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Center Team

Georg Matt

Co-Director, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Thomas E. Novotny

Co-Director, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Mary Baum

Investigator, SAY San Diego

Lydia Greiner

Investigator, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Amelia Allison

Research Assistant, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Kailey Quezada

Prevention Specialist, SAY San Diego

Savannah Yurcek

Prevention Specialist, SAY San Diego

Gunnar Wooldridge

Research Assistant, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Claudia Ciarmoli

Senior Program Director, SAY San Diego

Rachael Record

Investigator, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Sarah Lavallee

Center Coordinator, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Samuel Padilla

Research Specialist, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Emily Carrillo

Social Media Manager, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Grace Finnell-Gudwien

Content Producer, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

John Dale Noriega

Community Outreach Supervisor, SAY San Diego

Michael Vingiello

Research Specialist, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Carlos Donato

Program Manager, SAY San Diego

Nafisa Ferdous

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Kris Tran

Assistant Project Coordinator, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Miguel Mejia

Data Analyst, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Nicolas Lopez-Galvez

Investigator, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Paula Stigler Granados

Investigator, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Jacie Foster

Research Assistant, Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Danielle Butler

Administrative Support Coordinator, Policy Research Center for Tobacco and the Environment