To ensure that cancer patients get equitable, quality healthcare that includes tobacco cessation treatment, the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3I) funded 22 Cancer Centers in 2017; by June 2019, those Centers were not only reaching a higher percentage of people who smoke (nearly 26%) but also reducing disparities. Reach among all racial/ethnic groups increased significantly, …
Drs. Danielle McCarthy, Megan Piper and Tim Baker are now working collaboratively as UW-CTRI Research Directors, effective this month. McCarthy and Piper have different areas of expertise with some overlap, so they will continue to take advantage of those strengths and interests while making big decisions collaboratively with Baker. “This is a very good step …
February is Black History Month, and UW-CTRI is celebrating the work of The Center for Black Health & Equity, in particular the leadership of Executive Director Delmonte Jefferson. Tobacco companies have targeted African American communities for decades, and African Americans carry the highest burden of death for many of the country’s most fatal diseases. Approximately …
Long-time UW-CTRI collaborator Dr. Pat McBride has written and published a book with his twin brother Dennis called The Luckiest Boy In the World. It’s about Dr. McBride’s time as a physician, but also about how, as a boy, he got to work for the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks. While people …
Dr. Kristin Berg is altering her schedule in 2022 so she’ll spend 100 percent of her time in clinic as a physician at UW Health, wrapping up seven years of spending part of her work week with UW-CTRI. “Kristin has made many valuable contributions to the Center,” said UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore. “She has …
Beacon House is a Victorian home and clinic in Fond du Lac that provides a transitional living experience for women on a journey from addiction to recovery—and that now includes freedom from tobacco addiction. “We provide services to help the woman as a whole,” says Wendy Compton, Development Coordinator for the Beacon House, “from spirituality to …