UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
The Milwaukee Collaboration Project celebrated the contributions of the Community Advisory Board (CAB) last month in Milwaukee. The CAB is comprised of African American professionals, residents of Milwaukee with experience pertaining to tobacco use, and other state and national public health leaders. The CAB played an integral role in the pilot project, guiding the proposed …
UW-CTRI Health Counselors celebrate the completion of BREATHE 2 Project 1. From right: Health Counselors Amy Sorce, T.Jay Christenson, Tess Kuba, Kathleen Cantu, and Mari; Clinical Research Manager Meg Feyen, Health Counselor Chris Ripley, and Research Director Dr. Megan Piper. Kudos to the team! They also visited the event, Same Game Different Smokers, an exhibit exploring …
Prisons and jails are overdue in providing support to incarcerated individuals who use tobacco, wrote colleagues from UW-CTRI, the University of Colorado, and the University of California-San Francisco in a paper published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Anywhere between 50 to 80 percent of justice-involved people smoke. That’s much higher than the 11 …
In a pilot study, 35 percent of participants reported quitting smoking after taking part in a culturally tailored version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) via phone and online sessions. Latine adults who smoked found it helpful. Participants also experienced declines in depression, anxiety, and psychological inflexibility. These results were published in the Journal of …
Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria officially began her work as the UW-CTRI Director on July 1, 2024, succeeding Dr. Michael Fiore, the founding director with Dr. Tim Baker. Kathuria met with UW-CTRI colleagues in Madison as well as Dr. Anjon Audhya, UW Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies. She also met …