Roles
Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences
Thoracic SDG
Member of the Florida Tobacco Advisory Committee
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Biography
Taghrid Asfar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, and a Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center member. Dr. Asfar has extensive experience in tobacco control research nationally and internationally, including epidemiological studies of tobacco use, randomized clinical trials of behavioral smoking cessation interventions, and tobacco policies and regulations. She has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific reports in prestigious journals (e.g., Cochrane Review, Tobacco Control, and Addiction). Her research focus has been on two main areas, improving smoking cessation treatment among socially disadvantaged and high-risk populations (i.e., ethnic minorities, HIV patients, and cancer survivors) and preventing emerging tobacco products (e.g., electronic cigarettes, hookah) use among youth and young adults by advancing health communication strategies, such as health warning labels -
Education & Training
Education
Post Graduate Training
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Honors & Awards
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Teaching Interests
Applied Epidemiology
Clinical Trial
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Research Interests
Tobacco Control Smoking cessation
Tobacco regulations
Health Disparity
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Publications
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Professional Activities
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