Dr. Driezen, PhD (University of Waterloo), is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology with a cross appointment in the School of Public Health Sciences. Prior to his appointment as Research Assistant Professor, he was a Senior Data Analyst for the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation (ITC) Project at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Before joining the ITC Project, he worked as a research associate with Canadian Blood Services’ National Epidemiology and Surveillance Department. Dr. Driezen has research expertise in epidemiology; biostatistics; and public health and health systems, including leading publications on health policy, tobacco control, heated tobacco products, vaping, and e-cigarettes. Dr. Driezen has published more than 90 papers in the field of tobacco control across a wide range of research domains, including psychosocial predictors of quitting, impact of many FCTC policies, including warning labels, smoke-free, tax policies and other economic variables, illicit trade, and advertising and marketing impact, both that from the tobacco industry and anti-tobacco media from public health.