Dorie Apollonio, PhD, MPP
Professor
Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy

Recent work addresses identifying tobacco cessation strategies for vulnerable populations, understanding the scope of tobacco and cannabis co-use, assessing the spread of laws addressing new tobacco and cannabis delivery systems, and reviewing the health implications of policies that allow opioid-to-cannabis substitution. Her work has been published in journals in multiple disciplines, including law, medicine, pharmacy, political science, public health, and public policy. She has served as an instructor and research mentor in the UCSF School of Pharmacy since 2004, and has earned multiple teaching awards.

• Cannabis industry campaign expenditures in Colorado, 2005-2021.
  The International journal on drug policy 2023 Rotering T, Bialous S, Apollonio D
• Alignment in local approaches to alcohol and cannabis control policy: A case study of California cities and counties.
  The International journal on drug policy 2023 Matthay EC, Mousli L, Apollonio DE, Schmidt LA
• Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Linked Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adults Experiencing Homelessness.
  Substance use & misuse 2023 De Los Reyes G, Ng A, Valencia Chavez J, Apollonio DE, Kroon L, Lee P, Vijayaraghavan M
• Issues arising from the study design, conduct, and promotion of clinical trials funded by opioid manufacturers: a review of internal pharmaceutical industry documents
  Evidence & Policy 2023 Gac B, Yakubi H, Apollonio DE
• Trends in concomitant and single opioid and benzodiazepine exposures reported to the California Poison Control System following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention release of opioid guidelines in 2016.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2023 Chu E, Cocos G, Lee HJ, Go J, Lewis J, Apollonio DE
• Clearing cannabis criminal records: A survey of criminal record expungement availability and accessibility among US States and Washington DC that decriminalized or legalized cannabis.
  The International journal on drug policy 2023 Wakefield T, Bialous S, Apollonio DE
• A review of policies on the involuntary use of psychotropic medications among persons experiencing incarceration in the United States.
  Health & justice 2023 Orta J, Barton C, Ilao P, Apollonio DE
• An observational study of the extent of naloxone furnishing in California Central Valley community pharmacies.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2022 Banawis M, Mah G, Mohsin R, Pobre J, Tracy D, Song AV, Apollonio DE
• Industry strategies to market opioids to children and women in the USA: a content analysis of internal industry documents from 1999 to 2017 released in State of Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al.
  BMJ open 2022 Yakubi H, Gac B, Apollonio DE
• Marketing Antipsychotics to Correctional Facilities: A Review of Pharmaceutical Industry Documents.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2022 Apollonio DE
• Equity in Coverage of Local Cannabis Control Policies in California, 2020‒2021.
  American journal of public health 2022 Matthay EC, Mousli LM, Fu C, Zhang S, Ponicki WR, Gruenewald P, Apollonio DE, Schmidt LA
• Content Analysis of the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of 9 Major Cannabis Companies in Canada and the US.
  JAMA network open 2022 Wakefield T, Glantz SA, Apollonio DE
• Marketing Opioids to Veterans and Older Adults: A Content Analysis of Internal Industry Documents Released from State of Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma LP, et al.
  Journal of health politics, policy and law 2022 Yakubi H, Gac B, Apollonio DE
• The Opioid Industry Documents Archive: A Living Digital Repository.
  American journal of public health 2022 Caleb Alexander G, Mix LA, Choudhury S, Taketa R, Tomori C, Mooghali M, Fan A, Mars S, Ciccarone D, Patton M, Apollonio DE, Schmidt L, Steinman MA, Greene J, Ling PM, Seymour AK, Glantz S, Tasker K
• A Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Association of California City and County Cannabis Policies with Cannabis Outlet Densities.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2022 Matthay EC, Mousli L, Ponicki WR, Glymour MM, Apollonio DE, Schmidt LA, Gruenewald P
• A Retrospective Global Assessment of Factors Associated With COVID-19 Policies and Health Outcomes.
  Frontiers in public health 2022 Choi AJ, Hean AC, Lee JK, Tran ND, Lin TK, Apollonio DE
• Cannabis use prevalence among Baby Boomers before and after implementation of recreational retail sales in California.
  Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy 2022 Carlson Z, Pham S, El-Sokkary J, Apollonio DE
• A community-based tobacco cessation program for individuals experiencing homelessness.
  Addictive behaviors 2022 Hartman-Filson M, Chen J, Lee P, Phan M, Apollonio DE, Kroon L, Donald F, Vijayaraghavan M
• Cannabis industry lobbying in the Colorado state legislature in fiscal years 2010-2021.
  The International journal on drug policy 2022 Rotering T, Apollonio DE
• Changes in California cannabis exposures following recreational legalization and the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2021 Roth W, Tam M, Bi C, Kim J, Lewis J, Ho R, Apollonio DE
• An observational survey assessing the extent of PrEP and PEP furnishing in San Francisco Bay Area pharmacies.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2021 Bellman R, Mohebbi S, Nobahar N, Parizher J, Apollonio DE
• Retrospective review of nicotine exposures in California from 2012 to 2018 and analysis of the impacts of e-cigarette regulations.
  BMJ open 2021 Driller G, Plasencia E, Apollonio DE
• Associations between smoking trajectories, smoke-free laws and cigarette taxes in a longitudinal sample of youth and young adults.
  PloS one 2021 Apollonio DE, Dutra LM, Glantz SA
• Interventions to reduce tobacco use in people experiencing homelessness.
  The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2020 Vijayaraghavan M, Elser H, Frazer K, Lindson N, Apollonio D
• Implementing law into practice: hormonal contraceptive furnishing in San Francisco community pharmacies
  Birth Control Pharmacist 2020 Chen L, Lim J, Jeong A, Apollonio DE
• Evaluation of naloxone furnishing community pharmacies in San Francisco.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2020 Nguyen AM, Kearney TE, Apollonio DE
• Trends in hydrocodone combination product exposures reported to California Poison Control System (CPCS) following DEA rescheduling.
  Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2020 Wu A, Phan C, Nguyen KC, Quindoy M, Lewis J, Apollonio DE
• Implementation of hormonal contraceptive furnishing in San Francisco community pharmacies.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2020 Chen L, Lim J, Jeong A, Apollonio DE
• Cognitive performance effects of nicotine and industry affiliation: a systematic review.
  Substance abuse : research and treatment 2020 Pasetes SV, Ling PM, Apollonio DE
• Tobacco Industry Promotions and Pricing After Tax Increases: An Analysis of Internal Industry Documents.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2020 Apollonio DE, Glantz SA
• Tobacco manufacturer lobbying to undercut minimum price laws: an analysis of internal industry documents.
  Tobacco control 2020 Apollonio DE, Glantz S
• Typologies of Party Finance Systems: A Comparative Study of How Countries Regulate Party Finance and Their Institutional Foundations.
  Election law journal 2019 Wiltse DL, La Raja RJ, Apollonio DE
• Interventions to reduce tobacco use in people experiencing homelessness.
  Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019 Maya Vijayaraghavan, Holly Elser, Dorie Apollonio
• In defense of sugar: a critical analysis of rhetorical strategies used in The Sugar Association's award-winning 1976 public relations campaign.
  BMC public health 2019 Kearns CE, Glantz SA, Apollonio DE
• Placement and sales of tobacco products and nicotine replacement therapy in tobacco-free and tobacco-selling pharmacies in Northern California: an observational study.
  BMJ open 2019 Pimentel L, Apollonio DE
• A Review of Tobacco Policies on University of California Campuses.
  Californian journal of health promotion 2019 Huey J, Apollonio DE
• Review of Tobacco Policies on University of California Campuses.
  Californian Journal of Health Promotion 2019 Jocelyn Huey, Dorie E. Apollonio
• Typologies of Party Finance Systems: A Comparative Study of How Countries Regulate Party Finance and Their Institutional Foundations.
  Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy 2019 David L. Wiltse, Raymond J. La Raja, Dorie E. Apollonio
• Prevalence and Correlates of Simultaneous and Separate 30-Day Use of Tobacco and Cannabis: Results from the California Adult Tobacco Survey.
