College of Medicine
Salloum Lab
Led by Ramzi Salloum · Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
What we study
The Salloum Lab studies how to spread and keep evidence-based health programs working, especially for cancer prevention and smoking cessation. They use methods like randomized trials, surveys, and smartphone apps to test new ways to help people quit vaping or smoking.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
QuitQuest
Tests QuitQuest, a smartphone app designed to help teenagers stop vaping, in a clinical trial.
Phone Enabled Implementation of Cessation Support (PHOENICS)
Tests a phone-based program that gives people tobacco cessation support, to see whether it can reach more people and help them quit smoking.
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Project SMART
Tests whether social media messages can help teenagers reduce their use of e-cigarettes.
Promote Up: Comparative Effectiveness of Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Approaches
The lab is testing two smartphone programs that help people quit smoking and comparing them to the state quitline. The student will help recruit patients, collect data on quit rates, and analyze which method works best for different groups.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 56
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Recent papers, explained
- Clinical Outcomes after Deprescribing Thyroid Hormone Therapy: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2026 · Thyroid
Reviewed studies on stopping thyroid hormone treatment and its effects on symptoms and safety.
- Defining Core Functions and Forms for the Implementation of Pharmacogenomics Testing in Primary Care
2026 · Clinical and Translational Science
Identified key steps for adding pharmacogenomics testing to primary care.
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- Survey-based perspectives and reported barriers to DPYD testing among U.S. oncologists
2026 · Frontiers in Oncology
Surveyed U.S. oncologists about their views on testing for a gene linked to drug side effects.
- Seasonal Patterns and Implications of Cancer Diagnosis Across Calendar Months
2026 · JAMA Network Open
Examined how cancer diagnoses vary by month of the year in the U.S.
- A Discrete Choice Experiment to Understand Hospital Discharge Preferences of Populations with Non-English Language Preference
2026 · Journal of General Internal Medicine
Asked patients with non-English language preference how they prefer hospital discharge information.
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How to reach out
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