Interests & Expertise

• Effects of social media on health behaviors & well-being
• Adolescent and young adult tobacco use
• LGBTQ+ tobacco use disparities
• Digital interventions for substance use
• Co-occurring health risk behaviors

Selected Current Projects

• Identifying and Addressing the Effects of Social Media Use on Young Adults’ E-Cigarette Use: A Solutions-Oriented Approach
  • Role: Principal Investigator
• Perceptions of and Intentions to Use Nicotine Pouches among Young Adults who Use Tobacco
  • Role: Principal Investigator
• Woebot for Substance Use Disorders
  • Role: Collaborator

Selected Completed Projects

• The Influence of Social Media on Adolescents’ E-Cigarette Use
  • Role: Principal Investigator
• ENDS Use in Adolescents
  • Role: Project fellow
• The Put It Out Project
  • Roles: Project fellow, smoking cessation counselor
• Effects of Social and Temporal Comparison on Health-Relevant Self-Perceptions
  • Role: Doctoral candidate (dissertation)