UW-CTRI Regional Outreach Specialist Allison Gorrilla and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore recently presented to healthcare providers at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee. At the presentation, Fiore discussed BREATHE 2 study components and the medical residents’ …
2021 Articles
UW-CTRI Staff Well Represented at First All-Virtual SRNT Annual Meeting
Dr. Megan Piper, UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research, took her place Sunday as SRNT President (release the SRNT-shirt canons!). Before that, she participated in the Presidential Symposium, specifically as part of the Racial Equity Task …
Quit Line Caller Pays It Forward
When Carolyn Slater started smoking, she didn’t think much of it. Thirty-eight years later, she didn’t think she would ever be able to quit. “I started smoking before there were warning labels or anybody took …
Client and Provider Sing Praises of ‘Bucket Approach’
A behavioral health patient and a provider endorsed the Bucket Approach to tobacco treatment during a recent webinar about the approach for behavioral health providers. The webinars, which took place in December, were a primer …
Zwaga Investigates How Providers Differ in Treating Patients’ Tobacco Use
Even with training and support, healthcare providers vary markedly in how they address smoking by their patients. New approaches are needed to help them. UW-CTRI Biostatistical Analyst Deejay Zwaga is studying exactly that. It’s thanks …
Dr. Tim Baker Renewed for Honored Professorship at UW
Dr. Tim Baker has been reappointed as UW Chair for Tobacco Research and Intervention Research Professor. The position, which began on January 1, 2021 and lasts through December of 2025, grants Baker funding to continue …
Aurora Doctors Excited About BREATHE 2 Study’s Promise
Dr. Lisa Sullivan Vedder (left), a clinician at various Advocate Aurora clinics, including Aurora St. Luke’s—the pilot location for the BREATHE 2 Study, is excited the study has begun enrolling patients. “Based on the fact I …