Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Harvard University, United StatesScD2019Social and Computational Epidemiology
    Harvard Medical School, United StatesPost-Doctoral Fellow2019Computational Epidemiology
    Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) , FranceVisiting Assistant Professor2020Behavioral Economics
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    JAMA and JAMA Network2023Associate Editor, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine
    Evidence for Action, A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program2022List of Most Innovative and Transformative Manuscript in 2022, "Association of “# covid19”
    Evidence for Action, A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Program2022List of Most Innovative and Transformative Manuscript 2022, Risks and opportunities to ensure equity
    Harvard Medical School2019Graduate Research Award
    The Embassy of France and The French National Research 2019Make Our Planet Great Again, President Macron Fellowship for Research in Planetary Sciences
    International Chapter of Philanthropic Educational Organization2018Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award
    Harvard University, the Committee of General Scholarships2018Kennedy Fellowship
    Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences20171st Place Social Entrepreneurship Award - Venture Capital Innovation Challenge
    The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs 2017Dissertation Research Award
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health2017The Harvey V. Fineberg Fellowship in Cancer Prevention
    The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CHIR)2015Doctoral Research Award
    The University of Cambridge 2014Cambridge International Scholarship Scheme, Full Tuition and Stipend Scholarship - Declined
    The University of Oxford 2014Clarendon Scholarship, Full Tuition and Stipend Scholarship - Declined

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    Dr. Hswen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Bakar Computational Health Institute at the University of California San Francisco and faculty in the joint Computational Precision Health Program with UC Berkeley. Dr. Hswen graduated with a Doctoral Degree in social and computational epidemiology at Harvard University. She is also an Associate Editor for JAMA and JAMA Network, where she leads the strategy for multimedia in AI and medicine. https://jamanetwork.com/channels/ai

    Dr. Hswen’s research has been published in top medical and public health Journals such as, The New England Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Nature npj Digital Medicine, Nature Human Behavior, Nature Scientific Data, JAMA Network Open and JAMA, and her work has been featured in CBC News, Bloomberg News, Nature Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.

    Dr. Hswen is in the pursuit of detecting uncomfortable truths and seeks to identify authentic attitudes, feelings, and beliefs that influence population behavior and health. Through the collection of unconventional and underground online social networks, Dr. Hswen captures unfiltered conversations to further understand the connections between social experiences and health. Using new artificial intelligence and machine learning methods she uncovers social patterns of disease to develop unbiased and fair systems of health.

    Dr. Hswen has served as Deputy Editor of the Harvard Public Health Review and is on the Editorial Board for Nature Journals Scientific Reports, and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Dr Hswen was previously a Kennedy Fellow at Harvard University and a Chateaubriand STEM Fellow, the Embassy of France, and The French National Research Agency for researchers to study the environment and health in France. Before joining UCSF, Dr. Hswen was a visiting Assistant Professor at Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) where she conducted research in behavioral economics in relation to the promotion of public health interventions. Dr. Hswen is interested in the application of behavioral economic theories to enhance the acceptance and adherence of healthy behaviors and the willingness to share information.

    Personal interests: 18th-19th century French and Italian Art and Crystal.
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    Impact of Alzheimer’s Disease Early identification.
    Syrmount Award 7000-112108-7030835-45Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2026
    Role: MPI
    Description: This project scope will assess how the clinical management of women at risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) influences progression to dementia. We will focus on individuals who are in very early/subtle stages of diseases that cause dementia.
    REACH- the UCSF Core Center for Patient-centric Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Low Back Pain Diversity Recruitment
    NIH/NIDA 3 U19 AR076737-0152Sep 1, 2021 - May 31, 2024
    Role: MPI
    Description: The aim is to increase the racial and ethnic diversity within low back pain studies of the U19 grant.
    Risks and strength: determining the impact of area level racial bias and protective factors on birth outcomes
    NIH/NIMHD 107232-Z0462201Aug 23, 2021 - Dec 31, 2023
    Role: Site PI
    Description: The goal of this project is to investigate the role of racism and discrimination on health and health disparities
    Digital Health Solutions for COVID-19
    NIH/NCI 75N91020C00039Sep 14, 2020 - Sep 1, 2021
    Role: MPI
    Description: Developing digital health solutions to address the COVID-19 pandemic. To enable new research into using digital health technologies to advance the public health response.
