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Rosanne Aulino, NP, CHMN, TTS
Columbia County Mental Health Center
Psychiatric Nurse and Tobacco Treatment Counselor
Topics of Expertise: Tobacco cessation in the mentally ill, integrating tobacco treatment in behavioral health, motivational interviewing, and smoking cessation and substance abuse disorders.
Maansi Bansal-Travers, PhD, MS
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior
Topics of Expertise: Tobacco/ENDS* product marketing, tobacco/ENDS regulation, tobacco/ENDS health warnings, and consumer perceptions of tobacco/ENDS products.
*ENDS = electronic nicotine delivery systems.
Patricia Bax, RN, MS, NCNTT
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Marketing and Outreach Coordinator,
New York State Quitline
Topics of Expertise: Tobacco control policy, state and private quitlines, health plan and patient referral programs, and tobacco cessation marketing and education.
Rachel Boykan, MD, FAAP
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Attending Physician
Topics of Expertise: Effects of smoking on youth and newborns, tobacco control policy, patient referral programs, such as Opt-to-Quit™, and ENDS-use/vaping among adolescents.
Paula Celestino, MPH
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Client Relations and Outreach Director,
New York State Quitline
Topics of Expertise: State and private quitlines, health communications, tobacco cessation marketing and education, health plan and patient referral programs, and tobacco control policy.
Daniel Croft, MD, MPH
University of Rochester Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Topics of Expertise: Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), new tobacco products, respiratory issues with smoking and air pollution, and occupational and environmental lung disease.
Kalpesh (Kal) Desai, B.Sc.Pharm, PharmD
Adjunct Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence, University at Buffalo (UB) School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacist Consultant, UB School of Dental Medicine
Topics of Expertise: Pharmacist interventions for smoking cessation, Training dental students on quit-strategies, Nicotine replacement therapy recommendations, and Gauging patient readiness to quit smoking.
Maciej Goniewicz, PhD, PharmD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior
Director of Shared Resource, NicoTAR
Topics of Expertise: Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), new tobacco products, effects of new tobacco regulations, and the interaction of alcohol and smoking.
Christine Harrington, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NEA-BC
NYS Office of Mental Health: Hutchings Psychiatric Center
Director of Operations
Outpatient and Residential Services
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Topics of Expertise: Pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation, cognitive behavioral therapy for smoking cessation, and policy creation for smoke-free facilities in NYS.
Andrew Hyland, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, Department of Health Behavior
Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences
Topics of Expertise: Evaluation of tobacco policies, cancer and tobacco surveillance, biostatistical support, and treating priority populations.
Elizabeth Kapral, DDS, MS
Erie County Medical Center, Department of Dentistry
Attending Dentist
SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Topics of Expertise: Motivating dental patients to become tobacco-free, oral lesions as a result of smoking, educating dental teams, and tobacco cessation medications.
Martin Mahoney, MD, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (retired)
Medical Director, Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic
Medical Director, New York State Quitline
Topics of Expertise: Pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation, early detection of lung cancer, and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
Richard O’Connor, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Cancer Pathology and Prevention
Topics of Expertise: Tobacco use patterns and addiction, flavored tobacco products and toxicity levels, tobacco products and consumer behavior, and effective communication about tobacco products.
Sarah Pearson-Collins, MS, CRC, NCNTT
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director of Training, Development, and Support, New York State Quitline
Topics of Expertise: Impact of flavored/menthol tobacco products, Overcoming nicotine addiction, Motivational interviewing, Tobacco Treatment Specialist training.
Amanda Quisenberry, PhD
Assistant Professor of Oncology, Department of Health Behavior
Topics of Expertise: Tobacco addiction and impulsivity, behavioral economics, tobacco regulatory science, and new tobacco products and experimental psychology.
Sara Siddiqui, MD, FAAP, DipABOM, IBCLC
Pediatrician, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at New York University (NYU) Langone Health Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Topics of Expertise: Smoking/vaping and effects on children, Tailored cessation for youth and young adults, Electronic nicotine delivery systems and flavors, and New tobacco products.
Christine Sheffer, PhD
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Oncology
Council of Tobacco Treatment Training Programs
Executive Director
Topics of Expertise: Tobacco Treatment Specialist training, health behavior change, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and methods for increasing prospective thinking.
Susan Y. Urban, MD, FACP
New York University School of Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Topics of Expertise: Medications for smoking cessation, electronic cigarettes and vaping, motivational intervewing, and education, outreach, primary care/clinical medicine.
