Cornelius Hopper Diversity Award Supplements(CHDAS)

The Cornelius Hopper Diversity Award Supplement (CHDAS ) is awarded to currently-funded TRDRP principal investigators. This supplement is for the training of promising individuals in the field of tobacco-related disease research.

Trainee	Mentor	Institution	Project Title
2009
Mariana Horta	Harold Green	RAND Corporation	Evaluating mechanisms of change in a smoking intervention
Vanessa Galaviz	Georg Matt	San Diego State University	Smoking Policies and Secondhand Smoke in Hotel Rooms
Arti S. Patel	Vasanthy Narayanaswami	Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute	ApoE related effect of smoking in cardiovascular disease
Connie Martin	Prudence Talbot	University of California Riverside	Use of stem cells to examine toxicity of cigarette smoke
2008
Lyndon O. Gonzalez	Bruce Allen, Jr	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science	Sociocultural Determinants of Menthol Smoking Among Blacks
Che Wankie	Robert Friis	California State University, Long Beach	Determinants of Smoking Prevalence among Cambodian Americans
Navarre Gutierrez-Reed	Ivan Mark Olfert	University of California, San Diego	Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Angiogenesis in COPD
Sonia Romero	Virender K. Rehan	Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute	A Novel Approach to Prevent in Utero Nicotine Lung Injury
Vince Tedjasaputra	Russell Richardson	University of California, San Diego	Oxidative Stress and Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction in COPD
Irma Corral	Scott C. Roesch	San Diego State University	Prevelance and Correlates of Afican-American Tobacco Use
Andrew Z. Wen	Janice Y. Tsoh	University of California, San Francisco	Recruitment and Retention of Chinese Americans in Smokine Cessation Clinical Trial
Sabrina B. Wood	Janice Y. Tsoh	University of California, San Francisco	Smoking-Related Abstinence Expectancies Among African-American Smokers
Julie M. Waters	Valerie Yerger	University of California, San Francisco	African Americans: NRT or Alternative Medicine for Cessation
2007
Luis A. Jimenez-Camargo	Dr. Ricardo Munoz	University of California, San Francisco	Internet Health Research Center: Smoking, Latinos & the Web
Jennifer Liang	Dr. Ricardo Munoz	University of California, San Francisco	Internet Health Research Center: Smoking, Latinos & the Web
Yalda Shahram	Dr. Ivan Lopez	University of California, Los Angeles	Mild carbon monoxide exposure impairs the inner ear
Vivian W. Wang	Dr. Janice Y. Tsoh	University of California, San Francisco	A stage based schedule smiking intervention for Chinese
Anthony De Giacomo	Dr. Shweta Choudhry	University of California, San Francisco	Tobacco Gene Environment Interactions & Minority Asthmatics
Steven K. Nishiyama	Dr. Russell Richardson	University of California, San Deigo	Oxidative stress and skeletal muscle dysfunction in COPD
2006
Marie Boman	Dr. Nada Kassem	San Diego State University Foundation	Water pipe use, SHS exposure & home policy in Arab Americans
Nuong Hong	Dr. Jea Gehricke	University of California, Irvine	Nicotine & behavioral regulation in adult ADHD
Toby Howard	Dr. Cornelia Pechmann	University of California, Irvine	Use of entertainment education on TV to deter youth smoking
Heather Mercer	Dr. Deborah Morton	University of California, San Deigo	Diabetes & tobacco exposure in So CA American Indians
Arnab Mukherjea	Dr. Lisa Bero	University of California, San Francisco	Corporate strategies: design, conduct, publication of resrch
Jane Pham	Dr. Lesley Butle	University of California, Davis	Tobacco, acculturation and gastric cancer among Hispanics
Malena Ramos	Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher	University of California, San Francisco	Expos children to secondhand smoke through cntaminated homes
Romina Romero	Dr. Georg Mat	San Diego State University Foundation	Expos children to secondhand smoke through cntaminated homes
Brian Soller	Dr. Juliet Lee	Revention Research Center	Environmental contexts of smoking for Southeast Asians
2005
Maria Herrera	Dr. Ricardo Munoz	University of California, San Francisco	Internet health research center: smoking, Latinos, and the web
