Tresza D. Hutcheson, Ph.D., M.A., NCNTT

Professional Background

Dr. Tresza Hutcheson is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and Director of Tobacco Treatment Program at the University of Kansas Cancer Center Tobacco Treatment Program. Dr. Hutcheson also directs the clinic for the Center for Genetic Services and Health Equity. She is a nationally-certified tobacco treatment specialist and helped found the University of Kansas Tobacco Treatment Specialist Training.

Dr. Hutcheson received her PhD in Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Kansas, at which time she started specializing in tobacco prevention and treatment. Her 25+ year career has included providing outreach and treatment among underresourced and minoritized populations; providing clinical supervision, training, protocol development, and fidelity monitoring for large clinical trials; conducting quality improvement initiatives at the University of Kansas Cancer Center and the University of Kansas Medical Center; serving as an expert nationally for quality improvement and implementation methods for tobacco treatment within cancer care; and serving locally through community-based partnerships.

Dr. Hutcheson has a passion for promoting health equity. Growing up in a rural area herself, she has a special interest in helping underresourced populations have better access to specialized healthcare services. In 2020, she joined the team at the JUNTOS Center for Advancing Latino Health and works on multiple cross-disciplinary projects there, as well as serves as the Center's data analyst. She leads a project for a youth-focused tobacco prevention program in partnership with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County Health Department.

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas, Kansas
• MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
• BA, Psychology, DePaul University, Chica, Illinois

• National Certificate of Tobacco Treatment Practice, Association for Addiction Professionals
• National Certification in Nicotine and Tobacco Treatment, National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors

• Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Tobacco Free Wyandotte County Coalition, Member, 2022 - Present
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, Member, 2004 - Present

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Research

Overview

Dr. Hutcheson's research interests include program evaluation for promoting health equity, qualitative research methodology, and research aimed at promoting healthy lifestyle changes for disease management, mental health disorder treatment, pain management, and improving overall quality of life. She has a special interest in telehealth, implementation science, and quality improvement.

• Hutcheson, Metcalf, Tim, Sanderson Cox, Lisa, Ellerbeck, Edward, Hu, Jinxiang, Chen, Xi, Kimber, Richter. 2023. Development and Demonstration of Tobacco Treatment Measures for Cancer Registries: Novel Metrics for Quality Improvement. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention
• Richter, Kimber., P., Catley, Delwyn, Gajewski, Byron., J., Faseru, Babalola, Shireman, Theresa., I., Zhang, Chuanwu, Scheuermann, Taneisha., S., Mussulman, Laura., M., Nazir, Niaman, Hutcheson, Tresza, Shergina, Elena, Ellerbeck, Edward., F.. 2023. The Effects of Opt-out vs Opt-in Tobacco Treatment on Engagement, Cessation, and Costs. JAMA Internal Medicine, 183 (4), 331. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.7170
• Neerukonda, Thanuja, Richter, Kimber., P., Hutcheson, Tresza, Cox, Lisa., Sanderson, Ellerbeck, Edward., F., Mussulman, Laura. 2022. Hospital-based tobacco treatment for inpatients with a history of cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, 78, 102123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2022.102123
• Ellerbeck, Edward., F., Cox, Lisa., Sanderson, Hui, Siu-kuen., Azor, Keighley, John, Hutcheson, Tresza., D., Fitzgerald, Sharon., A., Cupertino, A.., Paula, Greiner, K.., Allen, Rigotti, Nancy., A., Miller, Nancy., Houston, Rabius, Vance, Richter, Kimber., P.. 2019. Impact of Adding Telephone-Based Care Coordination to Standard Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Counseling Post-hospital Discharge: a Randomized Controlled Trial. JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE, 34 (12), 2804-2811
• Tague, Caleb, Richter, Kimber., P., Cox, Lisa., S., Keighley, John, Hutcheson, Tresza, Fitzgerald, Sharon., A., Ellerbeck, Edward., F.. 2017. Impact of Telephone-Based Care Coordination on Use of Cessation Medications Posthospital Discharge: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 19 (3), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw138
• Ellerbeck, Edward., F., Nollen, Nicole, Hutcheson, Tresza., D., Phadnis, Milind, Fitzgerald, Sharon., A., Vacek, James, Sharpe, Matthew., R., Salzman, Gary., A., Richter, Kimber., P.. 2018. Effect of Long-term Nicotine Replacement Therapy vs Standard Smoking Cessation for Smokers With Chronic Lung Disease A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA NETWORK OPEN, 1 (5)
• Nollen, Nicole., L., Hutcheson, Tresza, Carlson, Susan, Rapoff, Michael, Goggin, Kathy, Mayfield, Carlene, Ellerbeck, Edward. 2013. Development and functionality of a handheld computer program to improve fruit and vegetable intake among low-income youth. HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH, 28 (2), 249-264
• Hutcheson, Tresza., D., Greiner, K.., Allen, Ellerbeck, Edward., F., Jeffries, Shawn., K., Mussulman, Laura., M., Casey, Genevieve., N.. 2008. Understanding smoking cessation in rural communities. JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH, 24 (2), 116-124
• Olson, BD, Jason, LA, Ferrari, JR, Hutcheson, TD. 2005. Bridging professional and mutual-help: An application of the transtheoretical model to the mutual-help organization. APPLIED & PREVENTIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 11 (3), 167-178
• Hutcheson, Tresza., D, Mussulman, Laura., M, Nazir, Niaman, Jeffries, Shawn., K, Greiner, K. Allen, Ellerbeck, Edward., F.. 2005. The association of motivation and setting a quit date in rural smokers, 29 Supplement, S154