    DrugMap
    NIH/NLM 3R01LM011965-03S1Sep 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2019
    Role: Co-Investigator
    Description: Digital surveillance for the opioid epidemic. Building an online platform to identify opioid news-related accounts
    New Insights into the Federal Calorie Labeling Law
    NIH R01DK115492Jun 20, 2018 - Mar 31, 2023
    Role: Site PI
    Description: To examine the impact of a federal nutrition policy on internet and social media discussions regarding calories and labeling.
    UCSF Data Science Training to Advance Behavioral and Social Science Expertise for Health Research (DaTABASE) Program
    NIH/NIMHD 5T32MD015070-04
    Role: MPI
    Description: The UCSF Data Science Training to Advance Behavioral and Social Science Expertise for Health Research (DaTABASE) program focuses on training the next generation of researchers on 1) Grounding in a rigorous, interdisciplinary quantitative training program for a foundation in study designs and statistical analyses to deliver actionable evidence on health; 2) Integration of multiple data streams, including: ‘omics, clinical (e.g., UC-wide, geolocated and longitudinal medical records, clickstream data from UCSF’s unique clinical informatics infrastructure), digital (device-based data flows, social media data, technology enabled cohorts), population and policy data sets (e.g., local policies regulating cannabis retail outlets in California communities);3) training and research activities organized around the elimination of health disparities.

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    1. Will Generative AI Tools Improve Access to Reliable Health Information? JAMA. 2024 Apr 05. Anderer S, Hswen Y. PMID: 38578617.
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    2. Digital Avatars and Personalized Voices-How AI Is Helping to Restore Speech to Patients. JAMA. 2024 Mar 22. Anderer S, Hswen Y. PMID: 38517420.
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    3. Generative Artificial Intelligence Should Not Compromise Traditional Medical Education. Acad Med. 2024 Mar 07. Hswen Y, Nguyen TT. PMID: 38466579.
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    4. Reporting Use of AI in Research and Scholarly Publication-JAMA Network Guidance. JAMA. 2024 Mar 07. Flanagin A, Pirracchio R, Khera R, Berkwits M, Hswen Y, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 38451540.
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    5. How Machine Learning Might Help Improve Cardiac Imaging. JAMA. 2024 Mar 06. Anderer S, Hswen Y. PMID: 38446469.
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    6. Blind Spots, Shortcuts, and Automation Bias-Researchers Are Aiming to Improve AI Clinical Models. JAMA. 2024 Feb 28. Abbasi J, Hswen Y. PMID: 38416482.
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    7. AI Developers Should Understand the Risks of Deploying Their Clinical Tools, MIT Expert Says. JAMA. 2024 02 27; 331(8):629-631. Anderer S, Hswen Y. PMID: 38324320.
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    8. The impact of abortion bans on short-term housing needs. Public Health. 2024 Feb 26; 228:200-205. Sehgal NKR, Hswen Y, Cantor J, Upadhyay UD, Reis BY, Remmel C, Brownstein JS, Rader B. PMID: 38412759.
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    9. "Scalable Privilege"-How AI Could Turn Data From the Best Medical Systems Into Better Care for All. JAMA. 2024 02 13; 331(6):459-462. Anderer S, Hswen Y. PMID: 38265824.
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    10. How to Navigate the Pitfalls of AI Hype in Health Care. JAMA. 2024 01 23; 331(4):273-276. Suran M, Hswen Y. PMID: 38170492.
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    11. How Do Policymakers Regulate AI and Accommodate Innovation in Research and Medicine? JAMA. 2024 01 16; 331(3):185-187. Suran M, Hswen Y. PMID: 38117529.
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    12. How AI Assistants Could Help Answer Patients' Messages-and Potentially Improve Their Outcomes. JAMA. 2024 01 09; 331(2):95-97. Abbasi J, Hswen Y. PMID: 38091007.
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    13. Travel Time and Costs for Abortion for Military Service Members After the Dobbs Decision. JAMA. 2024 01 02; 331(1):75-77. Rader B, Hswen Y, Sehgal NKR, Brownstein JS. PMID: 37948072; PMCID: PMC10638662.
