Current Research Projects
Smartphone-Based Smoking Cessation
(R01 CA246590, PI Thrul)
A National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded study testing the efficacy of urge reduction messaging in supporting smoking cessation among young adults. This study combined smartphone based assessments and location tracking, and uses within-subject micro-randomized trial (MRT) methodology.
National Medicinal Cannabis Registry
(UM1 DA059000, MPIs Vandrey & Thrul)
A National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded project to develop a longitudinal registry tracking medicinal cannabis use and health outcomes, incorporating patient data, product surveillance, and electronic medical records. https://www.cannabisandhealth.org/
Digital Well-Being in Saudi Arabia
(Saudi-Aramco funded, PI Thrul)
This project investigates digital technology use among young people in Saudi Arabia and develops interventions to promote digital well-being.
Cannabis Species Labeling and Marketing
(R01 DA059584, MPIs Moran & Zamarripa)
A NIDA-funded study that combines large-scale content analysis of cannabis marketing and labeling, a randomized online experiment, and a randomized laboratory experiment to examine how cannabis product labeling (e.g., Indica, Sativa, Hybrid) and marketing claims influence consumer perceptions and use behaviors.
Novel "Tobacco-Free" Oral Nicotine Pouches
(R01 DA055962, MPIs Spindle & Moran)
A NIDA-funded project combining controlled human lab studies, web-based experiments, and advertisement surveillance methods to investigate how product features and marketing tactics of novel "tobacco-free" oral nicotine pouches influence use and perceptions of these products.
Impact of Public Health Communication Messaging about the Continuum of Risk for Tobacco Products
(U01 CA294539, MPIs Moran & Tan)
A NCI & FDA-funded project to evaluate how messages about the continuum of tobacco product risks affect different groups of adults and youth/young adults, to guide effective public health communication.
Helpline Delivery of Brief Interventions for Postpartum Heavy Episodic Drinking
(R34 AA031581, PI Dauber)
A National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)-funded project to develop and test a digital helpline intervention using real-time texting and automated messages to reduce heavy episodic drinking (HED) in postpartum mothers.
Johns Hopkins P.O.E. Total Worker Health Center in Mental Health (POE Center)
(U19 OH012297, MPIs Davis & Fallin)
A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-funded center to promote worker mental health and well-being through research, education, outreach, and evaluation activities that integrate the psychosocial, organizational, and environmental contexts of worker health.
Personalized Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Pain Self-Management in Rural Populations
(UG3 AT012728, MPIs Kawi, Bolin, & Wu)
A National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)-funded project to improve chronic pain management for rural populations by testing a self-guided Auricular Point Acupressure Self-Management (APA-SM) program integrated into primary care.
Center to Accelerate Translation of Interventions to Decrease Premature Mortality in SMI
(P50 MH115842, PI Daumit)
A National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded center to develop and test strategies for scaling up effective interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risks among people with serious mental illness (SMI), who face high rates of premature death.
Earlier-Life Predictors of Midlife Risk Factors for Dementia
(R01 AG080829, MPIs Rebok, Spira, & Thorpe)
A National Institute on Aging (NIA)-funded project to examine how lifelong stress exposures, including trauma and poor sleep, influence midlife risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease in two predominantly African American cohorts followed longitudinally for 35 years.
