UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson (left at podium) spoke last night at an event hosted by the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network at the Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee. With Johnson (from left) are artist Tracy Brown, Pastor Teresa Thomas-Boyd, and Edgar Mendez. It was the opening of the Same Game, Different Smoker exhibit …
For people who both smoke and vape, there will be new paths to help them address their relationship with nicotine. The Avenues Study will begin soon, thanks to a $4.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker will lead the study. Recruitment …
Melissa started smoking when she was 11 years old. She would sneak Salems from her grandma’s purse and meet her friends at the park. “We would smoke and think we looked like glamour queens,” Melissa said. It wasn’t until her mid-20s when she smoked regularly. “It started socially, at parties, and then got more and …
More than 1.4 million adolescents and 4.7 million young adults in the United States report vaping, according to FDA and CDC’s National Youth Tobacco Survey. The majority never smoked. To help them quit, UW-CTRI Researcher and UW Health Pediatric and Internal Medicine Hospitalist Dr. Brian Williams has garnered a new $967,000 5-year K08 grant from …
UW-CTRI colleagues presented (or were co-authors on) 12 unique sets of findings at the upcoming Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2024 Annual Conference March 20-23 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here’s a rundown of UW-CTRI involvement. Preconference Workshops 1. Drs. Adrienne Johnson, Hasmeena Kathuria, and Brian Williams, preconference workshop. Tobacco Treatments Across the Ages. This …
Karen Conner will be the next UW-CTRI Outreach Director, taking over for Rob Adsit, who is retiring. She will begin on March 16 in an interim role while Adsit is on leave and will officially become the Outreach Director on July 1 when Adsit’s retirement is official. “I am so pleased that our own Karen …
UW-CTRI Outreach Director Rob Adsit, MEd, will have his last day at work for UW-CTRI in March and formally retire in July after 20 years of distinguished service at the Center. Details regarding his replacement will be forthcoming over the next few weeks, said UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore. He joined the UW-CTRI staff in …
Comorbidities, area social deprivation, and access to treatment were all important contributors to the mortality disparity between American Indians and Alaska Natives compared to white inpatients with COVID-19, according to new research analysis. The results, published in Scientific Reports and based on data gathered from the COVID EHR Cohort at the University of Wisconsin (CEC-UW), …
Dean Robert Golden has asked UW Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to begin the process of searching for his successor. “For 18 years, Dean Golden has been an incredible supporter of UW-CTRI,” said UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore. “We couldn’t have asked for a leader of the School of Medicine and Public Health who would be more supportive …
A study led by USC researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the popular social media app TikTok and found a stark increase in vaping content from 2019 to 2022. Despite regulations by the federal government, a settlement with JUUL and pledges by both social media companies and some e-cigarette companies not to promote vaping …