Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU)

The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) was established in 1993 with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to foster and conduct research, monitoring and evaluatingon  and contributing to programs and policies to eliminate tobacco-related health problems in Ontario.

Our Mandate is to:

• Exercise leadership in the design and conduct of research projects.
• Increase Ontario's capacity to conduct research, monitoring and evaluation.
• Monitor programs and activities conducted under the auspices of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy.
• Provide advice and technical expertise on program evaluation and best practices.
• Analyze and disseminate science-based information for the research and public health communities.
• Strengthen and broaden our provincial, national and international network of researchers, programmers and policymakers.

Our sponsors provide in-kind contributions of investigator and staff time, facilities, and administrative support. The Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto is our principal sponsor. Our co-sponsors include: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto and University of Waterloo.

For more information, please refer to the OTRU website at http://www.otru.org/.

Contact: 416-595-6888

Contact: info@otru.org

Location: Russell Street site, T513, 33 Russell Street, Toronto

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