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UW-CTRI Hires Postdoctoral Fellow
Adrienne Johnson, Ph.D., is a new postdoctoral fellow at the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) and the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, supported by a VA Advanced Fellowship in Women’s Health. …
September 14, 2018Scientific Advisors Meet in Madison to Discuss Progress on Innovative EHR Projects
A group of experts from around the country met at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin in August to discuss progress on partnerships between UW-CTRI, Epic, Smokefree.gov, and three Wisconsin health-care systems to leverage electronic health …
September 14, 2018FDA Gives E-cigarette Companies 60 Days Notice
The FDA announced vaping companies have 60 days to demonstrate they can keep their devices out of the hands of children or the government will consider removing their products from the market. More than 2 …
September 13, 2018New Grant Awarded to Christiansen to Help Patients with Mental Illness Quit Smoking
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen has been awarded a one-year grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to create an online training based on his “Bucket Approach” to help patients with serious or significant …
September 6, 2018UW-CTRI Partners with Epic, GHC to Help Patients Quit Smoking
The Wisconsin State Journal wrote about how Epic software is prompting GHC staff to contact patients who smoke and offer help to quit. It’s part of a seven-year, $6.1 million R35 federal grant from the …
August 29, 2018Researchers Encourage Examination of Genotypes in Clinical Trials
In an era of individualized treatment for patients through “precision medicine,” collecting biological data and integrating analysis within the outcomes of clinical trials has gained a newfound importance. A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco …
August 2, 2018Study Ahead of Schedule, Health Counselors’ Experience Shows
UW-CTRI is ahead of schedule enrolling patients in the Quitting Using Intensive Treatments Study (QUITS). More than 580 smokers have enrolled with the goal set at 1000. Experienced health counselors are helping these patients to …
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