Professor
Clinical Pharmacy
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Dr. Dorie Apollonio is a Professor of health policy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco focusing on tobacco control and policy making. Her research considers the role of scientific evidence and interest group lobbying in decision making on public health. This work uses multiple data sources including internal industry documents, campaign finance reports, administrative datasets, and interviews, and relies on both qualitative and quantitative methods to identify how policy affecting public health is made. She is trained as a quantitative methodologist and survey researcher and has extensive experience in research design and analysis. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals in multiple fields, including public health, political science, policy, and law.
Publications
Efforts to secure nicotine and cannabis product placements in popular media by Ploom, Pax, and Juul: an analysis of tobacco industry documents.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
A framework for researching the waterpipe tobacco business sector in the United States.
Tobacco induced diseases
Tobacco industry efforts to harness the voice and influence of community organisations.
Tobacco control
Characteristics and Trends in Child Cannabis Exposures During Legalization in California.
American journal of preventive medicine
Utilisation of waterpipe tobacco imagery in cigarette advertising: a case study of American tobacco company and RJ Reynolds tobacco company.
Tobacco control
Perceptions of pharmacist-furnished nicotine replacement therapy among participants who smoke in California.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Changes in Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist (GLP-1 RA) Exposures Following Recent Demand for Weight Management: A Retrospective Review of California Poison Control System Data.
The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians
The Rise of Clinical Decision Support Algorithms in Pain Management 2009-2024.
Journal of general internal medicine
Tobacco cessation, mental health, and substance use in a community pharmacist-linked cessation program for people experiencing homelessness.
Drug and alcohol dependence
Examining the interactive associations of cannabis and alcohol outlets with self-harm injuries in California: a spatiotemporal analysis.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
Pharmaceutical industry use of key opinion leaders to market prescription opioids: A review of internal industry documents.
Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy
An Observational Study of Regulatory Violations Related to Online Tobacco Product Marketing and Retailer Responses to US FDA Warning Letters.
Tobacco Use Insights
Interactive associations of cannabis and alcohol outlet densities with assault injuries in California: A spatiotemporal analysis.
American journal of epidemiology
Evaluation of the strategies opioid manufacturers used to recruit health professionals and encourage overprescribing: an analysis of industry documents.
BMC public health
Assessment of PrEP and PEP furnishing in San Francisco Bay Area pharmacies; an observational cross-sectional study.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Associations of Local Cannabis Control Policies With Harmful Cannabis Exposures Reported to the California Poison Control System.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
Reported exposures to derived cannabis products in California before and after the 2018 federal reclassification of hemp.
The International journal on drug policy
Descriptive cross-sectional survey of tobacco and cannabis restrictions on state and local film incentives in the USA.
Tobacco control
Exposures to Bleach, Peroxide, Disinfectants, Antimalarials, and Ivermectin Reported to the California Poison Control System Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2015-2021.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Retail chain pharmacy opioid dispensing practices from 1997 to 2020: A content analysis of internal industry documents.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports
Pharmacist furnishing of hormonal contraception in California's Central Valley.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Cannabis industry campaign expenditures in Colorado, 2005-2021.
The International journal on drug policy
Alignment in local approaches to alcohol and cannabis control policy: A case study of California cities and counties.
The International journal on drug policy
Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Linked Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adults Experiencing Homelessness.
Substance use & misuse
Trends in concomitant and single opioid and benzodiazepine exposures reported to the California Poison Control System following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention release of opioid guidelines in 2016.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Clearing cannabis criminal records: A survey of criminal record expungement availability and accessibility among US States and Washington DC that decriminalized or legalized cannabis.
The International journal on drug policy
A review of policies on the involuntary use of psychotropic medications among persons experiencing incarceration in the United States.
Health & Justice
An observational study of the extent of naloxone furnishing in California Central Valley community pharmacies.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Marketing Antipsychotics to Correctional Facilities: A Review of Pharmaceutical Industry Documents.
Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care
Equity in Coverage of Local Cannabis Control Policies in California, 2020?2021.
American Journal of Public Health
Content Analysis of the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of 9 Major Cannabis Companies in Canada and the US.
JAMA network open
Marketing Opioids to Veterans and Older Adults: A Content Analysis of Internal Industry Documents Released from State of Oklahoma v. Purdue Pharma, L.P. et al.
Journal of health politics, policy and law
The Opioid Industry Documents Archive: A Living Digital Repository.
American Journal of Public Health
A Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Association of California City and County Cannabis Policies with Cannabis Outlet Densities.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
A Retrospective Global Assessment of Factors Associated With COVID-19 Policies and Health Outcomes.
Frontiers in public health
Cannabis use prevalence among Baby Boomers before and after implementation of recreational retail sales in California.
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy
A community-based tobacco cessation program for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Addictive behaviors
Cannabis industry lobbying in the Colorado state legislature in fiscal years 2010-2021.
The International journal on drug policy
Changes in California cannabis exposures following recreational legalization and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
An observational survey assessing the extent of PrEP and PEP furnishing in San Francisco Bay Area pharmacies.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Interventions to reduce tobacco use in people experiencing homelessness.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Implementing law into practice: hormonal contraceptive furnishing in San Francisco community pharmacies
Birth Control Pharmacist
Evaluation of naloxone furnishing community pharmacies in San Francisco.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Trends in hydrocodone combination product exposures reported to California Poison Control System (CPCS) following DEA rescheduling.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Implementation of hormonal contraceptive furnishing in San Francisco community pharmacies.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Cognitive performance effects of nicotine and industry affiliation: a systematic review.
