The Interdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Program (ITURP) brings together faculty from several University departments, plus administrators and students, to research tobacco use.
ITURP began in the late 1990s and is sustained by on- and off-campus grants. Students at all levels are integral members of the team, which includes clinical assistant professors Rosemary Collier, Lori Sprague and Joyce Rhodes-Keefe. Students earn credit for working with the program as researchers in many different capacities through a two-credit, 400-level research practicum course.
Partners and Collaborators
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y.
- Saint James Mercy Hospital in Hornell, N.Y.
- Guthrie Corning Hospital in Corning, N.Y.
- Geisinger Health System in Tunkhannock, Pa.
- Susquehanna Health in Wellsboro, Pa.
- Lourdes Hospital deMarillac Maternity Program in Binghamton
- Medicaid Obstetrical and Maternal Services programs in New York and Pennsylvania
Research Initiatives
ITURP's primary research focuses on the following:
- Community outreach
- Curriculum
- Campus activities
Articles About ITURP/Nicotine Addiction
- University prepares to go tobacco free, published in 2017
- Cleansing breaths, published in 2017
- Wrestling with tobacco, published in 2016
