Publications

Message design and testing


Example publications:

  • “Warning label messages about the cancer risk associated with alcohol: Effects of causal language.” Published in Addictive Behaviors, 2025.
  • “Perceptions of HPV-linked oropharyngeal cancer risk messages among a sample of young adult men in the US: A pilot study.” Published in American Journal of Men’s Health, 2024.
  • “Identifying promising themes for adolescent vaping warnings: A national experiment.” Published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2022.
  • “A self-management SMS text messaging intervention for people with inflammatory bowel disease: Feasibility and acceptability study.” Published in JMIR Formative Research, 2022.
  • “E-cigarette health harm awareness and discouragement: Implications for health communication.” Published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2020.

Social network analysis


Example publications:

  • “Health discussion network characteristics among a sample of people with inflammatory bowel disease.” Published in Chronic Illness, 2024.
  • “Community and opinion leadership effects on vaping discourse: A network analysis of online Reddit threads.” Published in Journal of Health Communication, 2023.
  • “Topic clustering of e-cigarette submissions among Reddit communities: A network perspective.” Published in Health Education & Behavior, 2019.

Digital health & social media


Example publications:

  • “Characteristics of and engagement with URL resources shared among online vaping communities on Reddit.” Published in Tobacco Control, 2024.
  • “Analysis of Telehealth Discussion Trends on Reddit (2019-2022).” Published in Telemedicine and e-Health, 2024.
  • “A self-management SMS text messaging intervention for people with inflammatory bowel disease: Feasibility and acceptability study.” Published in JMIR Formative Research, 2022.
  • “Topics analysis of Reddit and Twitter posts discussing inflammatory bowel disease and distress from 2017-2019.” Published in Crohn’s & Colitis, 2021.