UW-CTRI Director of Research Dr. Tim Baker and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore wrote an editorial in JAMA Open Network commenting on three new research studies on vaping, asserting that our knowledge of the topic …
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Before Pandemic, UW-CTRI Shared Findings in New Orleans
As news of COVID-19 was just starting to break, some UW-CTRI staff were in New Orleans to present their research on tobacco use at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine & …
Dr. Collins Helps UW-CTRI Optimize Treatments
Installment five of our series on BREATHE 2 collaborators Dr. Linda Collins isn’t just an international expert at optimizing healthcare treatments that save lives. She’s also an expert at the very important task of helping her …
UW-CTRI Contributes to U.S. Surgeon General Report on Tobacco Cessation
UW-CTRI staff contributed a chapter to the new report from US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on smoking cessation. UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Timothy Baker, Outreach Director Rob Adsit, and UW-CTRI Director Dr. Michael Fiore …
BREATHE 2 Collaborator Wrote the Code that Advanced UW-CTRI Research
Dr. Wei-Yin Loh has written computer software code from scratch spanning 80,000 lines that has revolutionized UW-CTRI’s ability to predict important outcomes. Nowadays, computer code is available for free on the Internet (known as “open …
BREATHE 2: UW-CTRI Receives $14 Million Grant
UW-CTRI Receives $14M Grant from National Cancer Institute to Partner with Health Systems, Match Quit-Smoking Treatments to Individual Patients: UW-CTRI’s Fifth Straight Center Grant MADISON—In a first, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of …
Scientific Advisors Meet in Madison to Discuss Progress on Innovative EHR Projects
A group of experts from around the country met at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin in August to discuss progress on partnerships between UW-CTRI, Epic, Smokefree.gov, and three Wisconsin health-care systems to leverage electronic health …
UW-CTRI Staff Share Findings at UW Department of Medicine Research Day
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 …
Tim Baker Accepts Ove Ferno Award at 2016 SRNT Meeting in Chicago
UW-CTRI Research Director Dr. Tim Baker received the 2016 Ove Ferno Award at the 2016 annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) at the Grand Sheraton Hotel in Chicago. The award honors …
UW-CTRI Staff Set to Present at SRNT Chicago
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 UW-CTRI Research …