UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
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 source”) but, when Loh started writing his computer code to help predict variables in 1990, it wasn’t that easy. “The …
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 the line of past presidents.” Piper has served on the board of SRNT for six years as the elected treasurer-secretary. …
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 D’Angelo and UW-CTRI Director of Research Dr. Tim Baker. The paper identified how, across the United States, cancer centers have …
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: UW-CTRI is a partner in the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I).
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. Piper participated in an Evidence-Based Health Policy Project, a briefing hosted by UW Population Health Institute, the Wisconsin Legislative Council and …
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 veterans who are not ready to quit smoking. Led by UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jessica Cook, the team will implement the …
A new grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) will evaluate electronic referrals from primary-care clinics to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The grant, led by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Danielle McCarthy (right), focuses on implementation and dissemination. UW-ICTR will provide $150,000 over 18 months to UW-CTRI. “The study will …
UW-CTRI Receives $14M Grant from National Cancer Institute to Partner with Health Systems, Match Quit-Smoking Treatments to Individual Patients: UW-CTRI’s Fifth Straight Center Grant MADISON—In a first, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will compare the most effective treatments to help people quit smoking in real-world clinics, with a …
The University of Wisconsin Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) recently published a study in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggesting that, while taking nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), specific genetic markers can cause more severe adverse effects for some patients. Dr. Megan Piper, Associate Director of Research at UW-CTRI, and Dr. Tim Baker, Director of Research …
Michele McCall didn’t just quit smoking with help from the Quitting Using Intensive Treatment Study (QUITS)—she used the time and money she spent on smoking to start an ‘80s rock band. Now, every breath she takes is much easier. “I’m living my rock star dreams in my 40s,” said McCall, who fronts The Decade, a …