Nhung Nguyen, PhD

Education
2023 - Innovations for Substance Use Disorders, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
2021 - mHealth Training Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, 2014 - Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
BS, 2008 - Pharmacy, Hanoi University of Pharmacy, Vietnam
Honors and Awards
  • DigiStars Scholar, University of Utah Digital Health Initiative, 2025
  • Hellman Fellowship, Hellman Fellows Program, 2024
  • Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE) Fellowship, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2024
  • Diversity Institute for Emerging Leaders, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2024
  • Outstanding Abstract Award, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2023
  • Emerging Health Equity Scholar Award, UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center, 2023
  • NIDA Diversity Scholars Network Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2021
  • Meritorious Abstract Award, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2021
  • T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Cancer Institute, 2018-2020
  • International Fellowship, American Association of University Women, 2012
  • Predoctoral Fellowship, Vietnam Education Foundation, 2010-2012
Websites
Publications

  1. Kargarandehkordi A, Jaiswal A, Banerjee A, Qian Y, Slade CR, Sun Y, Islam T, Tadesse HB, Kostrinsky-Thomas A, Park C, Sarkar U, Khoong EC, Nguyen N, Xu XO, Phillips KT, Benzo RM, Aguilera A, Zhang H, Doshi-Velez F, Washington P.. Personalized modeling of stress and blood pressure reactivity using mobile health data. Npj mental health research 2026. PMID: 42103987


  2. Ling PM, JoanneLyu C, Lisha NE.. Social media support groups for youth nicotine vaping cessation: a randomized clinical trial. American journal of preventive medicine 2026. PMID: 41724253


  3. Nguyen N, Leonard S, Byers AL, Austin PC, Krebs EE, Sandbrink F, Bravata DM, Keyhani S.. Associations of Cannabis and Tobacco Use with Suicide Attempt, Suicide Death, and Overdose Death Among Veterans Prescribed Opioid Analgesics. American journal of preventive medicine 2026. PMID: 41692146


  4. Halliday DM, Lund L, Ling PM, Nguyen N.. Daily patterns of substance use among young adults who vape nicotine and cannabis: Latent class analysis of smartphone-based daily diary data. Drug and alcohol dependence 2026. PMID: 41628576


  5. Graham FJL, Pravosud V, Keyhani S, Hoggatt KJ, Ling P, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Cohen BE.. The impact of cannabis co-use and cannabis use disorder on interest in and barriers to tobacco cessation. Addictive behaviors 2026. PMID: 41525756


  6. Han JJ, Desjardins MR, McQuoid J, Devkota J, Waring JJC, Lopez-Paguyo K, Nguyen N, Ling PM, Thrul J.. Detecting spatiotemporal clusters of tobacco and cannabis use and co-use to inform smartphone-based interventions. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 2025. PMID: 41343354


  7. Do VV, Núñez ER, Wilder FG, Nguyen N.. Negative social determinants of health are linked to lung cancer screening underutilization. Lung cancer management 2025. PMID: 41191647


  8. Tran TPT, Tran C, Ling PM, Popova L, Nguyen N.. 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 2025. PMID: 40965202


  9. Do VV, Ta Park VM, Nguyen N, Ling PM, Tzuang M, Nam B, Dougan MM, Meyer OL, Tsoh JY.. 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 2025. PMID: 40834431


  10. Do VV, Ling PM, Keyhani S, Marcus GM, Thrul J, Nguyen N.. Real-Time Antecedents of Young Adults' Vaping and Co-Vaping of Nicotine and Cannabis: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Journal of medical Internet research 2025. PMID: 40811772


  11. Temourian AA, Ling PM, Do VV, 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 2025. PMID: 40988876


  12. Regan T, Devkota J, McQuoid J, Lopez-Paguyo K, Nguyen N, Meacham MC, Ling PM, Thrul J.. Real-time antecedents of cannabis use among young adults: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 2025. PMID: 40323845


  13. Halliday DM, Song AV, Nguyen N.. E-cigarette and cannabis use among current and recently quit smokers: Co-use and Co-cessation. Addictive behaviors reports 2025. PMID: 40290632


  14. Nguyen N, Satterfield JM, Keyhani S, Marcus GM, Ling PM.. Barriers and facilitators to nicotine and cannabis vaping cessation among young adults: a qualitative study using Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, and Behavior (COM-B) model and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2025. PMID: 41325641


