Smoking Research Program
HLS 396
Special Topics: Risk Behavior Change

Department of Community and Preventive Medicine and the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

Deborah Ossip-Klein, PhD, Director | Scott McIntosh, PhD, Assistant Director

Smoking Research Program Overview

Deborah J. Ossip-Klein, Ph.D., Director
Scott McIntosh, Ph. D., Assistant Director

Based in the University of Rochester Department of Community and Preventive Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, the Smoking Research Program consists of an interdisciplinary team of scientists with a strong focus on community intervention, outcomes research, public health interventions, health services research, and special population studies. Excellence in research, education, and community service translate into a high level of scientific activity, collegiality, mentoring, and dissemination of results locally, nationally, and internationally.

Research Portfolio: Current Projects

1. Dominican Republic Project! Assist with all aspects of large study for smoking cessation interventions in the Dominican Republic. Based in Rochester, students would help develop web-design, distance learning, surveys, and evaluation techniques. Great for pre-med students, technology oriented students, and other students interested in international health and education.

2. Quit Line (GRATCC)

3. Intensive (GRATCC)

Research Portfolio: Past Projects

“Retargeting Mid-Life and Older Smokers” (named: Project 50 Plus)

Principal Investigator: Deborah J. Ossip-Klein, Ph. D.

Agency: National Cancer Institute

The major goals of this competing continuation grant are to examine the effectiveness of retargeting mid-life and older smokers who have had a recent failed quit attempt. Based on results of a past project (Project 50), the relative effectiveness of proactive telecounseling with a strong focus on pharmacotherapy and requiting as adjuncts to a manual + hotline (compared to usual care) intervention will be assessed for 1200 smokers in a 10-15 county area. This is a follow up to Project 50.

Website: www.p50plus.org

Publications:

1. Ossip-Klein, D.J., Krusch, D., & Carosella, A.M. (1997). Self-Help Interventions for Older Smokers. Tobacco Control, 6, 188-193.
2. Ossip-Klein, D.J., McIntosh, S., Utman, C., Burton, K., Spada, J., & Guido, J. (2000). Smokers Ages 50+: Who Gets Physician Advice to Quit? Preventative Medicine, 31(4), 364-369.

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“Primary care and Self Help Intervention for Teen Smokers” (AKA: Adolescent Project, Project Q, and NCAP)

Principal Investigator: Deborah J. Ossip-Klein, Ph. D.

Agency: National Cancer Institute

The major goal of this project is to examine the effectiveness of a combined adolescent healthcare provider and self-help intervention for adolescent smoking cessation (relative to usual care control) in 90 pediatric and family medicine practices, and 1800 adolescent smokers.

Website: www.qweb.org

Publications:

1. McIntosh, S., Ossip-Klein, D.J., Teabout, J., Burton, K. (2000). Recruitment Strategies and Success in a Multi- County Smoking Cessation Study. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2(3), 281-284.

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“County-Wide Interventions for Youth Tobacco Treatment” (named: gottaquit.com)

Principle Investigator: Collaborators

Agency: Monroe County Health Department

This project will provide a media campaign and telephone/web services to youth in Monroe County. Evaluation components include focus groups and telephone surveys to determine effectiveness.

Website: www.gottaquit.com

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“Cardiovascular Health Practitioners’ Institute”

Principle Investigator: Co-Director (Scott McIntosh, Ph.D.)

Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This project will provide a website and week-long “Institute,” or seminar, to train American Heart Association state workers and State Departments of Health workers how to collaborate on state-wide cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention programs.

Website: www.cvhpinstitute.org

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“Nutrition Academic Award Program”

Principle Investigator: Webmaster, Curriculum Development (Scott McIntosh, Ph.D.)

Agency: National Heart Lung and Blood

This project will provide a website, linked with similar websites at 30 other universities, to train medical students in the principles of nutrition and nutrition intervention toward the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Website: www.naarochester.org

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“Healthy Aging Project”

Principle Investigator: Consultants (Deborah Ossip-Klein, Ph.D. and Scott McIntosh, Ph. D.)

Agency: HCFA Demonstration Project through RAND and Qualidigm

This project is a demonstration project to test various combinations of healthcare provider, pharmacotherapy and telephone interventions to provide data to HCFA regarding the effectiveness and cost of potential future coverage of tobacco treatment through Medicare.

Publications:

1. Ossip-Klein, D.J., Pearson, T.A., McIntosh, S., & Orleans, C.T. (1999). Smoking is a Geriatric Health Issue. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 4, 299-300.

Educational Portfolio: Courses

CHIC (add links)

CHIP

Other Publications(FIND THESE IN RESERVE)

1. McIntosh, S.M., Ossip-Klein, D.J., & Klein. J. (1998). The Defeat of the McCain Bill. The Addictions Newsletter, 5(3), P.3.
   
2. Carosella, A.M., Ossip-Klein, D.J., & Owens, C.A. (1999). Smoking Beliefs, Attitudes, and Readiness to Change Among Hospitalized Acute and Chronic Psychiatric Patients. Addictive Behaviors, 24(3), 331-344.
   
3. Hughes, J., Keely, J.P., Niaura, R.S., Ossip-Klein, D.J., Richmond, R.L., & Swan, G.E. (submitted). Measures of Abstinence from Tobacco in Clinical Trials: Issues and Recommendations.
   

Links

To GRATCC