Affiliate members of the CPHT provide numerous presentations nationally and internally to a community, academic, and government audience. Presenting our work makes it more publically available to researchers and practitioners who can use the information to advance public health. Below is a list of our affiliate members’ most current research presentations.



Ellis, M. S., Buttram, M. E., Lisbon Addictions, European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, “Transactional sex as a pathway for rising sexually transmitted infections amidst the opioid epidemic in the United States,” Lisbon, Portugal. (November 24, 2022). 


Buttram, M. E., College on Problems of Drug Dependence, “Gabapentin Diversion and Non-Medical Use: Case Reports and Qualitative Data from Law Enforcement,” Minneapolis, MN. (June 2022).


Buttram, M. E., Severtson, S. G., Beekman, K., Stivers, Y., Ellis, M. S., Lisbon Addictions, European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, “Reductions in prescribing following legislative intervention to make gabapentin a controlled substance at the state level in the U.S.,” Lisbon, Portugal. (November 24, 2022).


Buttram, M. E., Ellis, M. S., Stivers, Y., Kurtz, S. P., International Society of Addiction Medicine, “Buprenorphine Diversion in the U.S.: National Diversion Rates and Qualitative Findings from Law Enforcement,” Valletta, Malta. (October 2022).


Bernal, K., Severtson, S. G., Buttram, M. E., Dart, R., Iwanicki, J., College on Problems of Drug Dependence, “Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on New Cases of Drug Diversion in the United States,” Minneapolis, MN. (June 2022).


Naga Venkata Sai Raviteja Chappa, Pha Nguyen, Alexander Nelson, Han-Seok Seo, Xin Li, Page Dobbs and Khoa Luu. (2023). SPARTAN: Self-supervised Spatiotemporal Transformers Approach to Group Activity Recognition. The 9th annual IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW).


Dobbs, P.D., Lu, Y., Tabassum, M., Schisler, E.D., Veilleux, J.C., Davis, R.E. (2023, March). Examining young adult e-cigarette users by device type: a latent class analysis. The 29th Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX.


Dobbs, P.D., Merreighn, T., Schisler, E.D., Veilleux, J.C., Davis, R.E. (2023, March). Young adults attempting to quit using e-cigarettes: a mixed methods analysis. The 29th Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX.


Doyle, N., Davis, R., Dobbs, P. D., Lo, W-J., Hammig, B. (2022, November). An Explanatory Mixed Methods Analysis of Guilt, Shame, and Stigma, and Impacts on Help-Seeking Intention among a Sample of US Substance Using Adults. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Haldeman, S., Dobbs, P. D., Hammig, B. (2022, November). Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Chagas Disease in the United States: A Systematic Review. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Schisler, E. D., Dobbs, P. D., Davis, R. E., & Veilleux, J. C. (2022, November). “It really depends on the person I suppose.” – A mixed methods analysis of the similarities and differences among young adult e-cigarette user types. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Schisler, E. D, Dobbs, P. D., Marcantonio, T., Jozkowski, K. N. (2022, November). Abortion and Rape Myth Acceptance. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Schisler, E. D., Dobbs. P. D., Veilleux, J. C., Davis, R. E. (2022, November). Validation for an Intolerance for Vaping Abstinence Discomfort Questionnaire (IDQ-V). The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Stoops, G., Schisler, E., Richardson, E., Dobbs, P. D. (2022, November). Examining students’ knowledge, behavioral beliefs, and social norms regarding STIs. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Dunlap, C. M., Shamblen, S., Dobbs, P. D., Cheney, M. K. (2022, March). The presence of purchase, use, and possession (PUP) components in US Localities with T21 Policies. The 28th Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting.


Dobbs, P. D., Chadwick, G., Merrill, R., Schisler, E., Henriksen. L. (2022, March). State preemption of age-restriction policies following enactment of the federal Tobacco 21 law. The 28th Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.


Dobbs, P. D., Colditz, J. B., Schisler, E., Primack, B. A. (2022, March). Tobacco 21 Miscommunication and Loopholes, Twitter Discussions before enactment of the federal law. The 28th Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.


Dobbs, P. D., Branscum, P., Buckley, L., Schisler, E., Stoops, G. (2022, March). The Influence of Educational Attainment on Factors That Influence Pregnant Smokers’ Intentions to Switch to E-Cigarettes. American Academy of Health Behavior 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Key Largo, Florida.


Dobbs, P. D., Lu, Y., Luzius, A., McCann, R., Richardson, E. (2022, March). E-Cigarette Flavor and Device Preferences Among a Sample of Pregnant Women: A Latent Class Analysis. American Academy of Health Behavior 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Key Largo, Florida


Luzius, A., Merriweather, M., Dobbs., P. D., Busch, S., James, O. (2022, March). Factors Associated with Increased Social Risk of Expectant Mothers Seen at a Community Health Center. American Academy of Health Behavior 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting, Key Largo, Florida.


Montemayor, B. N., Russell, A. M., Ndulue E. B., Barry, A. E., Massey, P. M. (2022, November 6-9). Alcohol use disorder narratives in U.S. digital news coverage and engagement on social media. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo – Boston, MA


Colditz, J. B., Hsiao, L.*, Russell, A., Visweswaran, S., Kraemer, K.L. (2022, April 7). Classification of social support typologies in online alcohol use recovery forums. Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine – Baltimore, MD.


Ezike, N., Boykin, A. A., Dobbs, P. D., *Mai., H., Primack, B. A. (Roundtable). (2022, November). Human Annotated Texts: Monitoring Coder Behavior using Measurement Model. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Luzius, A., McCann, R., Dobbs, P. D. (2022, November). Delayed Prenatal Care and Social Determinants of Health. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Milaham P.J., Dobbs P.D., Russell A.M, Massey P.M. (2022, November). Barriers and facilitators of antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake within Black/African American communities: A systematic review. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Simon, K., Dobbs, P. D., Davis, R. E., Buttram, M. (2022, November). An Overview of the services by supervised injection sites in North American. The 149th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.


Chiang. S. C*., Guan, M., Manganello, J., Hill, L., Murray, R., Klassen, A., Leader, A. Lo, W. J., Russell, A. M., & Massey, P. M. (2022, November 29-30). Moderating Role of Empathy in Reducing Psychological Reactance for Narrative-based HPV Vaccination Messages on Twitter. Promoting Research in Social Media and Health (PRISM) Symposium – San Francisco, CA.


Russell, A. M., Ou, T. S.*, Bergman, B. G., Massey, P. M., Barry, A. E., & Lin, H. C. (2022, June 25-29). Associations between heavy drinker’s alcohol-related social media exposures and personal beliefs and attitudes regarding alcohol treatment. Research Society on Alcoholism Annual Meeting – Orlando, FL.


Russell, A. M., Colditz, J. B., Barry, A. E., Davis, R. E., Shields, S.*, Ortega, J. M.*, Primack, B. (2022, March 13-16). Analyzing Twitter chatter about tobacco use within intoxication-related contexts of alcohol use: “Can someone tell me why nicotine is so fire when you’re drunk?” American Academy of Health Behavior Annual Conference– Key Largo, FL.


Buttram, M. E. (Co-Chair), Ellis, M. S. (Co-Chair), College on Problems of Drug Dependence, “Gabapentin, friend or foe? Emerging trends, use behaviors, and adverse events,” Minneapolis, MN. (June 2022).