ABC 27 News Reporter Emilee Fannon discusses Juul’s new age-locking device with UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper. Piper said keeping nicotine out of the hands of youth is essential because the product …
Month: February 2020
Outreach Specialist Trains Behavioral Health Providers on Treating Tobacco Use
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla presented to behavioral health professionals at Bell Therapy in January on how and why to treat tobacco use, including the Bucket Approach. “Following the training, I had a good discussion …
Paper in JAMA Peds Highlights Challenges of Helping Youth Quit Smoking
Helping teens quit smoking is daunting, but more research could reveal innovative ways to help, according to an editorial in JAMA Pediatrics by UW-CTRI Associate Research Director Dr. Megan Piper, Dr. Robin Mermelstein of the …
UW-CTRI’s Amy Skora Serves on Faculty for National Initiative to Help HUD Residents
Amy Skora knows a lot about how to help people quit smoking, but it would take her quite some time to individually drive to visit with every smoker living in public housing in America. (Think …
Dr. Bolt Helps UW-CTRI Measure How Treatments Work
Installment four of our series on BREATHE 2 collaborators Dr. Dan Bolt remembers the time, early in his career at UW, when he was teaching statistics and UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker sat in on …