UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
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 staff will present 15 times at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco 2020 in New Orleans March 12-14. Here’s a preview, with current UW-CTRI employees in bold: Symposium Jessica Cook (presenting author) and Tanya Schlam (symposium chair and presenting author), Anne Joseph, Edward Ellerbeck, Robert Schnoll. New Approaches …
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. …
Mary Tucker started smoking when she was 15, while her young brain was still growing, and kept lighting up for 50 years. But, late in 2018, she quit for good with the help of the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. “I did this for me,” Tucker said proudly. “I promised myself for New Year’s I was …
UW-CTRI’s four regional outreach specialists are working to expand the number of health-care systems across the state that refer patients via electronic health records (EHR) to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. This builds on several partnerships with Epic and other health systems to build eReferral into EHR so doctors can efficiently refer a patient who uses …
UW-CTRI staff and collaborators presented research findings at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine (DOM) Research Day June 15 at the Health Sciences Learning Center on the UW campus in Madison. This included an oral presentation by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Danielle McCarthy and five posters. Here’s a rundown: Presentation Dr. Danielle …
The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is now offering free web enrollment as a part of its services, thanks to several recent enhancements to the Quit Line in December. Under the new enhancements, users are able to access the Quit Line’s Web Coach immediately upon enrollment completion instead of having to make an initial phone call. Existing …
UW-CTRI researchers presented 14 times at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Baltimore Hilton February 21-24. In addition to six podium presentations, there will be eight posters presented by UW-CTRI experts. Here is a brief summary of the findings. Presentations 1. Referral to Randomized Smoking …
Dr. Will Bringgold, a second-year resident with the UW Internal Medicine Department, is working with UW-CTRI Drs. Kristin Berg, Stevens Smith, and other colleagues to analyze baseline pulmonary data from the Exhale Study. The Exhale Study, led by principal investigators Drs. Megan Piper and Doug Jorenby and study manager Kate Kobinsky, wrapped up recruitment recently, …