UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Danielle McCarthy has been promoted to Professor of Medicine. “I am deeply honored to have received this recognition from my colleagues,” McCarthy said. “Support I received from UW-CTRI has been instrumental in my career. I am profoundly grateful for this, and for (UW-CTRI Research Director Dr.) Tim Baker, who …
As news of COVID-19 was just starting to break, some UW-CTRI staff were in New Orleans to present their research on tobacco use at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) March 12-14. Others stayed home due to concerns about the spreading coronavirus, canceling travel and sending posters or …
Five UW medical students recently finished their public-health elective class on tobacco treatment led by UW-CTRI Researchers Drs. Jessica Cook and Megan Piper. The course includes an overview of tobacco treatment and electronic medical records by UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore as well as an intro to evidence-based treatment and counseling by Piper and Cook. It is offered once …
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 since 2017 has conducted research under McCarthy’s tutelage. Together, they have developed multiple manuscripts in clinical and population research, delivered …
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 smoking cessation delivery, doing cutting-edge treatment on how to make it work. I admire their creativity and pragmatism, working within …
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 staff and collaborators in September attended the fall 2019 grantee meeting of the nationwide Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City. They discussed what they’ve learned two years into the project to help oncology patients quit tobacco use. C3I is part of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Moonshot …
UW-CTRI staff and partners presented their findings from tobacco research and outreach projects a total of nine times at the 2019 National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Minneapolis August 27-29. The following is a summary of the four presentations and five posters. Presentations: 1. UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit discussed quality measures in healthcare, …
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. …
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 …