UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Megan Piper joined many collaborators and peers in Washington, D.C. for the 2026 Conference on Intervention Optimization, hosted by Dr. Linda Collins. Collins credited UW-CTRI founders Dr. Tim Baker and Dr. Michael Fiore for implementing her factorial designs and helping to implement the strategy in the real world. Piper was the …
Whoo-wee, did UW-CTRI lasso some publicity by granting interviews with big media partners. So wrangle a saddle and check it out!
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health bestowed its highest honor for alumni to UW-CTRI Founding Director Dr. Michael Fiore. The award goes to an alumnus who has contributed significantly to public health. Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke at the event in Boston to honor Fiore, recognizing him for earning his master’s of public health …
UW-CTRI staff lassoed coverage in several news outposts in recent weeks. So tie up your horse while we rustle up this media round-up:
When young adults do try to quit vaping nicotine, they generally aren’t using medications or formal programs to do so. This according to an analysis published by UW-CTRI researchers in JAMA Network Open. Want free help? Go to LiveVapeFree.com or ask your doctor if varenicline is right for you to quit vaping. The data came …
UW-CTRI Founding Director Dr. Michael Fiore accepts the Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care at the National Academy of Medicine meeting in October 2024. Past awardees of the Gustav O. Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care include Dr. Anthony Fauci, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and, back in 1992, Dr. C. Everett Koop. …
Two new papers in medical journals written by UW-CTRI authors excoriate the tobacco industry’s exploitation of Black Americans and encourage policymakers and clinicians to help Black Wisconsin residents quit tobacco use. The first article, by UW-CTRI Director Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria, calls on the US government to follow through on its promise to ban menthol flavoring …
The 2024 UW-CTRI All-Staff Meeting was anything but typical. It was the first time in the Center’s 32 years that it marked the change of directors. Dr. Michael Fiore, who co-founded the organization with Dr. Tim Baker, and served as its founding director for 32 years, welcomed the group that included new UW-CTRI Director Dr. …
Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria officially began her work as the UW-CTRI Director on July 1, 2024, succeeding Dr. Michael Fiore, the founding director with Dr. Tim Baker. Kathuria met with UW-CTRI colleagues in Madison as well as Dr. Anjon Audhya, UW Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology, and Graduate Studies. She also met …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Madison, Wis.)— With the White House Office of Management and Budget considering the FDA’s proposed rule to ban menthol in cigarettes and all flavors in cigars, experts are offering people who smoke those products a lifeline for the Great American Smokeout this November. “A menthol ban would be a big change for …