Month: June 2019

Dan 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 at a critical stage of their careers. For nearly 20 years, Bolt has made invaluable statistical and methodological contributions to …

UW-CTRI Student Plays in College World Series

Recent UW-CTRI Tech Support Student Jarrett Benson had an eventful start to his summer—pitching for the University of Wisconsin Baseball Team in the College World Series. Benson and his fellow Badgers in May won the National Club Baseball Association Division II Northern Plains Regional Championship at Gus Thompson Field in Waupun, Wisconsin. That earned them the …

Peeters Presents on the Quit Line During Statewide Event on Youth Vaping

UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Alex Peeters presented during E-cigarettes and Our Youth: Partners in Prevention, an event held last week at Northcentral Technical College, in the Professional Development Conference Center in Wausau. Peeters gave a general overview of the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and the services it offers callers, including those who vape, smoke, and/or chew tobacco. She …

Gardner Presents Research on How Smoking Cessation Therapies Affect Sleep

UW-CTRI Student Anna Gardner presented a poster on quit-smoking medications and sleep.  UW-CTRI Student Anna Gardner presented a poster she created with UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby, “The Impacts of Smoking Cessation Therapies (Varenicline and Nicotine Patch) on Sleep Patterns in Users.” Gardner presented the poster at her Biology 152 event, and Jorenby …

VA Staff Discuss How to Help Veterans Quit Tobacco Use

Veterans who served in combat often are desensitized to danger, and may have a harder time viewing smoking as an imminent threat, Master Sergeant Jeff Johnson told UW-CTRI staff during the UW-CTRI All Staff Meeting at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (VA) in Madison on June 3. Johnson is a veteran who now serves as a …