Year: 2017

The Ochsner Award is named in honor of Doctor Alton Ochsner, co-founder of the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. In 1939, he was first to publish evidence relating tobacco smoking as the major cause of lung cancer.

The American Lung Association (ALA) has selected UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen as the recipient of the 2017 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award. ALA will formally recognize Christiansen at their annual awards dinner in …

UW-CTRI is celebrating a quarter-century of work to help patients quit tobacco use. During its first 25 years, the Center has: Published more than 350 research articles. Garnered more than $100 million in grant funding. …

Wisconsin Public Radio interviewed UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby about youth vaping. To see Dr. Jorenby’s research on people who both smoke and vape, click here.

In a city that displays art by the likes of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, five UW-CTRI staff members presented research findings to peers at the 2017 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) …

Factorial designs are highly efficient and useful in evaluating clinical intervention components, but only when done correctly, according to a new paper in Behavioral Therapy. The paper, by a slew of UW-CTRI researchers led by …

UW-CTRI staff will present results from various projects pertaining to tobacco research and outreach at the 2017 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Austin, Texas March 22-24. Here’s a rundown: Panel presentation, Using the …

UW Health is set to implement a system to refer patients who want to quit smoking to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (WTQL), using their electronic health record (EHR), referred to as eReferral, in all …

UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper was voted Secretary/Treasurer of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) for a second 3-year team, the society announced. Piper will continue to serve as part of …