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!
For people who both smoke and vape, there will be new paths to help them address their relationship with nicotine – now from coast to coast. The Avenues study has expanded to recruit nationally, thanks to funding from the National Cancer Institute. UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Megan Piper and UW-CTRI Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker lead the study, with …
Data from a UW-CTRI study known as the Wisconsin Smokers’ Health Study 2 has helped colleagues from other methodology centers and UW-CTRI to develop a variety of methodological innovations. The latest novel approach was recently published in the journal Multivariate Behavioral Research. In longitudinal studies, exposure to treatment and mediators (factors influenced by treatment) rarely stay constant. For …
UW-CTRI staff recently granted interviews to several media outlets. So grab your pardners, dosey doe for this month’s round-up.
For people who both smoke and vape, there will be new paths to help them address their relationship with nicotine – now from coast to coast. The Avenues study has expanded to recruit nationally, thanks to funding from the National Cancer Institute. In just two hours recruiting via social media, the team had generated 354 …
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Jesse Kaye was awarded a K23 grant, a major career milestone, from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Drug Abuse. Kaye will explore how machine learning (a subfield of artificial intelligence, or “AI”) might help to personalize treatment in real time for people trying to address their tobacco use. “Personalized treatment …
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 once again lassoed headlines locally and nationally. Saddle up! Nicotine Regulation Vape Check Study Menthols
The Vape Check study, a collaboration between the UW Atherosclerosis Imaging Research Program and UW-CTRI, opened recruitment with a news conference this week at the UW Science Drive Medical Center, formerly known as the Research Park Clinic. Journalists from more than a dozen outlets covered the opening of the study, supported by the National Institutes …