Dr. Hammond’s research focuses on population-level interventions to reduce chronic disease, including tobacco control. Dr. Hammond has previously served as an advisor to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which has been ratified by more than 170 countries. Dr. Hammond has also advised regulatory agencies and governments around the world on tobacco control policy and has served as an expert witness on behalf of the Canadian, UK, and Australian governments in litigation against the tobacco industry. Dr. Hammond is a past recipient of the Canadian Medical Association Journal’s Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Awards 2009 for his work with Geoff Fong and Mary Thompson as part of the International Tobacco Control Policy project, conducted in more than a dozen low- and middle-income countries.