  Substance use & misuse 2019 Apollonio DE, Spetz J, Schmidt L, Jacobs L, Kaur M, Ramo D
• Engaging Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Smoking Cessation Through Large-Scale Community Service Events.
  Health promotion practice 2019 Vijayaraghavan M, Apollonio DE
• Pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines information by editing Wikipedia articles.
  BMC medical education 2018 Apollonio DE, Broyde K, Azzam A, De Guia M, Heilman J, Brock T
• Untitled Publication
  2018 Brock T, Apollonio DE. Paving the desire paths of health information needs: Teaching students to edit Wikipedia. BMC Series blog
• A content analysis of popular media reporting regarding increases in minimum ages of legal access for tobacco.
  BMC public health 2018 Huey J, Apollonio DE
• Marketing with tobacco pack onserts: a qualitative analysis of tobacco industry documents.
  Tobacco control 2018 Apollonio DE, Glantz SA
• The sugar industry's influence on policy.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2018 Kearns C, Schmidt L, Apollonio D, Glantz S
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  2018 Tsoh J, Apollonio DE, Hall S, Vijayaraghvan M, Ramo DE, Ling P, Lempert LL, Glantz SA. FDA’s Nicotine Steering Committee should develop policies, regulations, and procedures that promote cessation and…
• Untitled Publication
  2018 Apollonio DE, Glantz SA, Hall S, Lempert LL, St.Helen G, Tsoh J. The FDA should not adopt the nicotine “harm reduction” paradigm because doing so is likely to increase the amount of smoking-caused …
• Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer: An historical analysis of internal documents.
  PLoS biology 2017 Kearns CE, Apollonio D, Glantz SA
• Sustainable Pharmacy: Piloting a Session on Pharmaceuticals, Climate Change, and Sustainability within a U.S. Pharmacy Curriculum.
  Innovations in pharmacy 2017 Gruenberg K, Apollonio D, MacDougall C, Brock T
• Sustainable Pharmacy: Piloting a Session on Pharmaceuticals, Climate Change, and Sustainability within a U.S. Pharmacy Curriculum.
  INNOVATIONS in pharmacy 2017 Katherine Gruenberg, Dorie Apollonio, Conan MacDougall, Tina Brock
• Tobacco Industry Research on Nicotine Replacement Therapy: "If Anyone Is Going to Take Away Our Business It Should Be Us".
  American journal of public health 2017 Apollonio D, Glantz SA
• Evaluation of Tobacco Control Policies in San Francisco Homeless Housing Programs.
  Health promotion practice 2017 Sung H, Apollonio DE
• Interpretation and use of evidence in state policymaking: a qualitative analysis.
  BMJ open 2017 Apollonio DE, Bero LA
• Interventions for tobacco use cessation in people in treatment for or recovery from substance use disorders.
  The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2016 Apollonio D, Philipps R, Bero L
• Realist review of policy intervention studies aimed at reducing exposures to environmental hazards in the United States.
  BMC public health 2016 Apollonio DE, Wolfe N, Bero LA
• Challenges to generating evidence-informed policy and the role of systematic reviews and (perceived) conflicts of interest.
  Journal of communication in healthcare 2016 Apollonio DE, Bero LA
• Minimum Ages of Legal Access for Tobacco in the United States From 1863 to 2015.
  American journal of public health 2016 Apollonio DE, Glantz SA
• Organized Labor : Adaptive Strategies in Challenging Times.
  2016 Dorie Apollonio
• Overview of state policies requiring smoking cessation therapy in psychiatric hospitals and drug abuse treatment centers.
  Tobacco induced diseases 2015 Krauth D, Apollonio DE
• Accuracy of popular media reporting on tobacco cessation therapy in substance abuse and mental health populations.
  BMJ open 2015 Krauth D, Apollonio D
• Karma police: Prosecutorial strategies in obscenity cases and the broader cultural war
  Syracuse Law and Civic Engagement Forum 2015 Lochner T, Apollonio DE
• Tobacco industry efforts to influence policy: when interest groups face opposition
  Interest Group Politics 2015 Apollonio DE
• Karma Police: Prosecutorial Strategies in Obscenity Cases and the Broader Culture War.
