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BRIGHT Institute

Milken Institute School of Public Health

Research

BRIGHT Institute faculty conduct research on a wide range of topics in social and behavior change. Recent publications and funded projects include social media interventions to prevent youth vaping and promote smoking cessation, infodemiology studies on the anti-vaccination movement, and apps to promote healthy weight management.

Current Projects 

Educational Facebook post

COVID: Impact of Digital Interventions on Reducing Vaccine Hesitancy

(Evans, PI)

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (INV-033413), 2021-2023

Person typing on a computer

Empathic Engagement with the Vaccine Hesitant in Online Spaces

(Abroms, Broniatowski MPI)

Funded by the Vaccine Confidence Alliance, 2021-2022

"We Can Do It" in relation to vaccines

Using the Promotora Model to Increase COVID-19 Pro-Vaccination with Social Media

(Abroms, Andrade, MPI)

Funded by the Institute for Data Democracy & Politics, 2021-2022

Phone as an access point to health technologies

Addressing vaccine misinformation on social media

(Abroms, PI)

Funded by the Institute for Data Democracy & Politics, 2020-2021

IQOS booth

IQOS Marketing and Consumer Behavior in Israel and the US: Evidence to Advance US Regulation

Berg, Levine (MPIs), Abroms L (co-I)

Funded by the National Cancer Institute, 2019 –2022

 

Want to learn more? See our Publications page for selected recent peer-reviewed publications in Digital Health.