Symposium to Evaluate and Counter Harmful Industry Impacts on Health

January 9, 2024

You are invited to participate in person at UC San Francisco (UCSF) on Tuesday, January 9th from 12:30 - 5:15 pm. A networking reception with light refreshments and drinks will follow.

Hear from experts across the fields of tobacco, food, alcohol, chemicals and pharmaceuticals research as they discuss cross industry influence on science and the regulatory process using case studies from the UCSF Industry Documents Library (IDL).

The symposium will close with a transdisciplinary panel discussion highlighting opportunities for collaboration and turning research into action to counter industry strategies and improve health and health equity.

Please register by January 1, 2024.

Date & Time

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Symposium 12:30 - 5:15 pm

Networking Reception 5:15 - 7:30 pm

Location

UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, Fisher Banquet Room West

1675 Owens Suite 251, San Francisco, CA 94158

Hosted and sponsored by the following programs and centers at UCSF:

• Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE)
• Environmental Research and Translation for Health (EaRTH) Center
• Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS)
• Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE)
• Center for Community Engagement (CCE)
• Office of Community & Government Relations (CGR)
• Parnassus Kalmanovitz Library
• The Division of Occupational, Environmental & Climate Medicine (OECM)

A special acknowledgment to our Symposium Planning Committee:

• Cristin Kearns, DDS (School of Dentistry)
• Laura Schmidt, PhD (IHPS)
• Nicholas Chartres, PhD (University of Sydney, PRHE)
• Pamela Ling, MD (CTCRE)
• Tracey Woodruff, PhD (PRHE, EaRTH Center)
• Kristin Shiplet, MSW (PRHE), Meeting Facilitator

Event coordination by: Allison Rozema (PRHE) and Ariel Eastburn McCormick, MA (PRHE)