UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Adrienne Johnson presented her research on tobacco use at the 2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Los Angeles last week. “There’s a benefit to quitting (smoking) at any age, even a later age,” Johnson said. She and her colleagues found that cognitively healthy current smokers had increased rates of dementia, nursing home …
Before Dr. Chinou Vang began his residency in June at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, he used the skills he learned from the Tobacco Dependence Treatment Course at the University of Wisconsin, taught by UW-CTRI staff, to help his relative try to quit smoking. That loved one “is progressing slowly but surely,” Vang said. …
The UW Division of General Internal Medicine has named UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper the latest recipient of the annual Faculty Excellence in Research Award. This award is in recognition of Piper’s outstanding achievement as a researcher, as evidenced by her productivity, innovation and originality, her contributions to UW and her field …
UW-CTRI staff will present nine times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29 via four presentations and five research posters. Here is the lineup: Presentations Posters
A UW-CTRI study found that nicotine gum increased the likelihood of making quit attempts in those who wanted to smoke less but not quit. The paper, published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, also found that those who used cessation treatment during a quit attempt were more likely to remain abstinent than those who made an …
Six researchers from UW-CTRI presented their work last month at the 2019 UW Department of Medicine Research Day at the Health Sciences Learning Center in Madison, and two of them won awards for it. Dr. Nayoung Kim and Dr. Tanya Schlam each won an award for their individual posters. Here is a list of the other …
Shannon and David Yahn had been smoking for decades until they joined the Quitting Using Intensive Treatments Study (QUITS). Now, they’ve been smoke-free for more than a year. Their sons Vincent Yahn (age six) and twins Mason and Michael Yahn (eight) were asked if they wanted mom and dad to stay that way. “YEAAAH!” they …
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 at a critical stage of their careers. For nearly 20 years, Bolt has made invaluable statistical and methodological contributions to …
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 Club Baseball Association Division II Northern Plains Regional Championship at Gus Thompson Field in Waupun, Wisconsin. That earned them the …
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 the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line and the services it offers callers, including those who vape, smoke, and/or chew tobacco. She …