UW-CTRI staff and collaborators attended the virtual 2020 grantee meeting of the nationwide Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I), part of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot Initiative, with the goal of helping cancer patients …
Month: December 2020
New BREATHE 2 Care Manager Has a Personal Connection to Tobacco Use
Katherine Hudson is a new team member at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee collaborating with UW-CTRI as a care manager for BREATHE 2 study patients. Aurora and UW Health are partnering on this UW-CTRI center …
BREATHE 2 Study Re-Launches at Pilot Clinic with COVID-19 Precautions
The Breaking Addiction to Tobacco for Health 2 (BREATHE 2) study re-launched at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center on November 11. “We all worked so hard to get here once in March 2020, stopped for …
Study Finds Varenicline Best Before Quitting, Combo Meds During a Quit Attempt
It is difficult to quit smoking, but, building on the discoveries of Dr. Tim Baker, a new study has shown that taking the right medication at the right time can make a difference. According to …