Thanks to funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP), UW-CTRI will provide training and technical assistance to public health professionals across the state to help patients with …
Year: 2022
Study Helps Reach More Cancer Patients Who Smoke to Help Them Quit, Reduce Disparities
To ensure that cancer patients get equitable, quality healthcare that includes tobacco cessation treatment, the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) funded 22 Cancer Centers in 2017; by June 2019, those Centers were not only reaching …
McCarthy, Piper, and Baker Assume Shared Research Director Roles
Drs. Danielle McCarthy, Megan Piper and Tim Baker are now working collaboratively as UW-CTRI Research Directors, effective this month. McCarthy and Piper have different areas of expertise with some overlap, so they will continue to …
Celebrating a Hero for Black History Month
February is Black History Month, and UW-CTRI is celebrating the work of The Center for Black Health & Equity, in particular the leadership of Executive Director Delmonte Jefferson. Tobacco companies have targeted African American communities …
UW-CTRI Collaborator Pat McBride Publishes Book
Long-time UW-CTRI collaborator Dr. Pat McBride has written and published a book with his twin brother Dennis called The Luckiest Boy In the World. It’s about Dr. McBride’s time as a physician, but also about …
Dr. Berg Wraps Up Her Work at UW-CTRI
Dr. Kristin Berg is altering her schedule in 2022 so she’ll spend 100 percent of her time in clinic as a physician at UW Health, wrapping up seven years of spending part of her work …
Beacon House Shines with the Bucket Approach
Beacon House is a Victorian home and clinic in Fond du Lac that provides a transitional living experience for women on a journey from addiction to recovery—and that now includes freedom from tobacco addiction. “We provide …