About Us

CRST created a network of sentinel sites that consist of community experts to complement the core functions and data collection efforts of CRST. Collectively, the sentinel site network includes urban and rural areas, and populations and localities of relevance for particular tobacco product classes or risk factors, and populations with tobacco-related health disparities. This site map includes the current sentinel site network which may change over the course of the project depending on changing tobacco use trends.

A map of the continental United States showing the 6 sentinel sites and states for the Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco

This map of the continental United States shows the 6 sentinel sites and states for the Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco: Burlington, VT; New Brunswick, NJ; Lexington, KY; Greenville, NC; Columbus, OH; and Stanford, CA. It also shows subaward and consultant locations in Buffalo, NY; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Rockville, MD; Charleston, SC; Atlanta, GA; Milwaukee, WI; Dallas, TX; Salt Lake City, UT; and Reno, NV. The map highlights all states (excluding Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa) that participate in the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD) survey. Nielson market areas include parts of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Lead Investigators

CRST Lead Investigators View V2

Cristine Delnevo, PhD, MPH

Principal Investigator of CRST, Lead, Market Scanner Data

Michelle Bover-Manderski, PhD, MPH

Lead, Rutgers Omnibus Survey

Ollie Ganz, DrPH, MSPH

Lead, Tobacco Industry Marketing

Mary Hrywna, PhD, MPH

Lead, Tobacco Point of Sale Monitoring

Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH

Co-Lead, Tobacco Treatment Provider Survey

Melissa Mercincavage, PhD

Co-Lead, Tobacco Treatment Provider Survey

Andrea Villanti, PhD, MPH

Lead, Youth/Young Adult Cohort Survey

Jon Patrick Allem, PhD

Lead, Social Media Monitoring

Jessica Jensen, PhD, CHES

Lead, Youth Tobacco Confiscated Product Survey

Daniel Gundersen, PhD

Lead, Secondary Data Analysis of National Surveys

Kathryn Edwards, PhD

Lead, CRST Information & Dissemination Knowledge Base

Sentinel Sites and other Co-Investigators

CRST Sentinel Sites Co-Inv View V2

Darren Mays, PhD, MPH

Ohio Sentinel Site Lead and Co-Investigator

Ohio State University

Joseph Lee, PhD, MPH

North Carolina Sentinel Site Lead and Co-Investigator

East Carolina University

Shyanika Rose, PhD

Kentucky Sentinel Site Lead and Co-Investigator

University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Lisa Henriksen, PhD

California Sentinel Site Lead and Co-Investigator

Stanford University

Daniel Giovenco, PhD, MPH

Co-Investigator

Columbia University

Ce Shang, PhD

Co-Investigator

Ohio State University

Maansi Bansal-Travers, PhD, MS

Co-Investigator

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Andrew Hyland, PhD

Co-Investigator

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Richard O’Connor, PhD

Co-Investigator

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Maciej Goniewicz, PhD, Pharm D

Co-Investigator

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Geoffrey Fong, PhD

Co-Investigator

University of Waterloo

David Hammond, PhD

Co-Investigator

University of Waterloo

Kevin Schroth, J.D.

Co-Investigator

Rutgers Institute for Nicotine & Tobacco Studies

Shannon Gravely, PhD

Co-Investigator

University of Waterloo

Rutgers Research Staff

CRST Rutgers Research Staff View V2

Patrick Barnwell, MS, MA

CRST Project Manager

Christopher Ackerman, MPH

Research Staff

Melanie LaVake, BS

Research Staff

Kristopher Roberts, MPH

Research Staff

Eugene Talbot, MPH

Research Staff

Caitlin Uriarte, BS

Research Staff

William Young, PhD

Research Staff

An Mei Chen, MS

Research Staff

Meagan Robichaud, MPH

Research Staff

Federal Partners

CRST Federal Partners View V2

Kay Wanke, PhD, MPH

Tobacco Regulatory Science Program Representative

Tobacco Regulatory Science Program, Office of Disease Prevention, NIH

Rachel Grana Mayne PhD, MPH

National Cancer Institute Representative

Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH

Maria Roditis, PhD, MPH

National Cancer Institute Program Official for CRST

Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH

Ami Bahde, MPH

FDA Research Representative

Center for Tobacco Products, Office of Science, FDA

Eunice Park-Lee, PhD

FDA Research Representative

Center for Tobacco Products, Office of Science, FDA

Anuja Majmundar, PhD, MBA

FDA Research Representative

Center for Tobacco Products, Office of Science, FDA

Steering Committee

CRST Steering Committee View V2

Pam Ling, MD, MPH

Chair, Steering Committee

University of California, San Francisco

Meg Riordan, MPH

External Advisor

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Barbara Schillo, PhD

External Advisor

Truth Initiative

Monica Cornelius, PhD

CDC Representative

Cassandra Stanton, PhD

CASEL Representative

Cristine Delnevo, PhD, MPH

CRST PI

Rachel Grana Mayne, PhD, MPH

NCI Representative

Kay Wanke, PhD, MPH

TRSP Representative

Ami Bahde, MPH

FDA Research Representative

Eunice Park-Lee, PhD

FDA Surveillance Representative

Anuja Majmundar, PhD, MBA

FDA Surveillance Representative

Lead Investigators

Sentinel Sites and other Co-Investigators

Rutgers Research Staff

Federal Partners

Steering Committee

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