Julia Vassey • UCSF Profiles

Julia Vassey, MPH, MS

Title(s)	Research Assistant, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	530 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA 94143
Phone	510-987-0461
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Biography

Education and Training

UC Berkeley , Berkeley, CA	Master of Public Health	05/2019	Public Health
UC Berkeley , Berkeley, CA	Master of Journalism	05/2018	Journalism and Communication

Awards and Honors

UC Berkeley

2018 -

2019

School of Public Health Block Grant

Overview

Interests

child and adolescent health, e-cigarettes, social media, deep learning image classification, LDA topic modeling, mixed methods, interviews and focus groups, addictions, tobacco marketing strategies, environmental health, neuromarketing

Research

Research Activities and Funding

#Vape: Measuring E-cigarette Influence on Instagram with Deep Learning and Text Analysis
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health P50ES018172Aug 1, 2018 - Nov 28, 2019
Role: Investigator
Description: I developed the study idea and design, collected and analyzed the social media data, conducted the deep learning image classification and text analysis, organized and conducted the focus groups and interviews, wrote the 1st draft of the manuscript and revised consecutive drafts incorporating collaborators' feedback.

Bibliographic

Publications

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Ice Flavor-Related Discussions on Twitter: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 11 30; 24(11):e41785. Galimov A, Vassey J, Galstyan E, Unger JB, Kirkpatrick MG, Allem JP. PMID: 36449326.

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Med Medical Informatics
Translation:Humans Animals
Themes in TikTok Videos Featuring Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 11 16; 24(11):e42441. Vassey J, Donaldson SI, Dormanesh A, Allem JP. PMID: 36383406; PMCID: PMC9713621.

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Med Medical Informatics
Translation:Humans
Frequency of social media use and exposure to tobacco or nicotine-related content in association with E-cigarette use among youth: A cross-sectional and longitudinal survey analysis. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Dec; 30:102055. Vassey J, Galimov A, Kennedy CJ, Vogel EA, Unger JB. PMID: 36531097; PMCID: PMC9747649.

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Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media. Tob Control. 2022 Nov 03. Kong G, Laestadius L, Vassey J, Majmundar A, Stroup AM, Meissner HI, Ben Taleb Z, Cruz TB, Emery SL, Romer D. PMID: 36328589.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Influence of Disclosed And Undisclosed Funding Sources In Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse: A Social Network Analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Oct 29. Vassey J, Hendlin YH, Vora M, Ling P. PMID: 36308511.

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Pub Public Health
Themes in e-liquid concept names as a marketing tactic: evidence from Premarket Tobacco Product Applications in the USA. Tob Control. 2022 Sep 28. Laestadius L, Vassey J, Kim M, Ozga J, Li D, Stanton C, Wipfli H, Unger JB. PMID: 36171148; PMCID: PMC10043038.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Vaping and anime: a growing area of concern. Tob Control. 2022 Apr 26. Wipfli HL, Kim M, Vassey J, Stanton C. PMID: 35474025.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
E-cigarette brands and social media influencers on Instagram: a social network analysis. Tob Control. 2022 Feb 07. Vassey J, Valente T, Barker J, Stanton C, Li D, Laestadius L, Cruz TB, Unger JB. PMID: 35131947; PMCID: PMC9473311.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
E-cigarette use and promotion by social media influencers during videogame play on Twitch. Tob Control. 2021 Oct 08. Vassey J, Allem JP, Barker J, Cruz TB, Pang R, Unger JB, Wipfli HL, Kirkpatrick M. PMID: 34625511; PMCID: PMC9153388.

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Sub Substance-Related Disorders
Categorizing IQOS-Related Twitter Discussions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 04 30; 18(9). Barker JO, Vassey J, Chen-Sankey JC, Allem JP, Cruz TB, Unger JB. PMID: 33946546; PMCID: PMC8124933.

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Env Environmental Health Pub Public Health
Translation:Humans
Compliance With FDA Nicotine Warning Statement Provisions in E-liquid Promotion Posts on Instagram. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 10 08; 22(10):1823-1830. Laestadius LI, Wahl MM, Vassey J, Cho YI. PMID: 32433737; PMCID: PMC7542640.

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Pub Public Health
#Vape: Measuring E-Cigarette Influence on Instagram With Deep Learning and Text Analysis. Front Commun (Lausanne). 2020; 4. Vassey J, Metayer C, Kennedy CJ, Whitehead TP. PMID: 35233388; PMCID: PMC8883232.

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