Tobacco.org

American Legacy Foundation® and Georgetown University Medical Center Create Research Collaboration 

The Steven A. Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at the American Legacy Foundation and the LombardiComprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center ("GUMC") announced today the establishment of the Schroeder/Lombardi Cancer Control Consortium. The consortium, formally agreed to yesterday on the Georgetown University campus, seeks to advance tobacco-related research, policy and education, utilizing the shared knowledge and expertise of these two leading research organizations.

"This partnership with Lombardi will dramatically elevate our ability to conduct first-class research on the most important elements of tobacco prevention and control," says Cheryl G. Healton, Dr. P.H., president and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation. "Our Foundation is now celebrating its tenth year, and I can't think of a more exciting way to pave the way for progress in the decade to come than by teaming up with Georgetown and Lombardi," she adds.

"By partnering with the American Legacy Foundation, we're able to accelerate the translation of new findings discovered in a laboratory setting into clinical applications and cutting-edge tobacco cessation interventions,"

Jump to full article »