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DECEMBER 18, 2018

MENTION IN THE FIX

Can A Google Search Predict An Overdose?

DECEMBER 7, 2018

MENTION IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

How Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

MENTION IN REUTERS

Social Media Posts by Marijuana Companies May Have Teen Appeal

OCTOBER 24, 2018

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Facebook Launches Program in Redmond to Help in Opioid Crisis

OCTOBER 8, 2018

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Tech-Based Solutions for the Opioid Crisis

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

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A Murdered Teen, Two Million Tweets And An Experiment to Fight Gun Violence

 

MAY 16, 2018

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How Social Media Can Predict the Next Big STD Outbreak

 

APRIL 13, 2018 

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Google Sex Searches Used to Track Syphilis

 

APRIL 10, 2018

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Researchers are now using AI to predict SYPHILIS outbreaks: CDC teams up with university to track STIs through Google searches and tweets
 

APRIL 9, 2018

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Artificial Intelligence Used to Predict STDs

 

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

MENTION IN VOICE OF AMERICA ARTICLE

Could mining, analyzing social media post prevent future massacres?

 

FEBRAURY 14, 2018

SEASIA

Road to the New Year's Road - A Book to Read] Warm comforts and fun
 

 

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

FUTURE KOREA

Unconditionally different ... The most scientific way to make habits

 

JANUARY 11, 2018 

THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR

How to change client behavior, and yours

 

OCTOBER 5, 2017

MENTION IN VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

County Won't Share Many Details on Where Hepatitis A Cases and Deaths are Happening

 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

MENTION IN WIRED MAGAZINE

AI Research is in Desperate Need of an Ethical Watchdog

 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 

LADDERS

7 Secrets that will make you build good habits

 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 

THE DAILY CALLER

Sleep deprivation could explain Trump's Tweets

 

 

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

MENTION IN BUSINESS INSIDER

New research tool reveals worry about Hurricane Harvey among veterans in New Orleans. 

 

JULY 31, 2017

MENTION IN WIRED MAGAZINE

Science says 13 Reasons Why may be the public health scare people thought. 

 

JULY 15, 2017

ARTICLE IN THE WEEK MAGAZINE

The Scientific Secret to Building Good Habits and Sticking with Them

 

JULY 6, 2017 

UCLA NEWSROOM

Medical Professor Writes New Book About Changing Behavior

 

JULY 3, 2017

BOOK SOUP BOOK SIGNING

Dr. Sean Young discusses and signs Stick with It: A Scientifically Proven Process for Changing Your Life-For Good

 

MAY 4, 2017

CONTAGION LIVE

Soda, Chips, and HIV Test Kits? The Latest Vending Machine Options

 

MARCH 3, 2017 

UCLA NEWSROOM

How Social media could help combat sexual assault

 

OCTOBER 30, 2017 

TRANQUILITY 49 

Archives for Sean Young, PhD

 

OCTOBER 12, 2017 

ELITE DAILY 

How To Be More Confident Every Day By Following These 9 Little Life Hacks

 

MAY 3, 2016

BROADLY 

This new app will tell you if your Tinder date has an STD

 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)

Yes, people really are driving while playing Pokemon Go

 

JULY 30, 2016

CYBERPSYCHOLOGY

Using Twitter to monitor HIV transmission

 

JULY 25, 2016

CNN

How Grindr got men to self-test for HIV

    

JULY 20, 2016

VOCATIV

Researchers think Facebook could help prevent opioid abuse  

 

JULY 19, 2016 

PHYSICIAN'S BRIEFING

Grindr feasible for distributing HIV self-tests to high-risk MSM

 

JULY 13, 2016 

SCIENCE

Can social media help prevent opioid abuse? 

 

JUNE 15, 2016

FAST COMPANY

Soon your doctor will check your tweets for signs you're depressed 

 

JUNE 15, 2016

ELITE DAILY 

Therapists might start using social media to track your mental health 

 

APRIL 6, 2016 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO

Can social media help you quit smoking? 

 

FEBRUARY 26, 2016 

IMPACTMANIA

Prediction technology: Helping to prevent or solve problems

 

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

THE NEW YORK TIMES 

Social media will help predict crime

 

MAY 21, 2015 

THE ECONOMIC TIMES

Twitter can help improve transgenders' well-being 

 

MAY 1, 2015 

THE SCIENTIST 

HIV in the internet age 

 

APRIL 2, 2015 

SMASHD

Band Aids: Are fitness trackers really moving human health forward? 

 

MARCH 19, 2015 

NEWS WISE

Study: Emoticons Make Men More Jealous Than Women; New research examines how gender and emoticons influence Facebook jealousy

 

MARCH 17, 2015

KGO RADIO

New Twitter feature makes it easier to report threats to law enforcement 

 

JANUARY 12, 2015 

FOX NEWS RADIO 

Social media -- A soothsayer? 

 

NOVEMBER 4, 2014 

NPR SHOTS

Researchers tap web chatter to figure out who's sick 

 

OCTOBER 31, 2014

HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS

Analysis: Social media can help curb the spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 31, 2014

BIOSPECTRUM 

Will social media be the next tool to reform healthcare?

 

OCTOBER 21, 2014 

MEDICAL NEWS TODAY

Using social media to help stop the spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 31, 2014

REDORBIT

Can social media help stop the spread of HIV? 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

BUSINESS STANDARD 

Social media can help stop spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014

YAHOO! NEW INDIA

Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV  

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014

THE TIMES OF INDIA 

Facebook, Twitter can help in fight against HIV 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS

Social media can help stop spread of HIV 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014

ABP LIVE

Sexually transmitted diseases can be controlled by social media: study 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

DNA INDIA 

Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV, says study 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

ONE PAKISTAN

Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV 

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

DECCAN CHRONICLE 

Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

DECCAN HERALD

Social media can help stop spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

SILICON INDIA

Social media can help stop spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

THE HEALTH SITE

Can Facebook, Twitter prevent HIV spread?

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014

SCIENCE WORLD REPORT

Could social media help prevent the spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

SHINYSHINY

Could social media slow the spread of HIV?

 

OCTOBER 30, 2014 

NEWSKERALA.COM

Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 29, 2014 

JAGRAN POST

Social media can help stop spread of HIV

 

OCTOBER 29, 2014

SCIENCE DAILY

Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?

 

OCTOBER 29, 2014 

MEDICAL DAILY

Social media cuts HIV spread when users are transparent; testing rates go up