Jamie Tam, PhD, MPH

Jamie Tam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Tam uses simulation modeling methods to evaluate and understand the impact of tobacco regulations on tobacco use disparities, with a focus on populations with behavioral health conditions. She examines the implications of the relationship between smoking and depression for long-term health outcomes, and how policy interventions could be leveraged to maximize public health benefit. Dr. Tam has developed models that simulate the effects of policies on smoking and population health in the United States, and launched a web-based interface that allows users to explore the potential health effects of different tobacco control policies. She is a co-investigator with the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) consortium and currently co-leads studies evaluating the potential impact of flavor restrictions on tobacco-related health disparities with the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations (CAsToR)--both NCI-funded cooperative agreements. Dr. Tam was previously a NAM Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellow at the FDA Center for Tobacco Products and was recently recognized as the 2023 recipient of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Jarvik-Russell Early Career Award.