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Touchdown, Live Vape Free!
Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings fans at Lambeau Field last Sunday saw an ad for Live Vape Free on the scoreboard. Live Vape Free is a program designed to help teens and young adults …
October 3, 2024New Papers Call for Policymakers, Clinicians to Help Black People Avoid Tobacco Harms
Two new papers in medical journals written by UW-CTRI authors excoriate the tobacco industry’s exploitation of Black Americans and encourage policymakers and clinicians to help Black Wisconsin residents quit tobacco use. The first article, by …
October 3, 2024First Phase of $6 Million NIH Grant Poised to Help UW-CTRI Reach Salvation Army Participants
Dr. Danielle McCarthy describes a new grant designed to help people at community service organizations to address their tobacco use. UW-CTRI will partner with the Salvation Army of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan on a new …
October 3, 2024UW Study to Test Effects of Vaping on Heart & Lung Health
The National Institutes of Health has funded a five-year, $5.7 million grant to the UW to study the long-term effects of vaping on heart and lung health. People who participate will receive up to $675 …
October 3, 2024Kathuria Earns Named Professorship
UW-CTRI Director Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria has been named the Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagen Professor of Translational Research in Medicine. This professorship confirms the high esteem that colleagues across campus hold for Kathuria’s work. “This …
September 5, 2024Youth Group Visits UW-CTRI
From left: Dr. Brian Williams, Rev. Steven Tipton, Dr. Adrienne Johnson, Dr. Marcia Tipton and Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria. Teens from El Bethel Church in Milwaukee visited UW-CTRI—where faculty spoke to them about smoking and vaping.
September 5, 2024All-cause Dementia Associated with Increased Mortality and Hospice Risk From COVID-19
There are many forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and vascular dementia are the first and second most common types. All-cause dementia was associated with increased mortality risk from COVID-19, according to a new University …
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