Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
College of Community Health Sciences | University of Alabama
Alan Blum, MD
Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair of Family Medicine
Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
Alan Blum, MD, Professor and Gerald Leon Wallace M.D. Endowed Chair in Family Medicine at the University of Alabama, is one of the foremost authorities on the history of tobacco use, cigarette marketing, and strategies to end the smoking pandemic. Since 1998 he has directed the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which comprises the world’s largest collection of original documents, artifacts, images and front line reports on the tobacco industry and the anti-smoking movement. (More)
email: ablum@ua.edu
Kevin Bailey, MA
Digital Archivist, Collections Manager
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
Kevin Bailey, MA History University of North Alabama (2012), and a Associates of Computer Information Science from Northwest Shoals Community College(2018). He has worked as a volunteer archivist for local libraries, and professionally as a curator for the US Army, and now serves as the Collections Coordinator and Digital Archivist for the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society.
Kevin Bailey left the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society in 2022.
Center For the Study of Tobacco and Society
Advisory Board
Rick Richards, MD
Advisor
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
Rick Richards, MD, began his career in healthcare as a resident in family medicine. This was followed by a four year tour in the United States Army, where he was… (More)
Eric Solberg
Advisor
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
Eric Solberg serves as Vice President for Academic and Research Affairs for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and is an associate member of… (More)
Mrs. Celia Wallace
Advisor
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
Celia Ann Harmon Wallace is chairman of the board of Southern Medical Health Systems, Inc. and chairman of the board of Chunchula Energy Corporation. Born in Brighton, Alabama, Mrs. Wallace is an alumna of… (More)