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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. …
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 …
Vaping was a hot topic at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine or Tobacco (SRNT) held at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, as use of vaping products have ballooned across America and researchers have fresh findings to share. One of them was UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research Dr. …
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. …
According to research by Dr. Tanya Schlam and colleagues at UW-CTRI, smokers who used more nicotine gum (up to 5 pieces a day) with nicotine patches tended to have higher quit rates: 59% had quit smoking at 6 months. The findings are published in the journal Psychopharmacology: https://rdcu.be/MCsU
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 …
UW-CTRI researchers presented 14 times at the 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Baltimore Hilton February 21-24. In addition to six podium presentations, there will be eight posters presented by UW-CTRI experts. Here is a brief summary of the findings. Presentations 1. Referral to Randomized Smoking …
It turns out that 16 weeks of quit-smoking medications improves quit rates, compared to 8 weeks of medications, for smokers with a history of psychiatric diagnoses, but not for those without such diagnoses in a recent UW-CTRI study. Dr. Megan Piper, UW-CTRI Associate Director of Research, presented results from the UW-Partnership to Assist and Serve Smokers (UW-PASS) Study …
UW-CTRI staff presented four speeches and seven posters at the 2016 annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Chicago. The closest thing to a “rock star” atmosphere was at the SRNT awards ceremony, when UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker received the 2016 Ove …
The annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) is the first week of March in Chicago at the Sheraton Hotel and several UW-CTRI researchers are set to present: Thursday Friday Saturday Watch for a full report from SRNT Chicago at www.ctri.wisc.edu. Katrina Bundy is coordinating arrangements for the conference for UW-CTRI …