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    14. Clinical AI Tools Must Be Fed the Right Data, Stanford Health Care's Chief Data Scientist Says. JAMA. 2023 12 12; 330(22):2137-2139. Voelker R, Hswen Y. PMID: 37966811.
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    15. Can Predictive AI Improve Early Detection of Sepsis and Other Conditions? JAMA. 2023 11 28; 330(20):1939-1942. Voelker R, Hswen Y. PMID: 37910113.
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    16. A Decade of Tweets: Visualizing Racial Sentiments Towards Minoritized Groups in the United States Between 2011 and 2021. Epidemiology. 2024 Jan 01; 35(1):51-59. Nguyen TT, Merchant JS, Yue X, Mane H, Wei H, Huang D, Gowda KN, Makres K, Najib C, Nghiem HT, Li D, Drew LB, Hswen Y, Criss S, Allen AM, Nguyen QC. PMID: 37756290; PMCID: PMC10683970.
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    17. AI Will-and Should-Change Medical School, Says Harvard's Dean for Medical Education. JAMA. 2023 11 21; 330(19):1820-1823. Hswen Y, Abbasi J. PMID: 37878288.
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    18. Kaiser Permanente's CMO: How AI Might Help Clinicians Address Patients' Social Risk Factors. JAMA. 2023 11 14; 330(18):1717-1719. Voelker R, Hswen Y. PMID: 37851471.
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    19. New AI Tools Must Have Health Equity in Their DNA. JAMA. 2023 11 07; 330(17):1604-1607. Hswen Y, Voelker R. PMID: 37819644.
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    20. Electronic Health Records Failed to Make Clinicians' Lives Easier-Will AI Technology Succeed? JAMA. 2023 10 24; 330(16):1509-1511. Hswen Y, Voelker R. PMID: 37792365.
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    21. The impact of the federal menu labeling law on the sentiment of Twitter discussions about restaurants and food retailers: An interrupted time series analysis. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Dec; 36:102478. Hswen Y, Moran AJ, von Ash T, Prasad S, Martheswaran T, Simon D, Cleveland LP, Brownstein JS, Block JP. PMID: 37927975; PMCID: PMC10622709.
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    22. The inclusion of social determinants of health into evaluations of quality and appropriateness of AI assistant-ChatGPT. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2024 Mar; 27(1):157. Hswen Y, Nguyen TT. PMID: 37704752.
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    23. AI in Medicine-JAMA's Focus on Clinical Outcomes, Patient-Centered Care, Quality, and Equity. JAMA. 2023 09 05; 330(9):818-820. Khera R, Butte AJ, Berkwits M, Hswen Y, Flanagin A, Park H, Curfman G, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 37566406.
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    24. Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection results in long-lasting microbiota instability. mBio. 2023 08 31; 14(4):e0088923. Upadhyay V, Suryawanshi RK, Tasoff P, McCavitt-Malvido M, Kumar RG, Murray VW, Noecker C, Bisanz JE, Hswen Y, Ha CWY, Sreekumar B, Chen IP, Lynch SV, Ott M, Lee S, Turnbaugh PJ. PMID: 37294090; PMCID: PMC10470529.
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    25. Structural racism through Sundown towns and its relationship to COVID-19 local risk and racial and ethnic diversity. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Oct; 35:102260. Hswen Y, Yang F, Le-Compte C, Hurley ME, Mattie H, Nguyen TT. PMID: 37363357; PMCID: PMC10207838.
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    26. Examining Twitter-Derived Negative Racial Sentiment as Indicators of Cultural Racism: Observational Associations With Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Among a Multiracial Sample of Mothers, 2011-2021. J Med Internet Res. 2023 04 28; 25:e44990. Nguyen TT, Merchant JS, Criss S, Makres K, Gowda KN, Mane H, Yue X, Hswen Y, Glymour MM, Nguyen QC, Allen AM. PMID: 37115602; PMCID: PMC10182466.
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    27. Vigilance and Protection: How Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, Latina, and Middle Eastern Women Cope with Racism. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Apr; 11(2):773-782. Criss S, Kim M, De La Cruz MM, Thai N, Nguyen QC, Hswen Y, Gee GC, Nguyen TT. PMID: 36917397; PMCID: PMC10013280.
