-- Mahatma Gandhi
Dept. of Health Services
Program Affiliations
Program Affiliations
Abigail C. Halperin
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer, Family Medicine (primary appt.)
Dr. Halperin is a member of the Department of Family Medicine faculty and is Director of the Tobacco Studies in Public Health and Tobacco Scholars Program.
Research Interests:
Reduction of tobacco use and related illnesses through education, advocacy, policy change, implementation of clinical practice guidelines, and community-based interventions; clinical interventions for treatment of tobacco dependence and alcohol-related risk reduction among college students
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Contact Information
email: abigail@u.washington.edu
address:
1107 NE 45th St.
Suite 345
Seattle, WA 98105
campus box: 354809
voice: 206-616-4482
fax: 206-685-6747
address:
1107 NE 45th St.
Suite 345
Seattle, WA 98105
campus box: 354809
voice: 206-616-4482
fax: 206-685-6747
Education
MPH
University of Washington, 2000 (Health Services)
MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1983
BA Wellesley College, 1977 (Psychology)
MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1983
BA Wellesley College, 1977 (Psychology)
Teaching (Department of Health Services Courses)
Recent Publications
Cerimele JM, Halperin AC. Smoking-related mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2013 May 2;368(18):1752-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1302783#SA2. PMID: 23635066
Schauer GL, Halperin AC, Mancl LA, Doescher MP. Health professional advice for smoking and weight in adults with and without diabetes: findings from BRFSS. J Behav Med. 2013 Feb;36(1):10-9. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9386-9. Epub 2011 Nov 16. PMID: 22083143
Metzger MJ, Halperin AC, Manhart LE, Hawes SE. Association of maternal smoking during pregnancy with infant hospitalization and mortality due to infectious diseases. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jan;32(1):e1-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182704bb5. PMID: 22929173
Buller DB, Meenan R, Severson H, Halperin A, Edwards E, Magnusson B. Comparison of 4 recruiting strategies in a smoking cessation trial. Am J Health Behav. 2012 Sep;36(5):577-88. PMID: 22584086 PMCID: PMC3357184
Tran BT, Halperin A, Chien JW. Cigarette smoking and outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jul;17(7):1004-11. Epub 2011 Mar 29. PMID: 21453779 PMCID: PMC3114301
Schauer GL, Halperin AC, Mancl LA, Doescher MP. Health professional advice for smoking and weight in adults with and without diabetes: findings from BRFSS. J Behav Med. 2013 Feb;36(1):10-9. doi: 10.1007/s10865-011-9386-9. Epub 2011 Nov 16. PMID: 22083143
Metzger MJ, Halperin AC, Manhart LE, Hawes SE. Association of maternal smoking during pregnancy with infant hospitalization and mortality due to infectious diseases. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jan;32(1):e1-7. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182704bb5. PMID: 22929173
Buller DB, Meenan R, Severson H, Halperin A, Edwards E, Magnusson B. Comparison of 4 recruiting strategies in a smoking cessation trial. Am J Health Behav. 2012 Sep;36(5):577-88. PMID: 22584086 PMCID: PMC3357184
Tran BT, Halperin A, Chien JW. Cigarette smoking and outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2011 Jul;17(7):1004-11. Epub 2011 Mar 29. PMID: 21453779 PMCID: PMC3114301
Dissertation, Thesis & Capstone Committees (recent HSERV graduates)
2012
Chair, thesis committee for Kristen Bylund
Systematic identification and treatment of adult in-patients admitted with a history of smoking to UW Medicine.
External Funding (sampling of recent awards from UW SAGE data)
International Quitline Institute 2012
Pfizer, Inc.PI: Halperin Dates: 1/2/2012 - 1/1/2014
Pfizer: International Quitline Institute
Pfizer, Inc.PI: Halperin Dates: 1/1/2011 - 3/31/2012
University of Washington Tobacco Studies 09-10
Pfizer, Inc.PI: Halperin Dates: 6/1/2009 - 8/31/2010
Projects
Tobacco Studies in Public Health and Tobacco Scholars Program
This program was established at the UW SPHCM in 2002 with initial funding from the American Legacy Foundation (Legacy) in conjunction with the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) as part of their STEP UP project (Scholarship, Teaching, and Education Program for Tobacco Use Prevention). Now funded by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), the program offers a tobacco studies curriculum and provides scholarship funding and mentorship for MPH and other health science and policy students interested in pursuing a concentration in tobacco use prevention, treatment or research.
depts.washington.edu/tobacco/
depts.washington.edu/tobacco/
Campus Health Action on Tobacco (CHAT) Study
This National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded project consists of a collaborative, group-randomized trial to decrease smoking among college students. A two-year comprehensive, campus-based intervention to prevent smoking onset and increase smoking cessation among college students was tested at thirty colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest. The project is based at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (PI, Dr. Beti Thompson) and research partners include the University of Washington, the Free & Clear tobacco treatment program, and the WA, OR and ID Departments of Health.
College Health Intervention Projects (CHIPs)
University of Washington is one of five sites for this randomized trial testing an intervention for reducing adverse outcomes from high risk drinking among college students, utilizing a motivational interviewing protocol in a primary care setting. The project, based at the University of Wisconsin Madison (PI, Dr. Michael Fleming), is funded by the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA).
www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/
www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/
SCCA Smoke Free Life Program
Dr. Halperin currently serves as Medical Director of the Smoke Free Life Program of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
SCCA Profile
SCCA Profile
Links
Faculty Page -Family Medicine Web Site
