Dr. Jesse Kaye has returned to UW-CTRI, this time as a VA advanced addiction postdoctoral fellow who will be working with UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jessica Cook for the next two years. Kaye will spend part …
Elementary School Student Urges Grown-ups to Quit Smoking and Kids to Never Start
A student from a Wisconsin elementary school shared this illustration and note to inspire patients to quit smoking:
UW-CTRI Paper on Smokers Living with HIV Gives Insight for Future Cessation Interventions
An alarming 40 percent of individuals living with HIV are smokers. UW-CTRI’s Director of Clinical Services, Dr. Doug Jorenby, co-authored the paper, “Cessation-Related Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills in Smokers Living with HIV,” recently published …
UW-CTRI Hires Postdoctoral Fellow
Adrienne Johnson, Ph.D., is a new postdoctoral fellow at the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) and the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, supported by a VA Advanced Fellowship in Women’s Health. …
Scientific Advisors Meet in Madison to Discuss Progress on Innovative EHR Projects
A group of experts from around the country met at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin in August to discuss progress on partnerships between UW-CTRI, Epic, Smokefree.gov, and three Wisconsin health-care systems to leverage electronic health …
FDA Gives E-cigarette Companies 60 Days Notice
The FDA announced vaping companies have 60 days to demonstrate they can keep their devices out of the hands of children or the government will consider removing their products from the market. More than 2 …
New Grant Awarded to Christiansen to Help Patients with Mental Illness Quit Smoking
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen has been awarded a one-year grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to create an online training based on his “Bucket Approach” to help patients with serious or significant …
UW-CTRI Partners with Epic, GHC to Help Patients Quit Smoking
The Wisconsin State Journal wrote about how Epic software is prompting GHC staff to contact patients who smoke and offer help to quit. It’s part of a seven-year, $6.1 million R35 federal grant from the …
Researchers Encourage Examination of Genotypes in Clinical Trials
In an era of individualized treatment for patients through “precision medicine,” collecting biological data and integrating analysis within the outcomes of clinical trials has gained a newfound importance. A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco …
Study Ahead of Schedule, Health Counselors’ Experience Shows
UW-CTRI is ahead of schedule enrolling patients in the Quitting Using Intensive Treatments Study (QUITS). More than 580 smokers have enrolled with the goal set at 1000. Experienced health counselors are helping these patients to …