HANA ROSS, ITEN Deputy Director
Email: hzarub1@uic.edu; hzarub1@yahoo.com

Hana Ross earned her BA and MA at the Prague School of Economics. In 2000, she received Ph.D. in Health Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her dissertation, entitled "The Effect of Cigarette Prices and Public Policies on Youth Smoking," received the University's "Outstanding Thesis in 2000 Award" in the division of Behavioral Social Sciences. Dr. Ross has presented the results of her research at numerous professional conferences in the US, and in Europe.

Dr. Ross currently holds the position of Visiting Research Specialist at the Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, where she conducts research on US youth tobacco consumption. Her interest in international as well as domestic tobacco activities, supported by her knowledge of several languages, led her to serve as an economic consultant for the World Bank.
In 2000, Dr. Ross has joined Dr. Frank Chaloupka and Dr. Prabhat Jha in their effort to create an international network of researchers focusing on tobacco control. She became the Secretary of the International tobacco evidence network (ITEN). Her role is to manage the organizational aspect of the project, and also participate in various research and training programs supported by the network. Currently, Dr. Ross is taking an active role in Rockefeller's sponsored educational and research project in the South East Asia.

In 2001, Dr. Ross became a member of the "ImpacTeen, A Policy Research Partnership to Reduce Youth Substance Use," which is based an the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy. She works closely with Dr. Chaloupka and other members of ImpacTeen on projects related to economics of smoking. The results of her research were published in the ImpacTeen Reports Paper Series, in the WHO Working Paper Series, in the Disease Management and Health Outcomes, and in the Development Bulletin. Several of her articles are currently at review at Health Economics, at Southern Economic Journal, and at the Applied Economics.