WHO FCTC Secretariat’s Knowledge Hub on TOBACCO SURVEILLANCE

WEBINAR SERIES 2018

SUPPORTING LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TOBACCO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS IN LINE WITH THE ARTICLE 20

Nov 23, UTC 12:00 PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON TOBACCO USE AND TOBACCO Ddddddddddddddddddd CONTROL d Prof. Linda Bauld, University of Stirling, The Tobacco Control Capacity Programme xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxMs. Mona Johnson, SRNT University xx SPEAKERS

Prof. Linda Bauld, Ph.D. University of Stirling, The Tobacco Control Capacity Programme

Linda Bauld holds the Bruce and John Usher Chair in in the Usher Institute, College of Medicine at the University of . Linda is a behavioural scientist with a PhD in social policy whose research focuses on two main areas: the evaluation of complex interventions to improve health, and how research can inform public health policy.

Since 2014, she has combined her academic role with a secondment to Cancer Research UK where she holds the CRUK/BUPA Chair in Behavioural Research for Cancer Prevention. Linda is a former scientific adviser to the UK government on tobacco control, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and currently chairs or is a member of research funding or policy committees for CRUK, NIHR, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Public Health England, Health , Institute for Alcohol Studies, BreastCancer Now, the Scottish Government and Health Canada.

Ms. Mona Johnson, MBA SRNT University

Mona Johnson is a Certified Association Executive with 27 years of experience managing international professional societies and trade associations in areas ranging from telecommunications to public health. She creates structures, policies and processes for new or evolving organizations, and works to put people, technology and information in place to achieve strategic goals.

Mona currently leads a start-up online education and knowledge management program for the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco. This involves managing the more than 140 volunteers from 20 countries who are contributing to this project.

WHO FCTC SECRETARIAT’S KNOWLEDGE HUB ON SURVEILLANCE http://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/surveillance/