CAsToR Symposium 2023: “Modeling the impact of flavored cigars ban...” with Jihyoun Jeon, PhD, MS

Описание: CAsToR Symposium 2023: “Modeling the impact of flavored cigars ban: challenges and perspectives” with Jihyoun Jeon, PhD, MS (Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan)

Introduced by Jamie Tam, PhD (Assistant Professor, Yale School of Public Health)

From the CAsToR 2023 Virtual Symposium: “Computational Modeling in Tobacco Regulatory Science: Nicotine Reduction and Flavor Restrictions” (May 17 - 18, 2023) https://tcors.umich.edu/Symposium2023

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Final rulings are expected by Fall 2023. These bans aim to prevent youth initiation of smoking and to reduce tobacco-related disease and death, especially in a population that disproportionately uses flavored tobacco products. In this talk, Dr. Jeon will introduce simulation models of cigarette and cigar flavored and unflavored use, currently under development by CAsToR investigators, to evaluate the impact of flavor restrictions on future patterns of these tobacco products and downstream health outcomes.The talk will address some challenges in generating input parameters for these models, particularly due to the limited available data on cigar use historical patterns, and discuss the role of modeling in exploring the impact of regulations targeting cigars and other non-cigarette products.

ABOUT THIS PRESENTER

Dr. Jeon is interested in developing models based on biological and clinical mechanisms and statistical methods to evaluate the impact of risk factors on various cancers and improve cancer outcomes. These modeling efforts aim to address important practical public health and clinical questions, such as the efficacy of screening to reduce cancer incidence/mortality and assist public health policymakers in their decision process. Particularly, Dr. Jeon’s current research focuses on understanding the underlying mechanisms of the natural history of cancer and developing innovative methodologies and computational tools to accurately predict the risk of lung cancer and colorectal cancer by taking into account personal histories of environmental exposures and biological and genetic factors. Dr. Jeon has been a key investigator of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network Lung Working Group (CISNET LWG) since 2008, working on developing and managing CISNET’s Smoking History Generator (SHG) and its data sources. Dr. Jeon has also expanded her modeling expertise to tobacco regulatory science. Dr. Jeon is co-Lead of the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR) - Data Analysis and Dissemination Core funded by FDA-NIH TCORS 2.0 and has established the center infrastructure to process multiple cross-sectional and longitudinal datasets to support numerous center projects. Dr. Jeon has extensive experience with population data analysis, simulation modeling, and statistical analysis to explore various public health problems on tobacco and its related diseases.