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    28. Examining Exposure to Messaging, Content, and Hate Speech from Partisan News Social Media Posts on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 02 12; 20(4). Nguyen TT, Yu W, Merchant JS, Criss S, Kennedy CJ, Mane H, Gowda KN, Kim M, Belani R, Blanco CF, Kalachagari M, Yue X, Volpe VV, Allen AM, Hswen Y, Nguyen QC. PMID: 36833925; PMCID: PMC9960309.
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    29. Erratum: Author Correction: Individuals' willingness to provide geospatial global positioning system (GPS) data from their smartphone during the COVID-19 pandemic. Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 2022; 9(1):456. Hswen Y, Nguemdjo U, Yom-Tov E, Marcus GM, Ventelou B. PMID: 36568506; PMCID: PMC9761634.
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    30. Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection results in long-lasting microbiota instability. bioRxiv. 2022 Dec 08. Upadhyay V, Suryawanshi R, Tasoff P, McCavitt-Malvido M, Kumar GR, Murray VW, Noecker C, Bisanz JE, Hswen Y, Ha C, Sreekumar B, Chen IP, Lynch SV, Ott M, Lee S, Turnbaugh PJ. PMID: 36523400; PMCID: PMC9753784.
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    31. Racism During Pregnancy and Birthing: Experiences from Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, Latina, and Middle Eastern Women. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 12; 10(6):3007-3017. Nguyen TT, Criss S, Kim M, De La Cruz MM, Thai N, Merchant JS, Hswen Y, Allen AM, Gee GC, Nguyen QC. PMID: 36449130; PMCID: PMC9713108.
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    32. Estimated Travel Time and Spatial Access to Abortion Facilities in the US Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Decision. JAMA. 2022 11 22; 328(20):2041-2047. Rader B, Upadhyay UD, Sehgal NKR, Reis BY, Brownstein JS, Hswen Y. PMID: 36318194; PMCID: PMC9627517.
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    33. Individuals' willingness to provide geospatial global positioning system (GPS) data from their smartphone during the COVID-19 pandemic. Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 2022; 9(1):336. Hswen Y, Nguemdjo U, Yom-Tov E, Marcus GM, Ventelou B. PMID: 36187847; PMCID: PMC9510720.
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    34. Online Hate: The New Virus. Am J Public Health. 2022 04; 112(4):545-547. Hswen Y. PMID: 35319954; PMCID: PMC8961821.
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    35. Covidseeker: A Geospatial Temporal Surveillance Tool. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 01 27; 19(3). Hswen Y, Yom-Tov E, Murti V, Narsing N, Prasad S, Rutherford GW, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 35162432; PMCID: PMC8834825.
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    36. Economics of attention: The gender-based bing communication study on depression. SSM Popul Health. 2022 Mar; 17:100993. Hswen Y, Ulrich N, Elad YT, Bruno V. PMID: 35005183; PMCID: PMC8715372.
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    37. Risks and Opportunities to Ensure Equity in the Application of Big Data Research in Public Health. Annu Rev Public Health. 2022 04 05; 43:59-78. Wesson P, Hswen Y, Valdes G, Stojanovski K, Handley MA. PMID: 34871504; PMCID: PMC8983486.
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    38. The Federal Menu Labeling Law and Twitter Discussions about Calories in the United States: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 10 14; 18(20). Hswen Y, Moran AJ, Prasad S, Li A, Simon D, Cleveland L, Hawkins JB, Brownstein JS, Block J. PMID: 34682538; PMCID: PMC8535269.
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    39. A 10-Year Social Media Analysis Exploring Hospital Online Support of Black Lives Matter and the Black Community. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2126714. Hswen Y, Thorpe Huerta D, Le-Compte C, Hawkins JB, Brownstein JS. PMID: 34652448; PMCID: PMC8520129.
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    40. Analysis of a Vaping-Associated Lung Injury Outbreak through Participatory Surveillance and Archival Internet Data. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 03; 18(15). Hswen Y, Yom-Tov E. PMID: 34360495; PMCID: PMC8346109.
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    41. Estimating the incidence of cocaine use and mortality with music lyrics about cocaine. NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Jun 30; 4(1):100. Hswen Y, Zhang A, Brownstein JS. PMID: 34193959; PMCID: PMC8245595.
