Nhung Nguyen, PhD, PharmD | Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education

Assistant Adjunct Professor

M_MED-CORE-DGIM

Nhung Nguyen, PhD, received her doctorate in Epidemiology from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX, and her BS in Pharmacy from Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Vietnam. Her dissertation was among the first to examine smoking prevalence, nicotine dependence, and related factors among HIV-positive people in Vietnam. Her research interests include application of technology and data science in smoking cessation intervention among smokers with polysubstance use, and in smoking prevention among youth and young adults.

Publications

Applying Human-Centered Design to Develop Smartphone-Based Intervention Messages to Help Young Adults Quit Using E-Cigarettes and Cigarettes: A Remote User Testing Study.

JMIR Human Factors

Tran TPT, Tran C, Ling PM, Popova L, Nguyen N

Use of Cigarettes, Cannabis, and Alcohol Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Adults: Community-Based National Survey Analysis.

JMIR public health and surveillance

Do VV, Ta Park VM, Nguyen N, Ling PM, Tzuang M, Nam B, Dougan MM, Meyer OL, Tsoh JY

Real-Time Antecedents of Young Adults' Vaping and Co-Vaping of Nicotine and Cannabis: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.

Journal of medical Internet research

Do VV, Ling PM, Keyhani S, Marcus GM, Thrul J, Nguyen N

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cannabis Use Among U.S. Youth Who Use Tobacco: Findings From the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study

AJPM Focus

Temourian AA, Ling PM, Do VV, Nguyen N.

Real-time antecedents of cannabis use among young adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study.

Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology

Regan T, Devkota J, McQuoid J, Lopez-Paguyo K, Nguyen N, Meacham MC, Ling PM, Thrul J

E-cigarette and cannabis use among current and recently quit smokers: Co-use and Co-cessation.

Addictive behaviors reports

Halliday DM, Song AV, Nguyen N

Vaping nicotine and cannabis on the same occasion is linked to increased vaping consumption among young adults: A smartphone-based daily diary study.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Nguyen N, Keyhani S, Marcus GM, Do VV, Halliday DM, Herbst ED, Ling PM

Receipt of Smoking Cessation Medications and Smoking Abstinence Among Veterans Prescribed Opioid Analgesics With and Without Cannabis Use.

Journal of general internal medicine

Nguyen N, Leonard S, Cohen BE, Herbst ED, Hoggatt KJ, Keyhani S

Cannabis legalization and changes in cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use and co-use in a national cohort of U.S. adults during 2017-2021.

The International journal on drug policy

Pravosud V, Glantz S, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Lempert LK, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Graham FJL, Cohen BE

Changes in Sources of Information about the Risks and Benefits of Cannabis in a National Cohort of US Adults from 2017 - 2021.

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs

Graham FJL, Keyhani S, Ling P, Pravosud V, Nguyen N, Hasin D, Cohen BE

Desires and Needs for Quitting Both e-Cigarettes and Cigarettes Among Young Adults: Formative Qualitative Study Informing the Development of a Smartphone Intervention for Dual Tobacco Cessation.

JMIR formative research

Nguyen N, Koester KA, Tran C, Ling PM

"I'm both smoking and vaping": a longitudinal qualitative study of US young adults who tried to quit smoking cigarettes by using electronic cigarettes.

Tobacco control

Nguyen N, Koester KA, Kim M, Watkins SL, Ling PM

Urgent need for treatment addressing co-use of tobacco and cannabis: An updated review and considerations for future interventions.

Addictive behaviors

Nguyen N, Bold KW, McClure EA

Situations and roles of cannabis versus cigarette use: Integrating ecological momentary assessment with qualitative mapping interviews.

Health & place

McQuoid J, Regan T, Devkota J, Cheney MK, Kumar V, Oehlers J, Lopez-Paguyo K, Nguyen N, Meacham MC, Ling PM, Thrul J

Concurrent Use of Tobacco and Cannabis and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in US Youths.

JAMA network open

Do VV, Ling PM, Chaffee BW, Nguyen N

Quantity of cigarettes smoked when co-used with alcohol and cannabis: Consideration of different definitions of co-use based on daily diary data.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Waring JJC, Nguyen N, Ling PM, Thrul J

Population-Based Disease Odds for E-Cigarettes and Dual Use versus Cigarettes.

NEJM evidence

Glantz SA, Nguyen N, Oliveira da Silva AL

Factors Associated With Abstinence Among Young Adult Smokers Enrolled in a Real-world Social Media Smoking Cessation Program.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Lyu JC, Meacham MC, Nguyen N, Ramo D, Ling PM

Classification of patterns of tobacco and cannabis co-use based on temporal proximity: A qualitative study among young adults.

Addictive behaviors

Nguyen N, Islam S, Llanes KD, Koester KA, Ling PM

Associations between tobacco and cannabis use and anxiety and depression among adults in the United States: Findings from the COVID-19 citizen science study.

PloS one

Nguyen N, Peyser ND, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Beatty AL, Modrow MF, Carton TW, Khatib R, Djibo DA, Ling PM, Marcus GM

Perceptions of Safety of Daily Cannabis vs Tobacco Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure, 2017-2021.

JAMA network open

Chambers J, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Woods A, Ryder A, Cohen BE

Changes in perceived harms of tobacco and cannabis and their correlations with use: A panel study of young adults 2014-2020.

