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Dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes may not be sustainable, according to a recent UW-CTRI study, as dual users were much more likely to quit vaping than quit smoking. The study, published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, examined adults who smoked either combustible cigarettes only, or both e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes. Participants had no interest …
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 …
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 …
UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Outreach Specialist Amy Skora are developing a new app called Learn, Connect, and Quit (LCQ) to increase conversations between patients who smoke and their healthcare providers about smoking-cessation resources. Medical assistants will give patients a tablet with the app to use while waiting for the doctor. …
NBC 15 News spoke to UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper regarding how vaping can affect teens.
More vaping was associated with less smoking and lower dependence on combustible tobacco products, according to a paper in the journal Addictive Behaviors by Dr. Anne Buu and co-authored by UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. Megan Piper. What’s less clear is whether that would lead to total smoking cessation or continued dual use of …
UW-CTRI staff will present 17 times at SRNT 2019 in San Francisco, via seven presentations and 10 research posters. Pre-conference Workshop An Update to the Basics: Current Approaches for Measuring and Understanding Key Individual Differences and Cessation Outcomes. Dr. Megan Piper, presenter. Treatment Network pre-conference workshop 7. Wednesday, February 20, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Symposia and Presentations 1. …
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 …