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    42. Exploring discussions of health and risk and public sentiment in Massachusetts during COVID-19 pandemic mandate implementation: A Twitter analysis. SSM Popul Health. 2021 Sep; 15:100851. Thorpe Huerta D, Hawkins JB, Brownstein JS, Hswen Y. PMID: 34355055; PMCID: PMC8325089.
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    43. Real-time geospatial surveillance of localized emotional stress responses to COVID-19: A proof of concept analysis. Health Place. 2021 07; 70:102598. Edry T, Maani N, Sykora M, Elayan S, Hswen Y, Wolf M, Rinaldi F, Galea S, Gruebner O. PMID: 34107445; PMCID: PMC8166515.
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    44. Influenza forecasting for French regions combining EHR, web and climatic data sources with a machine learning ensemble approach. PLoS One. 2021; 16(5):e0250890. Poirier C, Hswen Y, Bouzillé G, Cuggia M, Lavenu A, Brownstein JS, Brewer T, Santillana M. PMID: 34010293; PMCID: PMC8133501.
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    45. Public attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination: The role of vaccine attributes, incentives, and misinformation. NPJ Vaccines. 2021 May 14; 6(1):73. Kreps S, Dasgupta N, Brownstein JS, Hswen Y, Kriner DL. PMID: 33990614; PMCID: PMC8121853.
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    46. Estimation of Asthma Symptom Onset Using Internet Search Queries: Lag-Time Series Analysis. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 05 10; 7(5):e18593. Hswen Y, Zhang A, Ventelou B. PMID: 33970108; PMCID: PMC8145078.
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    47. Association of "#covid19" Versus "#chinesevirus" With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter: March 9-23, 2020. Am J Public Health. 2021 05; 111(5):956-964. Hswen Y, Xu X, Hing A, Hawkins JB, Brownstein JS, Gee GC. PMID: 33734838; PMCID: PMC8034032.
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    48. Early detection of COVID-19 in China and the USA: summary of the implementation of a digital decision-support and disease surveillance tool. BMJ Open. 2020 12 10; 10(12):e041004. Hswen Y, Brownstein JS, Xu X, Yom-Tov E. PMID: 33303453; PMCID: PMC7733221.
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    49. Person-based machine learning: Accounting for patient experience to explain the nature of schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2021 02; 228:619-620. Naslund JA, Hswen Y. PMID: 33229226.
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    50. Geographic access to United States SARS-CoV-2 testing sites highlights healthcare disparities and may bias transmission estimates. J Travel Med. 2020 Nov 09; 27(7). Rader B, Astley CM, Sy KTL, Sewalk K, Hswen Y, Brownstein JS, Kraemer MUG. PMID: 32412064; PMCID: PMC7239151.
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    51. Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters. Front Public Health. 2020; 8:578463. Sandifer P, Knapp L, Lichtveld M, Manley R, Abramson D, Caffey R, Cochran D, Collier T, Ebi K, Engel L, Farrington J, Finucane M, Hale C, Halpern D, Harville E, Hart L, Hswen Y, Kirkpatrick B, McEwen B, Morris G, Orbach R, Palinkas L, Partyka M, Porter D, Prather AA, Rowles T, Scott G, Seeman T, Solo-Gabriele H, Svendsen E, Tincher T, Trtanj J, Walker AH, Yehuda R, Yip F, Yoskowitz D, Singer B. PMID: 33178663; PMCID: PMC7593336.
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    52. Factors Associated With US Adults' Likelihood of Accepting COVID-19 Vaccination. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 10 01; 3(10):e2025594. Kreps S, Prasad S, Brownstein JS, Hswen Y, Garibaldi BT, Zhang B, Kriner DL. PMID: 33079199; PMCID: PMC7576409.
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    53. Online negative sentiment towards Mexicans and Hispanics and impact on mental well-being: A time-series analysis of social media data during the 2016 United States presidential election. Heliyon. 2020 Sep; 6(9):e04910. Hswen Y, Qin Q, Williams DR, Viswanath K, Subramanian SV, Brownstein JS. PMID: 33005781; PMCID: PMC7519357.
