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Laurie Zawertailo
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Latest funding
- $100,000
The SWAGAT Study: Smoking cessation and Weight gain Attenuation with dual Glucagon like Peptide Receptor & Gastric Inhibitory Receptor Agonist- Tirzepatide: A double blinded RCT.
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $569,925
Assessing ChatV's Feasibility in Promoting Varenicline Adherence: A Hybrid Type 1 Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $558,193
Enhancing Motivation for Smoking Cessation in Women Using a Gender-Informed AI Conversational Agent: Development and Feasibility Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
The SWAGAT Study: Smoking cessation and Weight gain Attenuation with dual Glucagon like Peptide Receptor & Gastric Inhibitory Receptor Agonist- Tirzepatide: A double blinded RCT.
Principal investigators: Selby, Peter L; Agarwal, Sri Mahavir; Melamed, Osnat; Mir, Hassan; Patton, Ian T; Tang, Victor M; Veldhuizen, Scott R; Zawertailo, Laurie A
Keywords: Addiction; Cardiometabolic Risk; Gastric Inhibitory Peptide; Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist; Nicotine Dependence; Obesity; Overweight; Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder; Trizepatide
Assessing ChatV's Feasibility in Promoting Varenicline Adherence: A Hybrid Type 1 Study
Principal investigators: Minian, Nadia
Keywords: Behavioural Interventions; Conversational Agents; Hybrid Type 1 Trial; Medication Adherence; Randomized Control Trial; Smoking Cessation
Enhancing Motivation for Smoking Cessation in Women Using a Gender-Informed AI Conversational Agent: Development and Feasibility Study
Principal investigators: Melamed, Osnat; Sikstrom, Laura
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Behavioural Counselling; Conversational Agent; Digital Storytelling; Gender; Health Behaviour Change; Motivational Interviewing; Tobacco Addiction; Women'S Health
Development and evaluation of a theory and evidence-based intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol consumption among treatment seeking smokers
Principal investigators: Minian, Nadia; Veldhuizen, Scott R
Keywords: Alcohol; Cancer Prevention; Co-Creation; Digital Interventions; Direct To Patient Intervention; Patient Portal; Tobacco
Co-creating digital solutions for problem drinking in treatment-seeking smokers to reduce (compounded) risk for cancer.
Principal investigators: Minian, Nadia; Veldhuizen, Scott R
Keywords: Alcohol; Cancer Prevention; Co-Creation; Patient Portal; Tobacco
Helping Women with Diabetes Quit Smoking: A Gender-Informed Approach to Brain Health
Principal investigators: Melamed, Osnat; McQuire, Tracy
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus; Gender; Middle Age; Prevention; Tobacco Use; Vascular Cognitive Impairment; Women
Integrating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment for Nicotine Dependence in the Clinic: A Pragmatic, Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial.
Principal investigators: Tang, Victor M; Buckley, Leslie; Robinson, Lee M; Selby, Peter L; Sloan, Matthew E
Keywords: Brain Stimulation; Clinical Trial; Comparative Effectiveness; Implementation Science; Smoking; Therapeutic
Using non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) as an adjunct to varenicline for the treatment of tobacco dependence: a randomized controlled trial
Principal investigators: Zawertailo, Laurie A; Rajji, Tarek K
Keywords: Adjunct Treatment; Brain Stimulation; Pharmacology; Smoking Cessation
Helping people adhere to their varenicline treatment by co-creating a conversational agent: A feasibility study
Principal investigators: Minian, Nadia
Keywords: Conversational Agent; Implementation Outcomes; Medication Adherence; Smoking Cessation
Helping people adhere to their varenicline treatment by co-creating a conversational agent: A feasibility study
Principal investigators: Minian, Nadia
Keywords: Cancer
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