News article links grouped by project
Social Technologies & Behavior Change Interventions
- The Fix (12/18/2018) Can A Google Search Predict An Overdose?
- Scientific American (12/7/18) How Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses
- Reuters (11/16/18) Social Media Posts by Marijuana Companies May Have Teen Appeal
- The Bulletin (10/24/18) Facebook Launches Program in Redmond to Help in Opioid Crisis
- Socrata (10/8/2018) Tech-Based Solutions for the Opioid Crisis
- Nature (9/4/2018) A Murdered Teen, Two Million Tweets And An Experiment to Fight Gun Violence
- Mel Magazine (5/16/2018) How Social Media Can Predict the Next Big STD Outbreak
- Technology Networks (4/13/2018) Google Sex Searches Used to Track Syphilis
- Daily Mail (4/10/2018) Researchers are now using AI to predict SYPHILIS outbreaks: CDC teams up with university to track STIs through Google searches and tweets
- UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (3/16/2018) Getting Business to Work for Health: CUGH Panel Blog on Social Entrepreneurship for Health
- VOA News (2/16/2018) Could Mining, Analyzing Social Media Posts Prevent Future Massacres?
- Voices of San Diego (10/5/2017) County Won’t Share Many Details on where Hepatitis A Cases and Deaths are Happening
- Wired (9/18/2017) AI Research is in Desperate Need of an Ethical Watchdog
- Business Insider (9/4/2017) New Research Tool Reveals Worry About Hurricane Harvey Among Veterans in New Orleans
- Wired (8/15/2017) Science says 13 Reasons Why may be the public health scare people thought
- The Dana Barrett Show (7/10/17) Meet the Candidates, G20 Fallout, Happiness, and How to Change Behavior
- Contagion Live (5/4/2017) Soda, Chips, and HIV Test Kits? The Latest Vending Machine Options
- UCLA Newsroom (3/3/2017) How social media could help combat sexual assault
- National Public Radio (NPR) (9/16/2016) Yes, people really are driving while playing Pokemon Go
- CNN (7/25/2016) How Grindr got men to self-test for HIV
- WINS 1010AM (New York) Audio report
- BBC World Service Radio Audio report
- Vocativ (7/20/2016) Researchers think Facebook could help prevent opioid abuse
- Physician’s Briefing (7/19/2016) Grindr feasible for distributing HIV self-tests to high-risk MSM
- Science (7/13/2016) Can social media help prevent opioid abuse?
- The New York Times (7/11/2016) Researchers Try Grindr App to Give Out H.I.V. Self-Testing Kits
- Fast Company (6/15/2016) Soon your doctor will check your tweets for signs you’re depressed
- Elite Daily (6/15/2016) Therapists might start using social media to track your mental health
- Fast Company (6/15/2016) Soon your doctor will check your tweets for signs you’re depressed
- Southern California Public Radio (4/6/2016) Can social media help you quit smoking?
- Independent Online (12/9/2015) How about a 365-day challenge?
- Watertown Daily Times (12/4/2015) She makes a tiny chair, he eats a taco, she braids a lock … every, single day
- Medical Ethics Advisor (12/1/2015) “Instant access” culture driving trend toward at-home testing
- UCLA Newsroom (11/30/2015) The year of living creatively
- Washington Post (11/24/2015) She makes a tiny chair, he eats a taco, she braids a lock. Every. Single. Day.
