University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: August 2023

Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria to Succeed Fiore as UW-CTRI Director

Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, has agreed to become the next UW-CTRI director, succeeding founding director Dr. Michael Fiore, Dean Robert Golden announced. UW-CTRI founders Fiore and Dr. Tim Baker will direct the Center until Kathuria takes the reigns for good in July. Kathuria is a pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine physician whose research, advocacy, and …

Innovative VA Study Removes Barriers to Care

A team of UW-CTRI researchers at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison are the first ever to fully recruit for a Veterans Affairs (VA) study to evaluate a chronic-care system designed to help veterans who are not ready to quit smoking. Led by UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jessica Cook, the team has enrolled more …