The TCEC team extends its warmest wishes to Diana Cassady, DrPH, as she begins her retirement. Dr. Cassady has been the Principal Investigator of TCEC since 2007, and we owe her an enormous debt of gratitude for her leadership. We will miss her, and we wish her the best!

We are excited to welcome Melanie Dove, MPH, ScD, as our new Principal Investigator! Melanie is a statistician and conducts research on how tobacco control policies and programs impact behavior and health. Melanie is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at UC Davis. She has an MPH from Boston University and a doctoral degree in Environmental Health from Harvard. Welcome Melanie!