Innovations in Tobacco Control Lecture Series: Kamran Siddiqi
Department & Center Events | Guest Lecturer
About the Event
Hosted by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC), the monthly Innovations in Tobacco Control lecture series welcomes key researchers and experts to share ideas, present their work, and spark discussion.
Presented via Zoom webinar, this virtual event welcomes Kamran Siddiqi, PhD, for a lecture entitled, “Policies Related to Smokeless Tobacco in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”
The lecture will be followed by a brief moderated Q&A and a recording of the event will subsequently be posted to IGTC’s YouTube channel.
Registration
Upon approval of registration, attendees will receive a personalized Zoom link to access the webinar.
Speaker
Kamran Siddiqi, PhD
Professor in Global Public Health,
Department of Health Sciences
University of York, UK
Associate Dean (Int.)
Hull York Medical School, York, UK
Kamran Siddiqi, PhD, is a clinical academic with a background in chest medicine, public health, and epidemiology. He works at the University of York, UK, as a professor in global public health and is the associate dean (international) at Hull York Medical School, UK. He also holds an honorary consultant post in public health medicine at Public Health England. He is the director of an NIHR-funded Global Health Research Centre on preventing non-communicable diseases called IMPACT. He has served on several national funding boards and national and international guideline development committees. Kamran has published extensively on TB, tobacco control, and tobacco cessation.