- EDGE Boston (5/27/15) Twitter could help transgender individuals stay healthier
- Medical Daily (5/21/15) Twitter hashtags help experts better understand transgender health concerns
- Economic Times (5/21/2015) Twitter can help improve transgenders’ well-being
- GE HealthAhead (5/7/2015) How wearables can boost your willpower
- The Scientist (5/1/2015) HIV in the Internet Age
- KQED Future of You (4/13/2015) Nine fresh ways medicine makes use of social media
- KGO Radio (3/17/2015) New Twitter feature makes it easier to report threats to law enforcement
- UNAIDS Science now (2/1/2015) Using Facebook to increase uptake of HIV testing among MSM in Peru
- UNAIDS Science now (2/1/2015) Utilisation de Facebook pour accroître le dépistage du VIH chez les HSH au Pérou
- Infection Control Today (12/17/2014) Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- Science Codex (12/17/2014) Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- Science Newsline (12/17/2014) Combining social media And behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- News-Medical (12/17/2014) New intervention combines social media with behavioral psychology to encourage more HIV testing
- Newswise (12/16/2014) Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- Medical Xpress (12/16/2014) Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- myScience (12/16/2014) Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- Health Canal (12/15/2014) Combining social media and behavioral psychology could lead to more HIV testing
- NIH (10/17/2014) Using social media to better understand, prevent, and treat substance use
- Huffington Post (6/12/2014) The startling link between dating apps and STI risk
- GlobalPost (4/30/2014) Curbing the HIV/AIDS epidemic one wall post at a time
- The Social Network Show (2/21/2014) How UCLA is using social networks to fight HIV/AIDS (AUDIO)
- Medgadget (9/26/2013) Using social media to prevent HIV: Interview with Sean D. Young, PhD, MS
- HIV Plus Magazine (9/19/2013) Facebook intervention leads to increased HIV testing
- ScienceDaily (9/6/2013) Combination of social media, behavior psychology leads to HIV testing, better health behaviors
- Ethics and Society (9/5/2013) HIV Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute Fellow publishes study on HIV testing and Facebook
- Slate (9/4/2013) Facebook isn’t dead yet—it’s a tool for HIV prevention
- emPower magazine (2/20/2013) Social media useful tool in preventing HIV among minorities
- iHealthBeat (2/12/2013) Social media tools can help HIV-prevention efforts, study finds
Social Technologies & Behavior Prediction
- CyberPsychology (7/30/2016) Using Twitter to monitor HIV transmission
- Impactmania (2/26/2016) Prediction technology: Helping to prevent or solve problems
- UCLA Newsroom (5/18/2015) Twitter could provide valuable details about transgender people’s health needs, UCLA-led study finds
- The Scientist (5/1/2015) HIV in the internet age
- Smashd (4/2/2015) Band Aids: Are fitness trackers really moving human health forward?
- Fox News Radio (1/12/2015) Social media- a soothsayer?
- NPR Shots (11/4/2014) Researchers tap web chatter to figure out who’s sick
- Healthcare Informatics (10/31/2014) Analysis: social media can help curb the spread of HIV
- BioSpectrum (10/31/2014) Will social media be the next tool to reform healthcare?
- Medical News Today (10/31/2014) Using social media to help stop the spread of HIV
- redOrbit (10/31/2014) Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?
- Business Standard (10/30/2014) Social media can help stop spread of HIV
- Yahoo! News India (10/30/2014) Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV
- The Times of India (10/30/2014) Facebook, Twitter can help in fight against HIV
- The Financial Express (10/30/2014) Social media can help stop spread of HIV
- ABP Live (10/30/2014) Sexually transmitted diseases can be controlled by social media: study
- DNA India (10/30/2014) Facebook. Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV, says study
- One Pakistan (10/30/2014) Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV
- Deccan Chronicle (10/30/2014) Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV
- Deccan Herald (10/30/2014) Social media can help stop spread of HIV
- Silicon India (10/30/2014) Social media can help stop spread of HIV
- The Health Site (10/30/2014) Can Facebook, Twitter prevent HIV spread?
- Science World Report (10/30/2014) Could social media help prevent the spread of HIV
- shinyshiny (10/30/2014) Could social media slow the spread of HIV?
- newsKerala.com (10/30/2014) Facebook, Twitter may help restrain spread of HIV
- Medindia (10/30/2014) Impact of social media on preventing the spread of HIV
- DeMorgen (10/30/2014) Kunnen sociale media helpen de verdere verspreiding van hiv te stoppen?
