Two researchers at UW-CTRI, part of the UW Department of Medicine (DOM), have been promoted effective July 1. UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine with …
Month: July 2016
Million Hearts: UW-CTRI Helps Create Tobacco Treatment Protocols
UW-CTRI staff recently partnered with staff from across the CDC to develop a practical template for an evidence-based tobacco cessation intervention protocol. The protocol, developed for the Million Hearts Program, is available for clinicians to …
Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation Partners with UW-CTRI on New Grant
A new grant from the Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) will allow the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF) to partner with UW-CTRI to help pregnant women quit, and to stay smoke-free after giving …
ALA Report Highlights UW-CTRI’s Medicaid Covers It Campaign
A new report from the national American Lung Association looked at 5 states’ approaches to promoting tobacco cessation benefits for Medicaid enrollees, including Wisconsin’s. The report, entitled “Approaches to Promoting Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Coverage: Promising …
Smokers with Psychiatric Diagnoses Benefitted More from 16 Weeks of Medication than Those Without Such Diagnoses
It turns out that 16 weeks of quit-smoking medications improves quit rates, compared to 8 weeks of medications, for smokers with a history of psychiatric diagnoses, but not for those without such diagnoses in a recent UW-CTRI …
Dr. Danielle McCarthy Returns to UW-CTRI as Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Danielle McCarthy has joined UW-CTRI as an Associate Professor of Medicine. She serves as an Associate Director of Research at UW-CTRI along with Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper. McCarthy splits her time …