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
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• 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