- iHLN (10/30/2014) Kunnen sociale media helpen de verdere verspreiding van hiv te stoppen?
- FacenFacts (10/30/2014) Social media may help restrain spread of HIV: study
- Jagran Post (10/29/2014) Social media can help stop spread of HIV
- Science Daily (10/29/2014) Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?
- Medical Daily (10/29/2014) Social media cuts HIV spread when users are transparent; testing rates go up
- Science Codex (10/29/2014) Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?
- Counsel & Heal (10/29/2014) Social media can help prevent HIV
- Laboratory Talk (10/29/2014) Curbing HIV with social media
- Medical Xpress (10/29/2014) Can social media help stop the spread of HIV?
- HealthITAnalytics (3/18/2014) Twitter could track HIV outbreaks for population health help
- LAist (3/8/2014) UCLA study links tweets about ‘sex’ and ‘getting high’ to areas with higher rates of HIV and drug use
- KUOW 94.9 (3/7/2014) How Twitter could help prevent HIV infections
- PSFK (3/7/2014) How tweets can predict and prevent HIV outbreaks
- Healthcare Informatics (3/7/2014) Twitter ‘big data’ used to monitor HIV risk, study shows
- Guardian Liberty Voice (3/6/2014) HIV social media and prediction
- Tech Page One (3/6/2014) What researchers can learn in 140 characters
- Medical Daily (3/6/2014) Tracking HIV infections with Twitter: Concentrations of risk-related tweets could offer clues to outbreaks
- Huffington Post (3/5/2014) Twitter could give clues to HIV-related risky behaviors
- Digital Journal (3/5/2014) New study shows Twitter can be used to monitor HIV outbreaks
- Elite Daily (3/5/2014) Thanks to Twitter social media has the power to detect HIV outbreaks
- The Daily Dot (3/5/2014) Twitter is being used to find HIV outbreaks
- CBS News (3/4/2014) Study: Twitter could be used to track spread of HIV
- Mashable (3/4/2014) Twitter can detect HIV outbreaks in real-time, study says
- Tech Times (3/4/2014) Twitter may help predict HIV outbreak
- Becker’s Hospital Review (3/4/2014) UCLA researchers use big data from Twitter to locate HIV outbreaks
- Parent Herald (3/4/2014) Social media may be used to track outbreaks of HIV
- WWSB ABC7 (3/3/2014) Twitter data could be used to prevent HIV?
- International Business Times (3/3/2014) Twitter to monitor HIV and drug-related behavior
- ThinkProgress (3/3/2014) How twitter could help us track HIV outbreaks
- Pharmafile (3/3/2014) Twitter useful for tracking HIV outbreaks
- Health Newsline (3/3/2014) Can Twitter be used to track HIV, drug-related behavior?
- HNGN (3/3/2014) Twitter can track potential HIV and drug abuse
- Newsy (3/2/2014) Twitter might be able to track HIV outbreaks (VIDEO)
- Business Standard (3/2/2014) Twitter can be used to monitor HIV, drug-related behavior
- University Herald (3/2/2014) Twitter could be used to predict HIV outbreaks
- India Today (3/2/2014) Twitter can be used to monitor HIV, drug-related behavior
- Datanami (2/28/2014) Mining Twitter data for disease risk
- Houston Chronicle (2/26/2014) Social media could be used to track HIV
Hackathons, Workshops, and Other Events
- Daily Bruin (10/20/2014) Inventathon competition inspires development in healthcare problems
- UCLA Newsroom (10/14/2014) UCLA hosts 24-hour invention competition to meet health care needs
Relationships between Online Social Networking and Offline Behavior
- Social Work Today (3/23/2011) Homeless kids’ use of social networks affects sex behavior
- Technorati (2/28/2011) Homeless youths’ use of social networking may boost risky sexual behavior
- CNET (12/6/2010) Study: Social networks facilitate homeless youth sex