  Syracuse law & civic engagement 2014 Lochner T, Apollonio D
• Political advocacy in pharmacy: challenges and opportunities.
  Integrated pharmacy research & practice 2014 Apollonio DE
• Term limits and the tobacco industry.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2013 Apollonio DE, Glantz SA, Bero LA
• Immigration and Prosecutorial Discretion.
  California journal of politics and policy 2013 Apollonio D, Lochner T, Heddens M
• Interventions for tobacco use cessation in people in treatment for or recovery from substance abuse.
  The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2012 Apollonio D, Philipps R, Bero L
• The "We Card" program: tobacco industry "youth smoking prevention" as industry self-preservation.
  American journal of public health 2010 Apollonio DE, Malone RE
• Interest Groups.
  Developments in American Politics 6 2010 Dorie E. Apollonio
• Evidence and argument in policymaking: development of workplace smoking legislation.
  BMC public health 2009 Apollonio DE, Bero LA
• Turning negative into positive: public health mass media campaigns and negative advertising.
  Health education research 2008 Apollonio DE, Malone RE
• Wheat from chaff: Third-party monitoring and FEC enforcement actions.
  Regulation & Governance 2008 Todd Lochner, Dorie Apollonio, Rhett Tatum
• Access and lobbying: Looking beyond the corruption paradigm
  Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 2008 Apollonio DE, Cain BE, Drutman L
• Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Deception: The Tobacco Industry and Airline Smoking.
  Political Science Quarterly 2007 PEGGY LOPIPERO, DORIE E. APOLLONIO, LISA A. BERO
• Participation and argument in legislative debate on statewide smoking restrictions.
  Health research policy and systems 2007 Apollonio DE, Lopipero P, Bero LA
• Industry Front Groups: A Tobacco Case Study.
  Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety 2007 D. E. Apollonio, L. A. Bero
• The creation of industry front groups: the tobacco industry and "get government off our back".
  American journal of public health 2007 Apollonio DE, Bero LA
• Industry front groups: A tobacco case study
  Journal of consumer protection and food safety 2007 Apollonio DE, Bero LA
• Term Limits, Campaign Contributions, and the Distribution of Power in State Legislatures.
  Legislative Studies Quarterly 2006 D.E. APOLLONIO, RAYMOND J. RAJA
• Marketing to the marginalised: tobacco industry targeting of the homeless and mentally ill.
  Tobacco control 2005 Apollonio DE, Malone RE
• Predictors of Interest Group Lobbying Decisions.
  The Forum 2005 D. E. Apollonio
• Interest Group Advocacy and the Power of "Magic Words".
  Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy 2005 Dorie E. Apollonio, Margaret A. Carne
• Predictors of interest group lobbying decisions
  The forum 2005 Apollonio DE
• Who Gave Soft Money? The Effect of Interest Group Resources on Political Contributions.
  The Journal of Politics 2004 D. E. Apollonio, Raymond J. La Raja
• The season of our discontent: Voters’ views on California elections
  Public Policy Institute of California 2004 Baldassare MA, Cain BE, Apollonio DE, Cohen JM
• Who gave soft money? The effect of interest group resources on political contributions
  The journal of politics 2004 Apollonio DE, La Raja RJ
• Roper Social and Political Trends Data (1973-1994)
  Roper Social and Political Trends Data (1973-1994) 2000 Brady HE, Putnam RD, Campbell AL, Elms LE, Yonish S, Apollonio DE
• Term limits affect legislators’ fund raising prowess
  Public affairs report 1999 La Raja RJ, Apollonio DE
• Trends in American political participation, 1973-1994
  Trends in American political participation, 1973-1994 1998 Brady HE, Apollonio DE, Elms LE
• Hypopigmented sarcoidosis in the negro. Report of eight cases with ultrastructural observations.
  The British journal of dermatology 1977 Clayton R, Breathnach A, Martin B, Feiwel M
• Citrate synthase.
  Current topics in cellular regulation 1976 Weitzman PD, Danson MJ
• Task delegation to physician extenders--some comparisons.
  American journal of public health 1976 Glenn JK, Goldman J
• Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.
  Biochemical pharmacology 1975 Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G