Research
The mission of Taking Texas Tobacco Free, represented in some of the active projects listed below, is to promote wellness among Texans by partnering with healthcare organizations to build capacity for system-wide, sustainable initiatives that reduce tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among employees, patients and visitors.
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| Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas #PP230078 | Implementation and Dissemination of an Evidence-Based Intervention to IncreaseTobacco Treatment Capacity in Opioid Treatment Programs | Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D., and Maggie Britton, Ph.D. |
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| Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas #PP230003 | Taking Texas Tobacco Free: Dissemination to and Implementation within Centers Serving Texans who Identify as LGBTQ+ | Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D., and Maggie Britton, Ph.D. |
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| Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas #PP210026 | Taking Texas Tobacco Free: Dissemination to and Implementation within Agencies Serving Texans Experiencing Homelessness | Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D. |
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| Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas #PP210003 | Taking Texas Tobacco Free among Substance Users within Community-based Healthcare Settings in Rural and Medically Underserved Areas Across Texas | Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D. |
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| Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas #PP230002 | Taking Texas Tobacco Free: Dissemination to and Implementation within Lung Cancer Screening Programs | Maggie Britton, Ph.D., and Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D. |
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| Project BREATHE: National Institutes of Health (NIMHD/NIDA) U54MD015946-03S1 | Addressing tobacco-related and lung cancer inequities among Black adults: A mixed methods pilot project | Maggie Britton, Ph.D., and Isabel Martinez Leal, Ph.D. | |
| MD Anderson Permanent Health Funds | MD Anderson Community Cessation Quitline: Advancing equity in community health through high-value, cost-efficient cancer prevention interventions | Paul Cinciripini, Ph.D. | Maggie Britton, Ph.D., and Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D. |
The HEALTH–FAST Program is a targeted initiative to train talented postdoctoral fellows, early-stage investigators and doctoral scholars with the ultimate goal of recruiting and retaining a strong alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) research workforce that can mitigate ATOD use and the chronic health conditions that result.
| Funder | Title | Principal Investigator |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIDA) R25DA054015 | Helping Everyone Achieve a LifeTime of Health Future Addiction Scientist Training (HEALTH-FAST) Program | Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D. |
