Additional Titles & Roles
- Director, Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation Scholar, Institute for Public Health
- Scholar, Institute for Public Health
Education & Training
- PhD: State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 2004
- BA: University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1998
Research Interests
Research interests include mental health epidemiology and understanding how policy and social media shape health risk behaviors of young people.
Key Publications
- Cavazos-Rehg PA, Sowles SJ, Krauss MJ, Agbonavbare V, Grucza R, Bierut L, A content analysis of tweets about high-potency marijuana. Drug Alcohol Depend 2016: 166, 100-108.
- Krauss MJ, Sowles SJ, Sehi A, Spitznagel EL, Berg CJ, Bierut LJ, Cavazos-Rehg PA. Marijuana advertising exposure among current marijuana users in the U.S. Drug Alc Depend 2017: 174, 192-200.
Read publication »Twitter Chatter about Marijuana - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Housten AJ, Krauss MJ, Sowles SJ, Spitznagel EL, Chaloupka FJ, Grucza R, Johnston LD, O’Malley PM, Bierut LJ, Selected state policies and associations with alcohol use behaviors and risky driving behaviors among youth: Findings from Monitoring the Future study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2016: 40(5), 1030-1036.
Read publication »Monitoring of Non-cigarette Tobacco Use using Google Trends - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Sowles S, Connolly S, Rosas C, Bharadwaj M, Bierut LJ, A content analysis of depression-related tweets. Comput Human Behav 2016: 54, 351-357
Read publication »Associations between selected state laws and teenagers’ drinking and driving behaviors - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Kim Y, Emery SL, Risk factors associated with hookah use. Nicotine Tob Res 2015: 17(12): 1482-1490
Read publication »Associations between selected state laws and teenagers’ drinking and driving behaviors - Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Spitznagel EL, Schootman M, Cottler LB, & Bierut LJ. Number of sexual partners and associations with initiation and intensity of substance use. AIDS Behav, 2011; 15(4):869-74.
Read publication »Number of Sexual Partners and Associations with Initiation and Intensity of Substance Use
Funded Research Projects
NIDA(PI):Building on Bridging the Gap: Environmental Influences on Teen Substance Use
NIDA(PI):Implications of Social Media Content and Engagement for Alcohol and Marijuana Use
NIMH(PI):Understanding Depression Displays on Twitter and Identifying Ways to Intervene
NIMH(PI):Investigating the Promotion of Eating Disorders on Twitter: Implications for Online Intervention