Minal Patel	Dr. William McCarthy	University of California, Los Angeles	Ethnicity and school-evel effect on California student tobacco use
Jessica Wong	Dr. Jacquelyn Gervey-Hague	University of California, Davis	Chemotherapeutic inhibition of polysailic acid biosynthesis
2004
Marc Adams	Dr. Melbourne Hovell	San Diego State University Foundation	Tobacco use & policies: San Diego Mexican American residents
Jessica Zulema Borja	Dr. Ricardo Munoz	University of California, San Francisco	Spanish/English web site for smoking cessation trials
Justin Hernandez	Dr. Richard Olmstead	Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute	Correlates of cigarette craving in acute nicotine withdrawal
Pamela Jones	Dr. Ruth Malone	University of California, San Francisco	Protecting the "hood" against tobacco: cessation project
Yaneth Rodriguez	Dr. Steve Sussman	University of Southern California	Tobacco prevention/cessation at continuation schools
Claradina Toya	Dr. Jennifer Unger	University of Southern California	Tobacco use among American Indian adolescents in California
2003
Joann Lee	Dr. Susan Woodruff	San Diego State University	Test of an internet virtual world for teen smoking cessation
Luis Quinones	Dr. Ricardo Munoz	University of California, San Francisco	Spanish/English web site for smoking cessation trials
Naira Serobyan	Dr. Sophia Khaldoyanidi	La Jolla Institute for Molecular Medicine	Effect of nicotine on bone marrow cells
2002
Andrea Casillas	Dr. Randolph Hastings	Veterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego	Novel regulatory mechanisms for lung cancer growth
Catherine Domier	Dr. Edythe London	University of California, Los Angeles	Nicotine withdrawal, smoking & attention: an fMRI study
Spring Faller	Dr. C. Richard Hofstetter	San Diego State University Foundation	Tobacco use & acculturation: CA residents of Korean descent
Jinsook Kim	Dr. William McCarthy	University of California, Los Angeles	Analysis of California adolescent tobacco data
Maricela Pina	Dr. Ricardo Munoz	University of California, San Francisco	Spanish/English web site for smoking cessation trials
2001
Tina M. Griffith	Dr. Richard Olmstead	University of California, Los Angeles	Neurotransmitter systems and tobacco smoking
LaTasha Mason	Dr. Bruce Allen Jr.	Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science	African Americans and Metholated Cigarettes
Thanh-Giao T. Nguyen	Dr. Tanima Gudi	University of California, San Deigo	Nitric oxide-dependent cell signaling in vascular cells
Theresa Operana	Dr. John Cashman	Human BioMolecular Research Institute	Novel nicotine cessation therapeutics
Michael D. Romney	Dr. Connie Pechmann	University of California, Irvine	Dissuading at-risk youth from smoking via mass media
Darya Soto	Dr. George Caughey	University of California, San Francisco	Human tryptase gene expression: role in COPD
Frederick G. Zamora	Dr. James Tucker	University of California, San Francisco	Smoking during pregnancy: chromosome damage in newborns
2000
Travis Alexander	Dr. Thomas Mack	University of Southern California	Supplement to tobacco disease in twins
Cara Booker	Dr. Jennifer Unger	University of Southern California	Acculturation, media, peers, parents and adolescent smoking
Roberta Downing	Dr. Scott Carvajal	ETR Associates	Global determinants of tobacco use onset in diverse youth
Emily Jamias	Dr. Larry Jamner	Integrated Research Project	Adolescent Susceptibility to Tobacco: A Panel Analysis
Phelician Jones	Dr. Mark Alexander	University of California, San Francisco	Predictors of Smoking in African American Adolescents
Yuriko Lopez	Dr. Terry Conway	San Diego State University Foundation	Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Latino Children
Lala Makhsudaua	Dr. Francisco Villarreal	University of California, San Deigo	Effects of nicotine on postinfarction cardiac remodeling
Veronica Serrano	Dr. Gregory Talavera	San Diego State University Foundation	Smoking Cessation in Latinos Using Community Health Advisors
Nicole Stroud	Dr. Wendy Cozen	University of Southern California	The effect of tobacco smoke on immune function in twins