Paper: AI Tool Helps Screen for Addiction
UW-CTRI Researcher Dr. Marlon Mundt and colleagues today published a paper in Nature Medicine that found, compared to patients who received provider-initiated consultations, patients identified for addiction medicine referrals by AI screening and who received …
April 30, 2025First Phase of $6 Million NIH Grant Poised to Help UW-CTRI Reach Salvation Army Participants
Dr. Danielle McCarthy describes a new grant designed to help people at community service organizations to address their tobacco use. UW-CTRI will partner with the Salvation Army of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan on a new …
October 3, 2024Study: Standard Varenicline Highly Cost-Effective
Sometimes, more isn’t better. That was the case for Quitting Using Intensive Treatments Study (QUITS) participants who smoked. On average, 12 weeks of just varenicline medication plus coaching on how to address tobacco use was the …
June 5, 2024Smoking Intervention is Cost-effective
When a health system reaches out to all their patients who smoke to talk about their tobacco journey, it spurs better health and saves money, according to a UW-CTRI paper in the American Journal of …
November 1, 2023UW-CTRI All-Staff Meeting Honors Retirees, Looks to the Future
Colleagues from UW-CTRI celebrated the 31st year of the Center and honored four long-time employees who are retiring or switching roles. They honored Dr. Wendy Theobald, Marie Larson, Dr. Michael Fiore and Dr. Doug Jorenby …
June 27, 2023UW-CTRI Celebrates 30 Years
In April 2022, the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) celebrated 30 years of helping people quit tobacco use. Founded by Drs. Michael Fiore and Timothy Baker, UW-CTRI is nationally recognized for its ground-breaking tobacco …
April 6, 2022UW-CTRI, C3I Staff to Present at Research Conference in Baltimore
UW-CTRI and C3I colleagues are presenting at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco in Baltimore, Maryland, March 15-18, 2022. Here’s a list, with all times Eastern Standard Time. Note: …
March 6, 2022Study: Offering Incentives to Pregnant Medicaid Members Works
What if the state of Wisconsin could help pregnant women quit smoking, help babies grow up smoke-free, and it would pay for itself? Researchers from UW-CTRI and First Breath discovered that paying pregnant Medicaid members …
October 11, 2021Study Finds Extreme Smoking Rates Among Rural Drug Users
A new study, conducted by a team of researchers from UW-CTRI and published in JAMA Open Network, has found that rural-dwelling people who inject drugs have a smoking rate of more than 90%, higher than …
April 7, 2021Zwaga Investigates How Providers Differ in Treating Patients’ Tobacco Use
Even with training and support, healthcare providers vary markedly in how they address smoking by their patients. New approaches are needed to help them. UW-CTRI Biostatistical Analyst Deejay Zwaga is studying exactly that. It’s thanks …
February 4, 2021NCI Grants Supplement Award to Deejay Zwaga
Deejay Zwaga, MPH, UW-CTRI Biostatistical Analyst, has been awarded grant funding from the National Cancer Center as part of their diversity program. The award is a supplement to the R35 Grant held by UW-CTRI Director …
October 1, 2020Before 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 & …
April 10, 2020Dr. Russ Glasgow Helps UW-CTRI Bring Research Into the Real World
Dr. Russ Glasgow is the Director of the Dissemination and Implementation Science Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Research Professor of Family Medicine who has focused his career on chronic illness …
January 14, 2020Innovative Therapy Offers Three Meds to Quit Smoking, with Mild Side Effects
An innovative “triple therapy” of three FDA-approved medications taken together—along with coaching on how to quit smoking—appears safe and shows promise, according to a UW-CTRI research paper published in the Journal of Smoking Cessation. More …
May 1, 2019Financial Incentives Help Medicaid Recipients Quit Smoking
Use of modest financial incentives to encourage low-income smokers to engage with the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is a cost-effective option, according to a paper written by Dr. Marlon Mundt and colleagues at UW-CTRI. Financial …
January 24, 2019Scientific 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 …
September 14, 2018UW-CTRI Presents Research at SRNT Baltimore
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 …
March 1, 2018UW-CTRI Submits Next Major Center Grant Proposal
UW-CTRI has submitted its next major center grant to the National Cancer Institute (part of the National Institutes of Health). The grant is set to be reviewed for scientific merit in June or July. The …
February 7, 2018Small Financial Incentives Reap Big Rewards to Help People Quit Smoking
Low-income smokers who received modest payments to quit smoking not only were 57% more likely to quit—but the cost per quitter turned out to be less than for those who didn’t receive those incentives. According …
November 8, 2017Mundt Crunches Cost Effectiveness Data for Tobacco Treatment
UW Assistant Professor Dr. Marlon Mundt, health economist from the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, is collaborating with UW-CTRI to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of financial incentives for Medicaid smokers to take Wisconsin Tobacco …
November 7, 2017- More Marlon Mundt posts
News about Dr. Marlon Mundt