and tobacco control policy in Latino populations in the United States and Latin America. His collaborations with researchers and public health advocates in Argentina have helped to put tobacco use on the country's public health agenda, raising awareness of tobacco use as a critical public health problem, building capacity for tobacco control policy, and creating opportunities for prevention and treatment measures through physician education and smoking cessation programs. Pérez-Stable served as a member of the National Institute on Aging's Advisory Council from 2011 to 2014 and as the chair of the council's Minority Task Force on Aging from 2012 to 2014. He has authored numerous scientific papers, reviewed articles for a variety of professional publications, and delivered keynote lectures and presentations at many domestic and international conferences. Awards and honors Pérez-Stable received UCSF's Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Society of General Internal Medicine's John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research, and election to the National Academy of Medicine. He was honored with the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award in July 2015. Personal life Pérez-Stable has visited Cuba nearly 10 times. In August 2016, he and his wife, Claudia Husni, moved to a residence in Columbia Heights. References External links Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine alumni National Institutes of Health people Cuban emigrants to the United States Scientists from Florida Physicians from Florida Living people Year of birth missing (living people) UCSF School of Medicine faculty 21st-century American physicians 20th-century American physicians 20th-century American scientists 21st-century American scientists Members of the National Academy of Medicine Hispanic and Latino American scientists