UW-CTRI Collaborator Dr. Dan Bolt (left) has won a 2019 Kellett Mid-Career award. He was one of 11 recipients at UW. The five-year, $75,000 award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to faculty …
UW-CTRI Student Plays in College World Series
Recent UW-CTRI Tech Support Student Jarrett Benson had an eventful start to his summer—pitching for the University of Wisconsin Baseball Team in the College World Series. Benson and his fellow Badgers in May won the National …
Peeters Presents on the Quit Line During Statewide Event on Youth Vaping
UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Alex Peeters presented during E-cigarettes and Our Youth: Partners in Prevention, an event held last week at Northcentral Technical College, in the Professional Development Conference Center in Wausau. Peeters gave a general overview of …
Gardner Presents Research on How Smoking Cessation Therapies Affect Sleep
UW-CTRI Student Anna Gardner presented a poster on quit-smoking medications and sleep. UW-CTRI Student Anna Gardner presented a poster she created with UW-CTRI Director of Clinical Services Dr. Doug Jorenby, “The Impacts of Smoking Cessation Therapies …
VA Staff Discuss How to Help Veterans Quit Tobacco Use
Veterans who served in combat often are desensitized to danger, and may have a harder time viewing smoking as an imminent threat, Master Sergeant Jeff Johnson told UW-CTRI staff during the UW-CTRI All Staff Meeting at …
UW-CTRI Staff to Present Outreach Projects at National Health Conference in Minneapolis
UW-CTRI staff will present 11 times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29 via six presentations and five research posters. Here is the lineup: Presentations Rob Adsit, Anne DiGuilio …
Why Don’t More Doctors Help Cancer Patients Quit Smoking?
WFYI Radio in Indianapolis tells the story of cancer patients trying to quit smoking, and why more oncologists aren’t helping them quit. UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore offers his insights, based on his work with …
New App Designed to Help Doctors and Patients Discuss Quit-Smoking Resources
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Amy Skora are developing a new app called Learn, Connect, and Quit (LCQ) to increase conversations between patients who smoke and their healthcare providers …
Advocates Work to Eliminate Tobacco Disparities in Wisconsin
Lorraine Lathen, Director of the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network and Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Poverty Network, presented to UW-CTRI employees on innovative efforts to reduce disparities in tobacco use, disease and death in Wisconsin …
Incentives Help Low-Income Women Stay Smoke-free After Child Birth
Incentive programs assisting low-income pregnant women with quitting tobacco can be successful, according to a recently published paper in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. UW-CTRI collaborated with the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation’s (WWHF) …