We participate in a variety of research projects, in a variety of roles. Our research theme is broadly defined as the advancement of tobacco use treatment strategies in health care, such as:
- Novel therapeutic targets or new ways to use existing medications
- Complex treatment regimens for patients with complicated illness
- New approaches to teaching health care professionals treatment techniques
- Systematic ways of improving access to high-quality tobacco interventions
- Methods of defining treatment outcomes.
A few examples of our research work include:
Randomized Trial To Improve Smoking Cessation Skills Among Medical Students. National Cancer Institute. Judith Okene, PhD, MEd Principal Investigator.
Comparative Effectiveness in General Medicine Outcomes (GO trial). National Cancer Institute. Katrina Armstrong, MD Principal Investigator.
Pharmacogenetics of Nicotine Addiction Treatment. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Caryn Lerman, PhD Principal Investigator.
Physician Training Through Academic Detailing: the Philadelphia COPD Initiative. Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Frank Leone, MD Principal Investigator
Effects of 21 days of varenicline versus placebo on smoking behaviors and urges among non-treatment seeking smokers. Andrew Strasser, PhD Principal Investigator
High Dose & Extended Duration Transdermal Nicotine Patch in Nicotine Dependent Patients. National Cancer Institute. Robert Schnoll, PhD Principal Investigator