  15. Nguyen N, Keyhani S, Marcus GM, Do VV, Halliday DM, Herbst ED, Ling PM.. 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 2024. PMID: 39644839


  16. Nguyen N, Leonard S, Cohen BE, Herbst ED, Hoggatt KJ, Keyhani S.. Receipt of Smoking Cessation Medications and Smoking Abstinence Among Veterans Prescribed Opioid Analgesics With and Without Cannabis Use. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39528724


  17. Pravosud V, Glantz S, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Lempert LK, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Graham FJL, Cohen BE.. 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 2024. PMID: 39500225


  18. Graham FJL, Keyhani S, Ling P, Pravosud V, Nguyen N, Hasin D, 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 2024. PMID: 39440660


  19. Nguyen N, Koester KA, Tran C, Ling PM.. 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 2024. PMID: 39437386


  20. Nguyen N, Koester KA, Kim M, Watkins SL, 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 2023. PMID: 37072166


  21. Nguyen N, Bold KW, McClure EA.. Urgent need for treatment addressing co-use of tobacco and cannabis: An updated review and considerations for future interventions. Addictive behaviors 2024. PMID: 39089194


  22. McQuoid J, Regan T, Devkota J, Cheney MK, Kumar V, Oehlers J, Lopez-Paguyo K, Nguyen N, Meacham MC, Ling PM, Thrul J.. Situations and roles of cannabis versus cigarette use: Integrating ecological momentary assessment with qualitative mapping interviews. Health & place 2024. PMID: 39032204


  23. Do VV, Ling PM, Chaffee BW, Nguyen N.. Concurrent Use of Tobacco and Cannabis and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in US Youths. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38958977


  24. Waring JJC, Nguyen N, Ling PM, Thrul J.. 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 2024. PMID: 38547786


  25. Glantz SA, Nguyen N, Oliveira da Silva AL.. Population-Based Disease Odds for E-Cigarettes and Dual Use versus Cigarettes. NEJM evidence 2024. PMID: 38411454


  26. Lyu JC, Meacham MC, Nguyen N, Ramo D, Ling PM.. 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 2024. PMID: 38366340


  27. Nguyen N, Islam S, Llanes KD, Koester KA, Ling PM.. Classification of patterns of tobacco and cannabis co-use based on temporal proximity: A qualitative study among young adults. Addictive behaviors 2024. PMID: 38281461


  28. Nguyen N, Peyser ND, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Beatty AL, Modrow MF, Carton TW, Khatib R, Djibo DA, Ling PM, Marcus GM.. 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 2023. PMID: 37703257


  29. Chambers J, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Nguyen N, Woods A, Ryder A, Cohen BE.. Perceptions of Safety of Daily Cannabis vs Tobacco Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure, 2017-2021. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37566411


  30. Nguyen N, Holmes LM, Pravosud V, Cohen BE, Ling PM.. Changes in perceived harms of tobacco and cannabis and their correlations with use: A panel study of young adults 2014-2020. Addictive behaviors 2023. PMID: 37263178


  31. Nguyen N, Thrul J, Neilands TB, 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 2023. PMID: 36806440


  32. Nguyen N, Wong M, Delucchi K, Halpern-Felsher B.. Adolescents' and young adults' perceptions of risks and benefits differ by type of cannabis products. Addictive behaviors 2022. PMID: 35436697


  33. Nguyen N, Keyhani S, Ling PM, Hoggatt KJ, Hasin D, Cohen BE.. Self-reported Changes in Cannabis Use Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic among US Adults. Journal of psychoactive drugs 2022. PMID: 35356866


  34. Nguyen N, Mathur Gaiha S, Halpern-Felsher B.. Self-reported changes in cannabis vaping among US adolescents and young adults early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Preventive medicine reports 2021. PMID: 34976701


  35. Nguyen N, Neilands TB, Lisha NE, Lyu JC, Olson SS, Ling PM.. Longitudinal Associations Between Use of Tobacco and Cannabis Among People Who Smoke Cigarettes in Real-world Smoking Cessation Treatment. Journal of addiction medicine 2021. PMID: 34619713


  36. Nguyen N, Kapiteni K, Straus ER, Guydish J.. Factors associated with dual and polytobacco use among people in residential substance use disorder treatment. The American journal on addictions 2021. PMID: 34427005


