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  1. Hswen, Yulin, Qin, Qiuyuan, Williams, David R, Viswanath, K, Brownstein, John S, & Subramanian, S.V. (2020). The Relationship between Jim Crow Laws and Social Capital from 1997-2004: A 3-Level Multilevel Hierarchical Analysis Across Time, Country and State. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 113142.
  2. Xiong, J., Hswen, Y., & Naslund, J. A. (2020). Digital Surveillance for Monitoring Environmental Health Threats: A Case Study Capturing Public Opinion from Twitter about the 2019 Chennai Water Crisis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 5077.
  3. Hswen, Y., Zhang, A., Freifeld, C., & Brownstein, J. S. (2020). Evaluation of Volume of News Reporting and Opioid-Related Deaths in the United States: Comparative Analysis Study of Geographic and Socioeconomic Differences. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), e17693.
  4. Rader, B., Astley, C. M., Sy, K. T. L., Sewalk, K., Hswen, Y., Brownstein, J. S., & Kraemer, M. U. (2020). Geographic access to United States SARS-CoV-2 testing sites highlights healthcare disparities and may bias transmission estimates. Journal of travel medicine.
  5. Hswen, Y., Zhang, A., Sewalk, K., Tuli, G., Brownstein, J. S., & Hawkins, J. B. (2020). Use of social media to assess the impact of equitable state policies on LGBTQ patient experiences: An exploratory study. In Healthcare (p. 100410). Elsevier.
  6. Kraemer, Moritz UG, Adam Sadilek, Qian Zhang, Nahema A. Marchal, Gaurav Tuli, Emily L. Cohn, Yulin Hswen et al. "Mapping global variation in human mobility." Nature Human Behaviour (2020): 1-11.
  7. Kraemer, M. U., Yang, C. H., Gutierrez, B., Wu, C. H., Klein, B., Pigott, D. M., ..Hswen, Y.... & Brownstein, J. S. (2020). The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China. Science, 368(6490), 493-497.
  8. Xu, B., Gutierrez, B., Mekaru, S., Sewalk, K., Goodwin, L., Loskill, A., ... & Zarebski, A. E. (2020). Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information. Scientific data, 7(1), 1-6.
  9. Hswen, Y., Zhang, A., & Brownstein, J. S. (2020). Leveraging black-market street buprenorphine pricing to increase capacity to treat opioid addiction, 2010–2018. Preventive Medicine, 106105.
  10. Hswen, Y., , Sadilek. A, Bavadekar. S, Shekel. T, G, Brownstein, J.S., & Gabrilovich. E. (2020) Lymelight: Forecasting Lyme Disease Risk Using Web Search Data. NPJ Digital Medicine. 3(6)
  11. Hswen, Y., Brownstein, J.S. (2019). Real-Time Surveillance of Vaping-Induced Pulmonary Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 10, 1056.
  12. Hswen, Y., Qin, Q., Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2019). Feasibility of using social media to monitor outdoor air pollution in London, England. Preventive Medicine. 121, 86-93.
  13. Maharana A., Cai, K, Hellerstein, J., Hswen, Y., Munsell,M., Staneva, M.V., Vint, C., Woo, K., Wijaya, D., Nsoesie, E.O. (2019) Detecting Reports of Unsafe Foods in Consumer Product Reviews. JAMIA Open, 1-9.
  14. Rogers, J., Valuev, A.V, Hswen, Y., & Subramanian, S.V. (2019). Social Capital and Physical Health: An Updated Review of the Literature for 2007-2019. Social Science and Medicine, 236, 112360.
  15. Hswen, Y., Gopaluni, A., Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2019). Using Twitter to detect psychological characteristics of self-identified persons with autism spectrum disorder: A feasibility study. JMIR mHealth uHealth. 7(2), e12264.
  16. Weeks, W.B., Mishra, M.K., Curto, D., Petersen, C.L., Cano, P., Hswen, Y., Serra, S.V., Elwyn, G., Godfrey, M.M., Soro, P.S., & Tomás, J.F. (2019). Comparing three methods for reducing psychotropic use in older demented Spanish care home residents. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(7), 1444-1453.
