The Live without Tobacco project was developed by experts from Center for Research, Intervention and Evaluation on Alcohol & Drugs In partnership with the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Computer Sciences Department from Federal University of Juiz de Fora
The current program is funded by grants of public research agencies of Brazil such as FAPEMIG and CNPQ - Science without Borders.
Researcher at CREPEIA and doctoral student at UFJF. The development of Live without Tobacco intervention was his Masters work. In his PhD, he is studying the users satisfaction of Live without Tobacco and also validating online versions of tobacco related measures.Resume
CREPEIA Director Master Degree on Social Psychology (UFMG), PhD on Health Sciences (Unifesp), PhD on Alcohol and Drugs use (University of Connecticut Health Center and USP). Professor at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Resume
Professor of Computer Sciences at UFJF. Masters degree and PhD on Computer Modeling. His main research topic is Knowledge Discovery, using Machine Learning and Data Mining techniques. Resume
Dr. Richter is director of UkanQuit at KUMed, a bedside tobacco treatment service for hospital inpatients, which has served over 8,000 patients since its inception in 2006. She is also principal investigator of Connect2Quit, an NIH-funded trial on the effectiveness of real-time internet video counseling for smoking cessation for rural smokers in Kansas. She also conducts research and training in Brazil, through a collaboration with the University of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais. Resume
Researcher at CREPEIA and master's student at UFJF. Psychology (UFJF) with research scholarship at UkanQuit (Kansas University Medical Center). Resume
Student in Computer Engineering at UFJF. Currently has a researcher scholarship at Juiz de Fora Federal UniversityResume
Researcher at CREPEIA and student of Computer Sciences at Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Currently receives a research scholarship from Science without Borders. Resume
Researcher at CREPEIA and doctoral student at UFJF. MA in Psychology and specialist in data analysis. Resume
Professor of psychology at UFJF. Her main study and research themes are: the use of psychotropic substances, psychometrics, treatment of addictions, cognitive-behavioral therapy. Resume
Student in Interational Cultural Business Studies at University of Passau - Germany. Exchange student at Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and French.
Dr. Dmytro Khvostenko is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Bioengineering Research Center at University of Kansas. He has got his PhD degree in Dental Materials Science from Oregon State University. He made Live without Tabacco project available for Russian-speaking countries.
She has a Master's Degree in Accounting. She helped to make Live without Tabacco project available for Russian-speaking countries
Italian chemist who has been working as the health director in a territorial pharmacy since 1998. Graduated from the University of Ferrara in 1997, he is specialized in pharmacological counseling and therapeutic adherence, phytotherapy, natural medicine and food supplements. He also provides counseling to smokers trying to quit. He has been studying and trying to improve the knowledge of the English language since secondary school, which does represent a real passion to him.
She has a B.A. in Law, and worked in educational institutions in Jordan as a Student Counselor, and Admission and Registration Officer. Recently she has been working as a translator/proofreader and as a part-time Arabic tutor online. She's passionate about languages and learned English on her own, and now learning Spanish as well. She was happy to be part of this project because it could help many people quit smoking including her own family members. She enjoys translating humanitarian projects and she made Live Without Tobacco available for Arabic speaking countries.
Entrepreneur and co-founder of information technology consulting company "Studio GORKA". He has worked as project manager in the field of administrative reform and e-government in Ulyanovsk Region, which is aimed to ease the interaction between citizens and Government, Russian Federation. Graduate from Ulyanovsk state university, Masters in Information Systems.
Last update: 09-26-2016.
