Tailoring screening and smoking cessation for the LGBTQ community (SASSY)

Principal Investigator: Matty Triplette, MD, MPH

Funding Agency: LUNGevity

This study utilizes a mixed-methods approach, grounded in the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR), to create and evaluate a tailored patient navigation intervention for LCS eligible patients in the LGBTQ community coupled with tailored smoking cessation.

Assisting in smoking cessation and lung cancer screening in Indigenous persons in Seattle (ASSIST)

Principal Investigator: Matty Triplette, MD, MPH

Co-Investigators: Myra Parker, JD, PhD

Funding Agency: ALA/ATS/CHEST Foundation Respiratory Health Equity Research Award

This research is designed as an pre- and post-intervention evaluation of a patient navigation approach to LCS in patients who are undergoing LCS within the UW/FHCC combined LCS program who identify as AI/AN. It includes mixed-methods assessments including surveys and interviews. The overall approach of this study is one of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and our external study oversite includes an external advisory board and Seattle Indian Health Board. The overarching framework guiding the interview and pre/post survey development and the evaluation of the intervention is the RE-AIM framework and Tribal Critical Race Theory.