Addictive behaviors

Nguyen N, Holmes LM, Pravosud V, Cohen BE, Ling PM

Associations Between Product Type and Intensity of Tobacco and Cannabis Co-use on the Same Day Among Young Adult Smokers: Smartphone-Based Daily-Diary Study.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Nguyen N, Thrul J, Neilands TB, Ling PM

Adolescents' and young adults' perceptions of risks and benefits differ by type of cannabis products.

Addictive behaviors

Nguyen N, Wong M, Delucchi K, Halpern-Felsher B

Self-reported Changes in Cannabis Use Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic among US Adults.

Journal of psychoactive drugs

Nguyen N, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Cohen BE

Self-reported changes in cannabis vaping among US adolescents and young adults early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preventive medicine reports

Nguyen N, Mathur Gaiha S, Halpern-Felsher B

Longitudinal Associations Between Use of Tobacco and Cannabis Among People Who Smoke Cigarettes in Real-world Smoking Cessation Treatment.

Journal of addiction medicine

Nguyen N, Neilands TB, Lisha NE, Lyu JC, Olson SS, Ling PM

Factors associated with dual and polytobacco use among people in residential substance use disorder treatment.

The American journal on addictions

Nguyen N, Kapiteni K, Straus ER, Guydish J

Perceived reward from using cigarettes with alcohol or cannabis and concurrent use: A smartphone-based daily diary study.

Addictive behaviors

Thrul J, Gubner NR, Nguyen N, Nguyen C, Goodell EA, Holmes LM, Vandrey RG, Ling PM

Using Peer Crowd Affiliation to Address Dual Use of Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes among San Francisco Bay Area Young Adults: A Cross Sectional Study.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Nguyen N, Holmes LM, Kim M, Ling PM

Same-day use of cigarettes, alcohol, and cannabis among sexual minority and heterosexual young adult smokers.

Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors

Nguyen N, McQuoid J, Neilands TB, Dermody SS, Holmes LM, Ling PM, Thrul J

Digital health for assessment and intervention targeting tobacco and cannabis co-use.

Current addiction reports

Nguyen N, Nguyen C, Thrul J

Factors associated with spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting among healthcare professionals in Vietnam.

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Le TT, Nguyen TTH, Nguyen C, Tran NH, Tran LA, Nguyen TB, Nguyen N, Nguyen HA

Popular Flavors Used in Alternative Tobacco Products Among Young Adults.

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Nguyen N, McKelvey K, Halpern-Felsher B

Past 30-day co-use of tobacco and marijuana products among adolescents and young adults in California.

Addictive behaviors

Nguyen N, Barrington-Trimis JL, Urman R, Cho J, McConnell R, Leventhal AM, Halpern-Felsher B

Differential Associations Between Anti-Tobacco Industry Attitudes and Intention to Quit Smoking Across Young Adult Peer Crowds.

American journal of health promotion : AJHP

Nguyen N, Lisha NE, Neilands TB, Jordan JW, Ling PM

Real-time predictors of smoking among sexual minority and heterosexual young adults: An ecological momentary assessment study.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Nguyen N, McQuoid J, Ramo D, Holmes LM, Ling PM, Thrul J

Factors associated with nicotine dependence during methadone maintenance treatment: findings from a multisite survey in Vietnam.

BMJ open

Do HP, Nguyen LH, Thi Nguyen NP, Ngo C, Thi Nguyen HL, Le GT, Nguyen LK, Nguyen CT, Tran BX, Le HT, Vu TMT, Phan HTT, Tran TD, Latkin CA, Dunne MP

Mobilization for HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services in Vietnam: Clients' Risk Behaviors, Attitudes and Willingness to Pay.

AIDS and behavior

Nguyen LH, Tran BX, Nguyen NP, Phan HT, Bui TT, Latkin CA

Motivation for smoking cessation among drug-using smokers under methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam.

Harm reduction journal

Tran BX, Nguyen LH, Do HP, Nguyen NP, Phan HT, Dunne M, Latkin C

Effects of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive patients in Vietnam.

AIDS care

Nguyen NT, Tran BX, Hwang LY, Markham CM, Swartz MD, Vidrine JI, Phan HT, Latkin CA, Vidrine DJ

Motivation to quit smoking among HIV-positive smokers in Vietnam.

BMC public health

Nguyen NT, Tran BX, Hwang LY, Markham CM, Swartz MD, Vidrine JI, Phan HT, Latkin CA, Vidrine DJ

Prevalence of cigarette smoking and associated factors in a large sample of HIV-positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Vietnam.

PloS one

Nguyen NP, Tran BX, Hwang LY, Markham CM, Swartz MD, Phan HT, Nong VM, Nguyen CT, Nguyen AH, Latkin CA, Vidrine DJ

HIV infection, risk factors, and preventive services utilization among female sex workers in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam.

PloS one

Tran BX, Nguyen TV, Pham QD, Nguyen PD, Khuu NV, Nguyen NP, Bui DH, Thi Phan HT, Nguyen LT

HIV voluntary testing and perceived risk among female sex workers in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.

Global health action

Tran BX, Nguyen LT, Nguyen NP, Phan HT

Patient satisfaction with HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the decentralization of services delivery in Vietnam.

PloS one

Tran BX, Nguyen NP

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol use disorders during antiretroviral treatment in injection-driven HIV epidemics in Vietnam.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Tran BX, Nguyen N, Ohinmaa A, Duong AT, Nguyen LT, Van Hoang M, Vu PX, Veugelers PJ