Tobacco Control Research Program

About Us

Faculty

Gregory N. Connolly, DMD, MPH
Professor of the Practice of Public Health
Director Tobacco Control Research Program,
Division of Public Health Practice

Greg Connolly is an instructor in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health and a member of the Division of Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is also a Dr. William Cahan Distinguished Professor, a title awarded to Harvard School of Public Health by the Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute (FAMRI). His research focuses on the prevention and control of tobacco and tobacco related disease. He conducts research on tobacco product design, reduced risk tobacco products, global tobacco issues, efficacy of tobacco control interventions, and the structure and marketing practices of the tobacco industry. Dr. Connolly is the principle investigator for three research projects.

Research Staff

Vaughan Rees, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
vrees@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Secondhand Smoke Emissions of Reduced Exposure Products
  • Laboratory Assessment of Tobacco Use Behavior and Exposure to Toxins Among Users of New Tobacco Products
  • Subjective and Behavioral Responses to PREP Design and Marketing
  • MassCONECT 4 Kids: Promoting Smoke-Free Homes

Hillel Alpert, ScM
Research Associate
halpert@hsph.harvard.edu 

  • Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Pediatric Illness in the US
  • Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm

Ilan Behm, MPH
Research Assistant
ibehm@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Pediatric Illness in the US
Jennifer Kreslake, MPH

Research Analyst
jkreslak@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Laboratory Assessment of Tobacco Use Behavior and Exposure to Toxins Among Users of New Tobacco Products
  • Subjective and Behavioral Responses to PREP Design and Marketing

Rachel Millstein, MHS
Research Assistant
rmillste@hsph.harvard.edu 

  • Secondhand Smoke Emissions of Reduced Exposure Products
  • Laboratory Assessment of Tobacco Use Behavior and Exposure to Toxins Among Users of New Tobacco Products
  • Subjective and Behavioral Responses to PREP Design and Marketing

Pratima Patil, MA
Research Assistant
ppatil@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Laboratory Assessment of Tobacco Use Behavior and Exposure to Toxins Among Users of New Tobacco Products
Melanie Pickett, MPH

Research Assistant
mpickett@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Smoke-free air laws, exposure, and health in adolescents

Andrew Seidenberg, MPH
Research Assistant
aseidenb@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Secondhand Smoke Emissions of Reduced Exposure Products
  • Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
  • Subjective and Behavioral Responses to PREP Design and Marketing
  • Secondhand Smoke Measurement in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Geoffrey Ferris Wayne, MA
Research Analyst       
gwayne@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Subjective and Behavioral Responses to PREP Design and Marketing

Administrative Staff

Robin Flaig, SM
Assistant Director of Administration
rblum@hsph.harvard.edu

Lauren Lappen, MBA
Grants Manager
llapen@hsph.harvard.edu

Carole Smith
Assistant to Dr. Connolly
carolesm@hsph.harvard.edu

Research Fellows

Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf, BDS, MSc, MPH, PhD
National Cancer Institute
South Africa, IADR 2008/2009
layoyusu@hsph.harvard.edu

  • Trajectories of adolescent tobacco use in Limpopo Province, South Africa
  • Smokeless tobacco use and smoking cessation in South Africa
  • Applying toxicological assessment principles to constituents of smokeless tobacco products

Zubair Kabir, MD, PhD
Flight Attendants Medical Research Institute
Ireland, NCI Fellow 2007/2008