Julia Vassey, MPH, MS
Research Assistant
Medicine
School of Medicine

Awards

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• School of Public Health Block Grant, UC Berkeley, 2018-2019

Education & Training

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

Interests

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

Grants and Projects

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• #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, 2018-2019

Publications (19)

Top publication keywords:
Tobacco ProductsAdolescentHarm ReductionVideo GamesNicotineYoung AdultDisclosureText MessagingNicotine Chewing GumElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsAttitudeSocial MediaMarketingVapingConflict of Interest

• Oral Nicotine Gum Discussions on Twitter: Content Analysis.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2024 Galimov A, Kirkpatrick MG, Vassey J, Galstyan E, Smith A, Allem JP, Unger JB
• Assessing the public discourse on Twitter: Reactions to the JUUL e-cigarettes ban in the United States.
  Tobacco induced diseases 2024 Galimov A, Albers L, Rahman T, Vassey J, Kirkpatrick MG, Unger JB
• Young Adults' Exposure to and Engagement With Tobacco-Related Social Media Content and Subsequent Tobacco Use.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2024 Vogel EA, Barrington-Trimis JL, Vassey J, Soto D, Unger JB
• Tobacco, nicotine and counter-marketing promotions using Instagram's branded content tool.
  Tobacco control 2023 Laestadius L, Van Hoorn K, Vassey J, Ozga J, Stanton C, Li D, Han E, Romer D
• Influence of Disclosed and Undisclosed Funding Sources in Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse: A Social Network Analysis.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2023 Vassey J, Hendlin YH, Vora M, Ling P

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• Scalable surveillance of e-cigarette products on Instagram and TikTok using computer vision.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2023 Vassey J, Kennedy CJ, Chang HH, Smith AS, Unger JB
• Effects of a nicotine warning label and vaping cessation resources on young adults' perceptions of pro-vaping instagram influencer posts.
  Addictive behaviors 2023 Vogel EA, Unger JB, Vassey J, Barrington-Trimis JL
• Should Tobacco-Related Marketing on Social Media Have Stronger Restrictions? Commentary.
  Substance use & misuse 2023 Vassey J, Unger JB
• Ice Flavor-Related Discussions on Twitter: Content Analysis.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2022 Galimov A, Vassey J, Galstyan E, Unger JB, Kirkpatrick MG, Allem JP
• Themes in TikTok Videos Featuring Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Content Analysis.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2022 Vassey J, Donaldson SI, Dormanesh A, Allem JP
• 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.
  Preventive medicine reports 2022 Vassey J, Galimov A, Kennedy CJ, Vogel EA, Unger JB
• Tobacco promotion restriction policies on social media.
  Tobacco control 2022 Kong G, Laestadius L, Vassey J, Majmundar A, Stroup AM, Meissner HI, Ben Taleb Z, Cruz TB, Emery SL, Romer D
• Themes in e-liquid concept names as a marketing tactic: evidence from Premarket Tobacco Product Applications in the USA.
  Tobacco control 2022 Laestadius L, Vassey J, Kim M, Ozga J, Li D, Stanton C, Wipfli H, Unger JB
• Vaping and anime: a growing area of concern.
  Tobacco control 2022 Wipfli HL, Kim M, Vassey J, Stanton C
• E-cigarette brands and social media influencers on Instagram: a social network analysis.
  Tobacco control 2022 Vassey J, Valente T, Barker J, Stanton C, Li D, Laestadius L, Cruz TB, Unger JB
• E-cigarette use and promotion by social media influencers during videogame play on Twitch.
  Tobacco control 2021 Vassey J, Allem JP, Barker J, Cruz TB, Pang R, Unger JB, Wipfli HL, Kirkpatrick M
• Categorizing IQOS-Related Twitter Discussions.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2021 Barker JO, Vassey J, Chen-Sankey JC, Allem JP, Cruz TB, Unger JB
• Compliance With FDA Nicotine Warning Statement Provisions in E-liquid Promotion Posts on Instagram.
  Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 2020 Laestadius LI, Wahl MM, Vassey J, Cho YI
• #Vape: Measuring E-Cigarette Influence on Instagram With Deep Learning and Text Analysis.
  Frontiers in communication 2020 Vassey J, Metayer C, Kennedy CJ, Whitehead TP