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    54. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Patient Experiences in the United States: 4-Year Content Analysis of Twitter. J Med Internet Res. 2020 08 21; 22(8):e17048. Hswen Y, Hawkins JB, Sewalk K, Tuli G, Williams DR, Viswanath K, Subramanian SV, Brownstein JS. PMID: 32821062; PMCID: PMC7474415.
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    55. Investigation of Geographic and Macrolevel Variations in LGBTQ Patient Experiences: Longitudinal Social Media Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2020 07 31; 22(7):e17087. Hswen Y, Zhang A, Sewalk KC, Tuli G, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 33137713; PMCID: PMC7428906.
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    56. Digital Surveillance for Monitoring Environmental Health Threats: A Case Study Capturing Public Opinion from Twitter about the 2019 Chennai Water Crisis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 14; 17(14). Xiong J, Hswen Y, Naslund JA. PMID: 32674441; PMCID: PMC7400361.
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    57. Evaluation of Volume of News Reporting and Opioid-Related Deaths in the United States: Comparative Analysis Study of Geographic and Socioeconomic Differences. J Med Internet Res. 2020 07 10; 22(7):e17693. Hswen Y, Zhang A, Freifeld C, Brownstein JS. PMID: 32673248; PMCID: PMC7382008.
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    58. The relationship between Jim Crow laws and social capital from 1997-2014: A 3-level multilevel hierarchical analysis across time, county and state. Soc Sci Med. 2020 10; 262:113142. Hswen Y, Qin Q, Williams DR, Viswanath K, Brownstein JS, Subramanian SV. PMID: 32893046.
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    59. Mapping global variation in human mobility. Nat Hum Behav. 2020 08; 4(8):800-810. Kraemer MUG, Sadilek A, Zhang Q, Marchal NA, Tuli G, Cohn EL, Hswen Y, Perkins TA, Smith DL, Reiner RC, Brownstein JS. PMID: 32424257.
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    60. Leveraging black-market street buprenorphine pricing to increase capacity to treat opioid addiction, 2010-2018. Prev Med. 2020 08; 137:106105. Hswen Y, Zhang A, Brownstein JS. PMID: 32353575; PMCID: PMC7333912.
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    61. Use of social media to assess the impact of equitable state policies on LGBTQ patient experiences: An exploratory study. Healthc (Amst). 2020 Jun; 8(2):100410. Hswen Y, Zhang A, Sewalk K, Tuli G, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 32241681; PMCID: PMC7305947.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    62. Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information. Sci Data. 2020 03 24; 7(1):106. Xu B, Gutierrez B, Mekaru S, Sewalk K, Goodwin L, Loskill A, Cohn EL, Hswen Y, Hill SC, Cobo MM, Zarebski AE, Li S, Wu CH, Hulland E, Morgan JD, Wang L, O'Brien K, Scarpino SV, Brownstein JS, Pybus OG, Pigott DM, Kraemer MUG. PMID: 32210236; PMCID: PMC7093412.
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    63. Lymelight: forecasting Lyme disease risk using web search data. NPJ Digit Med. 2020; 3:16. Sadilek A, Hswen Y, Bavadekar S, Shekel T, Brownstein JS, Gabrilovich E. PMID: 32047861; PMCID: PMC7000681.
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    64. Real-Time Digital Surveillance of Vaping-Induced Pulmonary Disease. N Engl J Med. 2019 10 31; 381(18):1778-1780. Hswen Y, Brownstein JS. PMID: 31539466.
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    65. Detecting reports of unsafe foods in consumer product reviews. JAMIA Open. 2019 Oct; 2(3):330-338. Maharana A, Cai K, Hellerstein J, Hswen Y, Munsell M, Staneva V, Verma M, Vint C, Wijaya D, Nsoesie EO. PMID: 31984365; PMCID: PMC6951857.
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    66. Social capital and physical health: An updated review of the literature for 2007-2018. Soc Sci Med. 2019 09; 236:112360. Rodgers J, Valuev AV, Hswen Y, Subramanian SV. PMID: 31352315.
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    67. Comparing Three Methods for Reducing Psychotropic Use in Older Demented Spanish Care Home Residents. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 07; 67(7):1444-1453. Weeks WB, Mishra MK, Curto D, Petersen CL, Cano P, Hswen Y, Serra SV, Elwyn G, Godfrey MM, Soro PS, Tomás JF. PMID: 30848834.
