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Ludmila M. Cofta-Woerpel

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1992 Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, PHD, Experimental Psychology
1985 University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, MA, Psychology

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Kendzor DE, Businelle MS, Mazas CA, Cofta-Woerpel LM, Reitzel LR, Vidrine JI, Li Y, Costello TJ, Cinciripini PM, Ahluwalia JS, Wetter DW. Pathways between socioeconomic status and modifiable risk factors among African American smokers. J Behav Med 32(6):545-57, 12/2009. e-Pub 9/2009. PMCID: PMC2828046.
2. Vidrine JI, Vidrine DJ, Costello TJ, Mazas C, Cofta-Woerpel L, Mejia LM, Wetter DW. The Smoking Consequences Questionnaire: Factor structure and predictive validity among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in the United States. Nicotine Tob Res 11(11):1280-8, 11/2009. e-Pub 8/2009. PMCID: PMC2762927.
3. Businelle MS, Kendzor DE, Costello TJ, Cofta-Woerpel L, Li Y, Mazas CA, Vidrine JI, Reitzel LR, Cinciripini PM, Ahluwalia JS, Wetter DW. Light versus heavy smoking among African-American men and women. Addict Behav 34(2):197–203, 2/2009. e-Pub 10/2008. PMCID: PMC2614080.
4. Cofta-Woerpel L, Randhawa V, McFadden HG, Fought A, Bullard E, & Spring B. ACCISS study rationale and design: Activating Collaborative Cancer Information Service Support for cervical cancer screening. BMC Public Health 9:444-454, 2009.
5. Bowen DJ, Kreuter MW, Spring B, Cofta-Woerpel L, Linnan L, Weiner D, Bakken S, Kaplan C, Squiers L, Fabrizio C, Fernandez M. How we design feasibility studies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 36(5):452–457, 2009.
6. Reitzel LR, Costello TJ, Mazas CA, Vidrine JI, Businelle MS, Kendzor DE, Li Y, Cofta-Woerpel L, Wetter DW. Low-level smoking among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers: Relationships with demographics, tobacco dependence, withdrawal, and cessation. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 11:178-184, 2009.
7. Shaw BR, DuBenske L, Yeob Han J, Cofta-Woerpel L, Bush N, Gustafson DH, McTavish F. Antecedent characteristics of online cancer information seeking among rural breast cancer patients: An application of the Cognitive-Social Health Information Processing (C-SHIP) Model. Journal of Health Communication 13(4):389-408, 2008.
8. Kendzor DE, Costello TJ, LiY, Vidrine JI, Mazas C, Reitzel LR, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Businelle MS & Wetter DW. Race/Ethnicity and Multiple Cancer Risk Factors among individuals seeking smoking cessation treatment. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention 17:2937-2945, 2008.
9. Kendzor DE, Cofta-Woerpel L, Mazas CA, Li Y, Vidrine JI, Reitzel LR, Costello TJ, Businelle MS, Ahluwahlia JS, Cinciripini PM, Wetter DW. Socioeconomic status, negative affect, and modifiable cancer risk factors in African American smokers. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention 17:2546-2554, 2008.
10. Wetter DW, Daza P, Mazas CA, Nguyen LH, Fouladi RT, Li Y, Cofta-Woerpel L. Adiós al Fumar: Reaching and treating Spanish speaking smokers through the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service. Cancer 109:406-414, 2007.
11. Squiers L, Bush N, Vanderpool R, Cofta-Woerpel L, Fabrizio C. Bridging the critical chasm between service and research. Journal of Cancer Education 22:91-98, 2007.
12. Cofta-Woerpel L, Wright KL, Wetter DW. Smoking Cessation 3: Multicomponent Interventions. Behavioral Medicine 32:135-149, 2007.
13. Reitzel LR, Vidrine JI, Li Y, Mullen PD, Velasquez MM, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Wetter DW. The influence of subjective social status on vulnerability to postpartum smoking among young pregnant women. American Journal of Public Health 97:1476-1482, 2007.
14. Mazas CA, Cofta-Woerpel L, Daza P, Fouladi RT, Vidrine JI, Cinciripini PM, Gritz ER, Wetter DW. At-risk drinking in employed men and women. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 31:279-87, 2006. PMID: 16700642.
15. Daza P, Cofta-Woerpel L, Mazas C, Fouladi RT, Cinciripini PM, Gritz ER, Wetter DW. Racial and ethnic differences in predictors of smoking cessation. Substance Use and Misuse 41:317-39, 2006. PMID: 16467009.
16. Cofta-Woerpel L, Wright KL, Wetter DW. Smoking cessation 1: pharmacological treatments. Behavioral Medicine 32:47-56, 2006. PMID: 16903614.
17. Vidrine JI, Cofta-Woerpel L, Daza P, Wright KL, Wetter DW. Smoking cessation 2: behavioral treatments. Behavioral Medicine 32:99-109, 2006. PMID: 17120385.
18. Wetter DW, Cofta-Gunn L, Irvin JE, Fouladi RT, Wright K, Daza P, Mazas C, Cinciripini PM, Gritz ER. What accounts for the association of education and smoking cessation? Preventive Medicine 40:452-60, 2005. PMID: 15530598.
19. Wetter DW, Cofta-Gunn L, Fouladi RT, Cinciripini PM, Sui D, Gritz ER. Late relapse/sustained abstinence among former smokers: a longitudinal study. Preventive Medicine 39:1156-63, 2004. PMID: 15539050.
20. Cofta-Gunn L, Wright, KL, Wetter, DW. Evidence-based treatments for tobacco dependence. Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine 1:Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine, 2003.
21. Wetter DW, McClure JB, de Moor C, Cofta-Gunn L, Cummings S, Cinciripini PM, Gritz ER. Concomitant use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco: prevalence, correlates, and predictors of tobacco cessation. Preventive Medicine 34:638-48, 2002. PMID: 12052025.

Last updated: 11/5/2010