  17. Hswen, Y., Sewalk, K.C., Alsenter, E., Tuli, G, Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2018). Investigating inequities in hospital care among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals using social media. Social Science and Medicine, 215, 92-97.
  18. Sewalk, K.C., Tuli, G., Hswen, Y., Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2018). Using Twitter to examine web-based patient experience sentiments in the United States: longitudinal study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(10), e10043.
  19. Hswen, Y., Naslund, J.A., Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2018). Monitoring Online Discussions About Suicide Among Twitter Users With Schizophrenia. JMIR Mental Health.
  20. Hswen, Y., Naslund, J.A., P., Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2018). Online Communication About Depression and Anxiety Among Twitter Users with Schizophrenia: Preliminary Findings to Inform a Digital Phenotype Using Social Media. Psychiatric Quarterly, 89(3), 569-580.
  21. Bickham, D., Hswen, Y., Rich, M.O., & Slaby, R. (2018). A Preliminary Evaluation of a School-Based Media Education and Reduction Intervention. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 39(3), 229-245.
  22. Hswen, Y., & Bickham, D.S. (2018). Engaging African American teens in co-creating and disseminating social media based HIV prevention messages. Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, 2(41), 1-7.
  23. Hswen, Y., Brownstein, J.S., Liu, J., & Hawkins, J.B. (2017). Use of a Digital Health Application for Influenza Surveillance in China. American Journal of Public Health, e1-e7.
  24. Kraemer, M.U.G.*, Bakker, M.A.*, Sadilek, A.*, Hswen, Y., Pentland, A., Kucuktunc, O., Gipson, B., Lieber, A., Ramaswami, P., Gabrilovich, E., Brownstein, J.S. (2017). Modeling the ongoing impact of Hurricane Maria using human mobility data. Science. 357 (6358), 1336-1337
  25. Hswen, Y., Naslund, J.A., Chandrashekar, P., Seigel, R., Brownstein, J.S., & Hawkins, J.B. (2017). Exploring online communication about cigarette smoking among Twitter users who self-identify as having schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 257, 479-484
  26. Kluberg, S.A., McGinnis, D.P., Hswen, Y., Majumder, M.S., Santillana, M., & Brownstein, J.S. (2017). County-level assessment of United States kindergarten vaccination rates for measles mumps rubella (MMR) for the 2014–2015 school year. Vaccine, 35(47), 6444-6450.
  27. Majumder, M.S., Nguyen, C.M., Cohn, E.L., Hswen, Y., Mekaru, S.R., & Brownstein, J.S. (2017). Vaccine compliance and the 2016 Arkansas mumps outbreak. The Lancet Infectious diseases, 17(4): 361-362.
  28. Hswen, Y., Gilkey, M.B., Rimer, B.K., & Brewer, N.T. (2017). Improving physician recommendations for human papillomavirus vaccination: the role of professional organizations. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 44(1), 43-48.
  29. Hswen, Y., & Viswanath, K. (2015) Beyond the Hype: Mobile Technologies and Opportunities to Address Health Disparities. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine. 4(1), 39-40.
  30. Bickham, D. Hswen, Y. Rich, M. (2015). Media use and depression: Relationships among exposure, household rules, and symptoms among young adolescents in the United States. International Journal of Public Health, 1-9.
  31. Hswen, Y., Naslund, J.A. & Bickham, D. (2014). Differences in media access and use between rural Native American and White children. Rural and Remote Health. 14, 2922.
  32. Hswen, Y. Rubenzahl, L., & Bickham D. (2014) Feasibility of an online and mobile video game for teaching children safe and healthy cell phone and Internet behaviors. Games for Health Journal, 3(4), 252-259.
  33. Hswen, Y., Murti, V., Vormawor, A.A., Bhattacharjee, R., & Naslund, J.A. (2013). Virtual avatars, gaming, and social media: Designing a mobile health app to help children choose healthier food options. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine, 2(2), 8-14.