Category: Karen Conner

Thanks to funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP), UW-CTRI will provide training and technical assistance to public health professionals across the state to help patients with substance use disorders quit smoking, in support of new state requirements in the revised Wisconsin Administrative Code DHS Chapter 75. …

Wisconsin behavioral health providers who treat substance use disorders are required by October 2022 to formulate plans to assess and treat tobacco use and have a policy about smoke-free environments. It’s due to the State of Wisconsin’s revised Administrative Code Chapter 75. The revision includes updates to outdated language and improves upon provision of care …

UW-CTRI Associate Researcher Karen Conner is managing the Wisconsin Nicotine Treatment Integration Project (WiNTiP), which works to help behavioral health patients quit using tobacco. She has taken over for UW-CTRI Distinguished Researcher Dr. Bruce Christiansen, who is retiring. Bruce has served at UW-CTRI for 15 years. His work empowered communities who are most vulnerable to …

David “Mac” Macmaster’s father was an alcoholic and a smoker. His dad eventually quit drinking, but it might be no surprise that Mac also struggled with those addictions—including while he served in the Canadian Navy during the Korean War. “I got in so much trouble while I was in the Navy,” Macmaster said. “It was …