More than 260 people have taken the new online Bucket Approach training for clinicians to learn how to help patients with serious or significant mental illness to quit smoking. The course, developed by UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce …
Danielle McCarthy Receives Mentorship Award
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Danielle McCarthy is the recipient of a 2020 UW-Madison Postdoc Mentoring Award from the UW-Madison Postdoctoral Association. McCarthy was nominated by UW-CTRI Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Nayoung Kim, who …
Esteemed Researcher Dr. Robin Mermelstein Continues Collaboration with UW-CTRI
Dr. Robin Mermelstein’s connection with UW-CTRI goes back 20 years and continues on a new grant. “I feel incredibly honored to be part of the CTRI team,” she said. “They are the premiere experts in …
Dr. Russ Glasgow Helps UW-CTRI Bring Research Into the Real World
Dr. Russ Glasgow is the Director of the Dissemination and Implementation Science Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Research Professor of Family Medicine who has focused his career on chronic illness …
BREATHE 2 Collaborator Wrote the Code that Advanced UW-CTRI Research
Dr. Wei-Yin Loh has written computer software code from scratch spanning 80,000 lines that has revolutionized UW-CTRI’s ability to predict important outcomes. Nowadays, computer code is available for free on the Internet (known as “open …
Megan Piper Elected President of Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper has been elected president of the national Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) by its 1500 members. Piper said she is “honored to follow in …
Paper Calls on Oncologists to Help Patients Quit Smoking
Oncology centers should make tobacco treatment a fourth pillar of their care, according to a recent paper published in JAMA Network by UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore, UW Carbone Cancer Center Assistant Scientist Dr. Heather …
UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Featured on Statewide Webinar for Wisconsin Cancer Council
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla (right) presented the November Networking Webinar for the Wisconsin Cancer Council. Her topic was Tobacco Treatment for Cancer Patients Who Smoke. She covered: Special strategies for working with cancer …
Drs. Piper and Fiore Educate State Legislators on Vaping, Tobacco Purchasing Age
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore both offered insight on the research pertaining to two important current issues: Vaping and the legal age to purchase nicotine products. …
New Grant at Madison VA will Reach Out to Veterans Who Smoke and Offer Help
The US Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a new $1 million grant to the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison to be the first ever to evaluate a chronic-care system designed to help …