UW-CTRI Director of Biostatistical Operations Dr. Stevens Smith will retire January 1, 2023, after 30 years of service at the Center. “I’ve been incredibly fortunate to do very meaningful work with great colleagues at UW-CTRI,” …
Month: June 2022
JAMA Paper Points to Progress Empowering African Americans to Quit Smoking
Wisconsin Has Worst Smoking Disparity Between Blacks and Whites in Nation African Americans have been targeted for decades by tobacco companies and have suffered especially high health and economic burdens from smoking. However, according to …
Dr. Fiore Presents to Thoracic Society
Dr. Michael Fiore presented “Unfinished Business: Eliminating All Tobacco Product Use in the United States by 2030″ at the American Thoracic Society Meeting in San Francisco. Dr. Lynn Schnapp, the chair of the UW Department …
Tom Piasecki Promoted to Professor with Tenure
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Tom Piasecki is now a Professor of Medicine with Tenure in the Department of Medicine. “This represents a substantial honor and reflects his incredibly impressive history as an accomplished scientist,” said UW-CTRI …
UW-CTRI Staff to Present in New Orleans
Colleagues from UW-CTRI, the Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP), and the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program will present their findings at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health in New Orleans June 28-30. …
New System Helps Rheumatology Clinics Refer to the Quit Line—Fast
By introducing an easy-to-use electronic referral system to rheumatology clinics, researchers found that more than 70 percent of ready-to-quit smokers were referred to tobacco cessation services. The best part? Those referrals took less than 90 …