Alan Blum, MD

Professor and Endowed Chair in Family Medicine
Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society

Alan Blum, MD, Professor and 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. In 1998, he founded the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which comprises the world’s largest collection of original materials about the tobacco industry, cigarette marketing, and the anti-smoking movement throughout the 20th century to the present. (More)

email: ablum@ua.edu

Robert B. Riter, PhD

Principal Advisor
Professor University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies

Bryce Callahan

Undergraduate Website Assistant
University of Alabama School
of Engineering

Samuel Blum, MA

Technical and Design Advisor

Kevin Bailey, MA

Collections Manager, Digital Archivist
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
(Served from February, 2017 to April, 2022)

Center For the Study of Tobacco and Society

Advisory Board

Rick Richards, MD

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, MA

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

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)

Edward Anselm, MD

Dr. Anselm obtained his medical degree from the University of Health Sciences–The Chicago Medical School in 1982 and completed an internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City…(More)