The 2024 UW-CTRI All-Staff Meeting was anything but typical. It was the first time in the Center’s 32 years that it marked the change of directors. Dr. Michael Fiore, who co-founded the organization with Dr. …
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Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria Begins as Center Director
Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria officially began her work as the UW-CTRI Director on July 1, 2024, succeeding Dr. Michael Fiore, the founding director with Dr. Tim Baker. Kathuria met with UW-CTRI colleagues in Madison as well …
New $4.3 Million Grant Offers Avenues to Help Dual Users Quit Smoking
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 …
UW-CTRI Staffers Present at Conference in Edinburgh
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 …
UW-CTRI and UWCCC Team up to STOP Cancer
In January, UW-CTRI will start reaching out directly to some UW Carbone Cancer Center patients who smoke to let them know about their tobacco treatment options. Patients will also be invited to join a new …
Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria to Succeed Fiore as UW-CTRI Director
Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, has agreed to become the next UW-CTRI director, succeeding founding director Dr. Michael Fiore, Dean Robert Golden announced. UW-CTRI founders Fiore and Dr. Tim Baker will direct the Center until Kathuria takes …
Deep in the Heart of Texas, UW-CTRI Presents at SRNT 2023
UW-CTRI colleagues presented their research findings at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) in San Antonio, Texas. See what they presented below. Researcher Dr. Adrienne Johnson co-chaired a pre-conference …
America’s Most Cited: UW-CTRI Researchers
Three UW-CTRI colleagues are among the top 100 tobacco-control researchers when it comes to paper citations in their careers. According to research by Dr. John Ioannidis and his team from Stanford University, out of more …
Study: Genetics May Help Providers Match Patients with Treatments to Quit Tobacco
One of the most difficult parts of quitting smoking is knowing what methods will work for any given patient; choosing between types of quit-aids and counseling can sometimes feel like a shot in the dark. …
UW-CTRI Scientists Present Findings at the UW Department of Medicine Research Day
UW-CTRI staff and collaborators presented five posters at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Research Day. Dr. Matthew Tattersall created three posters based on data from the Cardiac and LUng E-cig Smoking Study (CLUES), …