Substance abuse : research and treatment
Tobacco industry promotions and pricing after tax increases: An analysis of internal industry documents.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Tobacco manufacturer lobbying to undercut minimum price laws: an analysis of internal industry documents.
Tobacco control
Typologies of Party Finance Systems: A Comparative Study of How Countries Regulate Party Finance and Their Institutional Foundations.
Election law journal
Interventions to reduce tobacco use in people experiencing homelessness.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
In defense of sugar: a critical analysis of rhetorical strategies used in The Sugar Association's award-winning 1976 public relations campaign.
BMC public health
A Review of Tobacco Policies on University of California Campuses.
Californian Journal of Health Promotion
Typologies of Party Finance Systems: A Comparative Study of How Countries Regulate Party Finance and Their Institutional Foundations.
Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
Prevalence and Correlates of Simultaneous and Separate 30-Day Use of Tobacco and Cannabis: Results from the California Adult Tobacco Survey.
Substance use & misuse
Engaging Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Smoking Cessation Through Large-Scale Community Service Events.
Health promotion practice
Pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines information by editing Wikipedia articles.
BMC medical education
A content analysis of popular media reporting regarding increases in minimum ages of legal access for tobacco.
BMC public health
Marketing with tobacco pack onserts: a qualitative analysis of tobacco industry documents.
Tobacco control
The sugar industry's influence on policy.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
Sustainable Pharmacy: Piloting a Session on Pharmaceuticals, Climate Change, and Sustainability within a U.S. Pharmacy Curriculum.
Innovations in pharmacy
Sustainable Pharmacy: Piloting a Session on Pharmaceuticals, Climate Change, and Sustainability within a U.S. Pharmacy Curriculum.
Innovations in pharmacy
Tobacco Industry Research on Nicotine Replacement Therapy: "If Anyone Is Going to Take Away Our Business It Should Be Us".
American journal of public health
Evaluation of Tobacco Control Policies in San Francisco Homeless Housing Programs.
Health promotion practice
Interventions for tobacco use cessation in people in treatment for or recovery from substance use disorders.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Realist review of policy intervention studies aimed at reducing exposures to environmental hazards in the United States.
BMC public health
Challenges to generating evidence-informed policy and the role of systematic reviews and (perceived) conflicts of interest.
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
Minimum Ages of Legal Access for Tobacco in the United States From 1863 to 2015.
American journal of public health
Overview of state policies requiring smoking cessation therapy in psychiatric hospitals and drug abuse treatment centers.
Tobacco induced diseases
Karma police: Prosecutorial strategies in obscenity cases and the broader cultural war
Syracuse Law and Civic Engagement Forum
Tobacco industry efforts to influence policy: when interest groups face opposition
Interest Group Politics
Karma Police: Prosecutorial Strategies in Obscenity Cases and the Broader Culture War.
Syracuse law & civic engagement
Political advocacy in pharmacy: challenges and opportunities.
Integrated pharmacy research & practice
Term limits and the tobacco industry.
Social science & medicine (1982)
Immigration and Prosecutorial Discretion.
California journal of politics and policy
Interventions for tobacco use cessation in people in treatment for or recovery from substance abuse.
The Cochrane library
The "We Card" program: tobacco industry "youth smoking prevention" as industry self-preservation.
American journal of public health
Evidence and argument in policymaking: development of workplace smoking legislation.
BMC public health
Turning negative into positive: public health mass media campaigns and negative advertising.
Health education research
Wheat from chaff: Third-party monitoring and FEC enforcement actions.
Regulation & Governance
Access and lobbying: Looking beyond the corruption paradigm
Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Deception: The Tobacco Industry and Airline Smoking.
Political science quarterly
Participation and argument in legislative debate on statewide smoking restrictions.
Health research policy and systems
Industry Front Groups: A Tobacco Case Study.
Journal of consumer protection and food safety
The creation of industry front groups: the tobacco industry and "get government off our back".
American journal of public health
Term Limits, Campaign Contributions, and the Distribution of Power in State Legislatures.
Legislative studies quarterly
Marketing to the marginalised: tobacco industry targeting of the homeless and mentally ill.
Tobacco control
Interest Group Advocacy and the Power of "Magic Words".
Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
Who Gave Soft Money? The Effect of Interest Group Resources on Political Contributions.
The journal of politics
The season of our discontent: Voters’ views on California elections
Public Policy Institute of California
Roper Social and Political Trends Data (1973-1994)
Roper Social and Political Trends Data (1973-1994)
Term limits affect legislators’ fund raising prowess
Public affairs report
Trends in American political participation, 1973-1994
Trends in American political participation, 1973-1994
Hypopigmented sarcoidosis in the negro. Report of eight cases with ultrastructural observations.
The British journal of dermatology
Citrate synthase.
Current topics in cellular regulation
Task delegation to physician extenders--some comparisons.
American Journal of Public Health
Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.
Biochemical pharmacology