Ongoing Research Support
Enhancing Cancer Outreach for Low-Income Adults with Innovative Smoking Cessation
R01CA141628 D.J. Vidrine and Prokhorov (MPI) 4/12/2010-1/31/2017
NIH/NCI
The major goals of this study are to use an existing network of
community sites and a mobile unit to deliver smoking cessation treatment
to a multiethnic population of uninsured and underinsured adults living
in the greater Houston, Texas metropolitan area.
Role: Co-Investigator
Smoking Cessation for Cervical Cancer Survivors in a Safety Net Healthcare System
R01CA172786 Vidrine (PI) 5/12/2014-4/30/2019
NIH/NCI
The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate the efficacy and
cost-effectiveness of a theoretically- and empirically-based “Motivation
And Problem-Solving” (MAPS) approach for promoting and facilitating
smoking cessation among cervical cancer survivors in a large, safety net
public healthcare system.
Role: Principal Investigator
Completed Research Support
Reducing Tobacco Related Health Disparities
R01CA89350 Wetter (PI) 2/1/2002-1/31/2009
NIH/NCI
The goal of the study is to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness
of a theoretically and empirically-based “Motivation And Problem
Solving” (MAPS) intervention for promoting and facilitating smoking
cessation among low income smokers who are not ready to quit.
Role: Co-Investigator
Smoking Relapse Prevention Among Postpartum Women
NIH/NCI
The major goals of this project are to develop and evaluate a telephone
counseling treatment for preventing relapse to smoking among women who
quit during pregnancy. Treatment is specifically designed to address
barriers to the maintenance of abstinence that occur during the
postpartum period.
Role: Co-Investigator
NIH National Center for Research
Resources Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA): Center for
Clinical and Translational Sciences – Community Engagement
UL1TR000371 McPherson (PI) 7/1/2012-6/30/2017
NIH/NCI
The major goal of this study is to accelerate the translation of
laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, to engage
communities in clinical research efforts, and to train a new generation
of clinical and translational researchers.
Role: Co-Investigator (My role ended after leaving MD Anderson Cancer Center.)
Implementation of an Automated EMR System to Connect Smokers in a Safety Net Healthcare System with Smoking Cessation Treatment
PP120191 Vidrine (PI) 9/1/2012-8/30/2015
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
The goal of this project is to implement a new and empirically supported
approach to linking smokers with the Texas Quitline - Ask Advise
Connect - throughout the 13 Harris Health System community health
centers.
Role: Principal Investigator
Replicating Ask Advise Connect
DSRIP Medicaid 1115 Waiver Vidrine (PI) 6/15/2013-12/31/2017
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
The overall goal of this project is to use an Ask Advise Connect (AAC)
model to deliver evidence-based smoking cessation treatment to smokers
seeking care in Federally-Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) in Harris
County, Texas.
Role: Principal Investigator (Signed over to L McNeill as PI after leaving MD Anderson Cancer Center.)
Neighborhood- and Individual-Level Determinants of Smoking Cessation Among Hispanics
P60MD000503 Wetter (PI) 9/11/2007-4/30/2012
NIH/NCHMD
The major goals of this longitudinal cohort study are to examine the
neighborhood, individual, and contextual mechanisms underlying smoking
cessation among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers.
Role: Co-Investigator
Dissemination of a Smoking Quitline to the Underserved
R18DP001570 Vidrine (PI) 9/1/2008-8/31/2012
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
This study focuses on increasing dissemination of an existing
evidence-based smoking cessation program, the State of Texas Quitline,
which is provided by Free & Clear. The design of the study is a
group-randomized trial that will be conducted in 10 community health
clinics. Clinics are part of the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD)
and provide care to a very large, racially/ethnically diverse, low
socioeconomic status, underserved population of patients residing in the
Houston metropolitan area.
Role: Principal Investigator
Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
PP110171 Vidrine (PI) 8/5/2011-8/31/2013
Use of an Automated EMR System to Link Underserved Smokers with Cessation Treatment
Role: Principal Investigator