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UW-CTRI Staff to Present Outreach Projects at National Health Conference in Minneapolis
UW-CTRI staff will present nine times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29 via four presentations and five research posters. Here is the lineup: Presentations Rob Adsit, Anne DiGuilio …
August 15, 2019UW-CTRI Course Empowers Med Student to Help Relative, Patients Try to Quit Smoking
Before Dr. Chinou Vang began his residency in June at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, he used the skills he learned from the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Course at the University of Wisconsin, taught by …
August 9, 2019Megan Piper Named Recipient of Faculty Excellence in Research Award
The UW Division of General Internal Medicine has named UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper the latest recipient of the annual Faculty Excellence in Research Award. This award is in recognition of Piper’s …
August 9, 2019Nicotine Gum May Increase the Likelihood of Quit Attempts in Patients Initially Unwilling to Quit
A UW-CTRI study found that nicotine gum increased the likelihood of making quit attempts in those who wanted to smoke less but not quit. The paper, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, also found that …
July 16, 2019UW-CTRI Researchers Present Posters at Research Day, Win Awards
Six researchers from UW-CTRI presented their work last month at the 2019 UW Department of Medicine Research Day at the Health Sciences Learning Center in Madison, and two of them won awards for it. Dr. Nayoung …
July 16, 2019Parents Stop Smoking for Their Kids, Credit UW-CTRI Study
Shannon and David Yahn had been smoking for decades until they joined the Quitting Using Intensive Treatments Study (QUITS). Now, they’ve been smoke-free for more than a year. Their sons Vincent Yahn (age six) and …
July 3, 2019Dan Bolt Wins Mid-Career Award
UW-CTRI Collaborator Dr. Dan Bolt (left) has won a 2019 Kellett Mid-Career award. He was one of 11 recipients at UW. The five-year, $75,000 award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to faculty …
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