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What is the GTRN?
A virtual web of interconnected individuals and organizations collaborating in the conduct, synthesis, and dissemination of tobacco control research in support of a progressive policy-relevant research agenda. | |
What research is included?
The broad spectrum of research that addresses the determinants, consequences, and control of tobacco production, promotion and consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke. | |
Must I be a ‘researcher’ to join?
The GTRN aims to ensure that tobacco research evidence available translates into practice and effectively reduces the burden of death and disease caused by tobacco. For this to be done researchers, lawyers, advocates, and policymakers all must interact and work together. Therefore, we hope that you utilize the GTRN resources available regardless of your expertise in tobacco control. | |
How is the GTRN organized?
The GTRN is developed around three core concepts: global network consolidation, global knowledge management, and global knowledge sharing. | |
Practically speaking, what does the GTRN offer its members?
Members of the GTRN benefit from a range of exceptional services to facilitate and improve their tobacco control activities, including the only consolidated database of researchers and research institutions involved in the conduct and financial support of tobacco research throughout the world, exclusive access to an interactive database of international tobacco control literature from over 30 countries, a growing repository of tobacco control research tools, and an online program that matches researchers with experts willing to offer assistance. | |
Who supports GTRN and how is it financed?
GTRN is supported by its members. The networks strength and effectiveness depends completely on member participation. Globalink provides the technological infrastructure to the network, while the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health manages the network’s day-to-day operations.
GTRN development is supported by a strong and growing coalition of global partners, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Fogarty International Center, the American Cancer Society, the Canadian Center for Research for International Tobacco Control, and the International Union Against Cancer. Financial support comes from the US National Cancer Institute. | |
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