process. Prior to joining ImpacTeen, Ms. Slater served as Illinois' principal liaison to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She was responsible for creating a repository of local, state and federal tobacco laws and regulations; developing and coordinating a statewide campaign to reduce underage tobacco sales which included a six-site demonstration project; and co-authoring an instructional manual to help local officials develop community-level tobacco control programs. Tel: 312.413.0475 Email: sslater@uic.edu Web: http://www.uic.edu/~sslater Melanie Wakefield, PhD Dr. Wakefield is a visiting research scientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Research and Policy Centers. She is a behavioral scientist specializing in tobacco control research. Dr. Wakefield obtained a master of arts degree in applied psychology in 1988 and a PhD in community medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1995. She is author of over 50 peer reviewed journal publications and a senior editor of the journal Tobacco Control. Her research interests include implementation and evaluation of mass media campaigns, controlled trials of the effect of smoking cessation intervention with population subgroups (including pregnant women, parents of young children, and patients with diabetes or cancer), behavioral research on strategies to limit exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, evaluation of methods to limit the illegal sale of cigarettes to children, and research to determine the smoking cessation needs of population subgroups of smokers. Tel: 312.413.0298 Email: melaniew@uic.edu Web: http://www.uic.edu/~melaniew Elizabeth Wewers, JD, MA Ms. Wewers is a Visiting Research Specialist. She received both a master of arts degree in public policy and a J.D. from the Ohio State University in 2000. Her research interests include legal and public policy approaches to youth alcohol, tobacco, and drug control. Tel: 312.413.8906 Email: eawewers@uic.edu Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation American for Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation 2530 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94805 http://www.no-smoke.org Julia Carol, Executive Director Tel: 510.841.3032 Fax: 510.841.7702 Email: anr@no-smoke.org Elva Yanez, Associate Director Tel: 510.841.3032 Fax: 510.841.3071 Email: anr@no-smoke.org