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    68. Using Twitter to Detect Psychological Characteristics of Self-Identified Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Feasibility Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 02 12; 7(2):e12264. Hswen Y, Gopaluni A, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 30747718; PMCID: PMC6390184.
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    69. Feasibility of using social media to monitor outdoor air pollution in London, England. Prev Med. 2019 04; 121:86-93. Hswen Y, Qin Q, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 30742873; PMCID: PMC7316422.
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    70. Monitoring Online Discussions About Suicide Among Twitter Users With Schizophrenia: Exploratory Study. JMIR Ment Health. 2018 Dec 13; 5(4):e11483. Hswen Y, Naslund JA, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 30545811; PMCID: PMC6315229.
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    71. Using Twitter to Examine Web-Based Patient Experience Sentiments in the United States: Longitudinal Study. J Med Internet Res. 2018 10 12; 20(10):e10043. Sewalk KC, Tuli G, Hswen Y, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 30314959; PMCID: PMC6231860.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    72. Online Communication about Depression and Anxiety among Twitter Users with Schizophrenia: Preliminary Findings to Inform a Digital Phenotype Using Social Media. Psychiatr Q. 2018 09; 89(3):569-580. Hswen Y, Naslund JA, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 29327218; PMCID: PMC6043409.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    73. Investigating inequities in hospital care among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals using social media. Soc Sci Med. 2018 10; 215:92-97. Hswen Y, Sewalk KC, Alsentzer E, Tuli G, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 30219749.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    74. A Preliminary Evaluation of a School-Based Media Education and Reduction Intervention. J Prim Prev. 2018 06; 39(3):229-245. Bickham DS, Hswen Y, Slaby RG, Rich M. PMID: 29721652.
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    75. County-level assessment of United States kindergarten vaccination rates for measles mumps rubella (MMR) for the 2014-2015 school year. Vaccine. 2017 11 07; 35(47):6444-6450. Kluberg SA, McGinnis DP, Hswen Y, Majumder MS, Santillana M, Brownstein JS. PMID: 29037574.
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    76. Exploring online communication about cigarette smoking among Twitter users who self-identify as having schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. 2017 11; 257:479-484. Hswen Y, Naslund JA, Chandrashekar P, Siegel R, Brownstein JS, Hawkins JB. PMID: 28841509; PMCID: PMC5877400.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    77. Use of a Digital Health Application for Influenza Surveillance in China. Am J Public Health. 2017 07; 107(7):1130-1136. Hswen Y, Brownstein JS, Liu J, Hawkins JB. PMID: 28520492; PMCID: PMC5463210.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    78. Vaccine compliance and the 2016 Arkansas mumps outbreak. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 04; 17(4):361-362. Majumder MS, Nguyen CM, Cohn EL, Hswen Y, Mekaru SR, Brownstein JS. PMID: 28346168.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    79. Improving Physician Recommendations for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: The Role of Professional Organizations. Sex Transm Dis. 2017 01; 44(1):42-47. Hswen Y, Gilkey MB, Rimer BK, Brewer NT. PMID: 27898573; PMCID: PMC5145747.
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    80. Media use and depression: exposure, household rules, and symptoms among young adolescents in the USA. Int J Public Health. 2015 Feb; 60(2):147-55. Bickham DS, Hswen Y, Rich M. PMID: 25586816; PMCID: PMC4375733.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 43     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    81. Differences in media access and use between rural Native American and White children. Rural Remote Health. 2014; 14(3):2922. Hswen Y, Naslund JA, Bickham DS. PMID: 25169711.
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    82. Feasibility of an Online and Mobile Videogame Curriculum for Teaching Children Safe and Healthy Cellphone and Internet Behaviors. Games Health J. 2014 Aug; 3(4):252-9. Hswen Y, Rubenzahl L, Bickham DS. PMID: 26192373.
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    83. VIRTUAL AVATARS, GAMING, AND SOCIAL MEDIA: DESIGNING A MOBILE HEALTH APP TO HELP CHILDREN CHOOSE HEALTHIER FOOD OPTIONS. J Mob Technol Med. 2013; 2(2):8-14. Hswen Y, Murti V, Vormawor AA, Bhattacharjee R, Naslund JA. PMID: 25419244; PMCID: PMC4239544.
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