  37. Thrul J, Gubner NR, Nguyen N, Nguyen C, Goodell EA, Holmes LM, Vandrey RG, Ling PM.. Perceived reward from using cigarettes with alcohol or cannabis and concurrent use: A smartphone-based daily diary study. Addictive behaviors 2020. PMID: 33307406


  38. Nguyen N, Holmes LM, Kim M, 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 2020. PMID: 33092106


  39. Nguyen N, McQuoid J, Neilands TB, Dermody SS, Holmes LM, Ling PM, Thrul J.. 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 2020. PMID: 32804517


  40. Nguyen N, Nguyen C, Thrul J.. Digital health for assessment and intervention targeting tobacco and cannabis co-use. Current addiction reports 2020. PMID: 33643768


  41. Le TT, Nguyen TTH, Nguyen C, Tran NH, Tran LA, Nguyen TB, Nguyen N, Nguyen HA.. Factors associated with spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting among healthcare professionals in Vietnam. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics 2019. PMID: 31486525


  42. Nguyen N, McKelvey K, Halpern-Felsher B.. Popular Flavors Used in Alternative Tobacco Products Among Young Adults. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2019. PMID: 31331543


  43. Nguyen N, Barrington-Trimis JL, Urman R, Cho J, McConnell R, Leventhal AM, Halpern-Felsher B.. Past 30-day co-use of tobacco and marijuana products among adolescents and young adults in California. Addictive behaviors 2019. PMID: 31357072


  44. Nguyen N, Lisha NE, Neilands TB, Jordan JW, Ling PM.. Differential Associations Between Anti-Tobacco Industry Attitudes and Intention to Quit Smoking Across Young Adult Peer Crowds. American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2019. PMID: 30754982


  45. Nguyen N, McQuoid J, Ramo D, Holmes LM, Ling PM, Thrul J.. Real-time predictors of smoking among sexual minority and heterosexual young adults: An ecological momentary assessment study. Drug and alcohol dependence 2018. PMID: 30212756


  46. 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.. Factors associated with nicotine dependence during methadone maintenance treatment: findings from a multisite survey in Vietnam. BMJ open 2017. PMID: 28716791


  47. Nguyen LH, Tran BX, Nguyen NP, Phan HT, Bui TT, Latkin CA.. Mobilization for HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services in Vietnam: Clients' Risk Behaviors, Attitudes and Willingness to Pay. AIDS and behavior 2016. PMID: 26363790


  48. Tran BX, Nguyen LH, Do HP, Nguyen NP, Phan HT, Dunne M, Latkin C.. Motivation for smoking cessation among drug-using smokers under methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam. Harm reduction journal 2015. PMID: 26518600


  49. Nguyen NT, Tran BX, Hwang LY, Markham CM, Swartz MD, Vidrine JI, Phan HT, Latkin CA, Vidrine DJ.. Effects of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive patients in Vietnam. AIDS care 2015. PMID: 26461976


  50. 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 2015. PMID: 25885342


  51. Nguyen NP, Tran BX, Hwang LY, Markham CM, Swartz MD, Phan HT, Nong VM, Nguyen CT, Nguyen AH, 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 2015. PMID: 25723596


  52. Tran BX, Nguyen TV, Pham QD, Nguyen PD, Khuu NV, Nguyen NP, Bui DH, Thi Phan HT, Nguyen LT.. HIV infection, risk factors, and preventive services utilization among female sex workers in the Mekong Delta Region of Vietnam. PloS one 2014. PMID: 24475096


  53. Tran BX, Nguyen LT, Nguyen NP, Phan HT.. HIV voluntary testing and perceived risk among female sex workers in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Global health action 2013. PMID: 23866916


  54. Tran BX, Nguyen NP.. Patient satisfaction with HIV/AIDS care and treatment in the decentralization of services delivery in Vietnam. PloS one 2012. PMID: 23071611


  55. Tran BX, Nguyen N, Ohinmaa A, Duong AT, Nguyen LT, Van Hoang M, Vu PX, Veugelers PJ.. Prevalence and correlates of alcohol use disorders during antiretroviral treatment in injection-driven HIV epidemics in Vietnam. Drug and alcohol dependence 2012. PMID: 22749565