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Elise M Stevens PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentPopulation and Quantitative Health Sciences
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
368 Plantation Street
Worcester MA 01605
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentPopulation and Quantitative Health Sciences
    DivisionPreventive And Behavioral Medicine

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentMasters in Clinical Investigation

    InstitutionMorningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    DepartmentPopulation Health Sciences


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    Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, United StatesBSIntegrated Marketing Commun
    Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, United StatesMAMedia Studies
    University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPHDMass Communications

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    1. Sambuco N, Stevens EM, Versace F. Beneath the Surface of Self-Reports: Dissecting Subjective and Neural Responses to Age-Specific Visual Stimuli. Psychophysiology. 2025 Feb; 62(2):e70013. PMID: 39924455.
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    2. Liu J, Lee DN, Stevens EM. Motivations for Tobacco, Cannabis, and Their Co-Use Among U.S. Young Adults Who Engage in Same-Day Co-Use. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(4):515-521. PMID: 39612200.
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    3. Lee DN, Kim HM, Stevens EM. Association of Vaping Reasons with Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Among Young Adults Who Currently Vape. Subst Use Misuse. 2025; 60(2):188-194. PMID: 39482818.
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    4. Stevens EM, Lee DN, Stevens H, Sadasivam RS. The role of mood in shaping reactions to smoking cessation messages among adults who smoke: a multimodal investigation. BMC Public Health. 2024 10 18; 24(1):2872. PMID: 39425111.
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    5. Lee DN, Faro JM, Stevens EM, Pbert L, Yang C, Sadasivam RS. Stopping use of E-cigarettes and smoking combustible cigarettes: findings from a large longitudinal digital smoking cessation intervention study in the United States. BMC Res Notes. 2024 Sep 27; 17(1):276. PMID: 39334264.
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    6. Lee DN, Kim HM, Stevens EM. How stress influences e-cigarette health message perceptions and intentions to abstain from vaping among young adults who vape. Addict Behav. 2025 Jan; 160:108174. PMID: 39321718.
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    7. Stevens EM, Cohn A, Ruedinger B, Kim N, Seo J, Sun F, Kim S, Leshner G. Cannabis Users' and Non-Users' Differential Responses to Two Anti-Cannabis Campaigns. Health Educ Behav. 2025 Feb; 52(1):49-60. PMID: 39199019.
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    8. Alalwan MA, Long L, Stevens EM, Keller-Hamilton B, Villanti AC, Leshner G, Wagener TL, Mays D. Correlates of susceptibility to waterpipe tobacco smoking in young adults. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0307058. PMID: 39012868.
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    9. Lee DN, Liu J, Stevens H, Oduguwa K, Stevens EM. Does source matter? Examining the effects of health experts, friends, and social media influencers on young adult perceptions of Instagram e-cigarette education messages. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 May 01; 258:111270. PMID: 38522212.
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    10. Lee DN, Bluestein MA, Stevens EM, Tackett AP, Mathews AJ, H?bert ET. Impact of Financial Disclosures and Health Warnings on Youth and Young Adult Perceptions of Pro-E-cigarette Instagram Posts. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Feb 15; 26(Supplement_1):S13-S18. PMID: 38366339.
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    11. Lee DN, Sadasivam RS, Stevens EM. Developing Mood-Based Computer-Tailored Health Communication for Smoking Cessation: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Form Res. 2023 Dec 22; 7:e48958. PMID: 38133916.
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    12. Liu J, Patterson JG, Keller-Hamilton B, Lee DN, Chrzan KR, Stevens EM. Sexual orientation and gender identity differences in perceptions and product appeal in response to e-cigarette advertising. Tob Induc Dis. 2023; 21:111. PMID: 37664443.
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    13. Goulding M, Ryan G, Frisard C, Stevens E, Person S, Goldberg R, Garg A, Lemon SC. Pediatric High Blood Pressure Follow-Up Guideline Adherence in a Massachusetts Health Care System. Acad Pediatr. 2024 04; 24(3):506-513. PMID: 37487799.
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    14. Goulding M, Ryan G, Frisard C, Stevens EM, Person S, Goldberg R, Garg A, Lemon SC. Disparities in Receipt of Guideline-adherent Blood Pressure Screening: An Observational Examination of Electronic Health Record Data from a Massachusetts Healthcare System. J Pediatr. 2023 10; 261:113592. PMID: 37399919.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Patterson JG, Keller-Hamilton B, Wedel A, V?zquez-Otero C, Liu J, Lee D, Stevens EM, Wagener TL. Absolute and relative e-cigarette harm perceptions among young adult lesbian and bisexual women and nonbinary people assigned female at birth. Addict Behav. 2023 11; 146:107788. PMID: 37429104.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Lee DN, Liu J, Oduguwa K, Stevens EM. Association of Vaping Identity and e-Cigarette Perceptions among Young Adults Who Vape. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(11):1418-1424. PMID: 37331989.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Liu J, Lee DN, Stevens EM. Characteristics Associated with Young Adults' Intentions to Engage with Anti-Vaping Instagram Posts. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 06 05; 20(11). PMID: 37297658.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Keller-Hamilton B, Curran H, Stevens EM, Zettler PJ, Mays D, Ferketich AK. Effects of "Tobacco Free" Language in Warning Labels on Perceptions of Electronic Cigarettes and Nicotine Pouches among Young Adult Men: A Randomized Trial. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(10):1302-1306. PMID: 37227265.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Wedel AV, Patterson JG, Lee DN, Stevens EM, Wagener TL, Keller-Hamilton B. E-Cigarette Use among Sexual Minoritized Women and Nonbinary People Assigned Female at Birth: Assessing the Roles of Discrimination, Perceived Stress, and Social Support. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(9):1102-1109. PMID: 37199173.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    20. Lee DN, Stevens EM, Patterson JG, Wedel AV, Wagener TL, Keller-Hamilton B. Associations of Perceived Stress and Social Support on Health Behavior Changes in Sexual Minoritized Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2023; 4(1):182-190. PMID: 37096125.
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    21. Liu J, Keller-Hamilton B, Patterson JG, Lee DN, Wedel AV, V?zquez-Otero C, Stevens EM. How Age and E-cigarette Use Status Interact to Influence E-cigarette Ad?Perceptions. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(2):257-265. PMID: 36510786.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Keller-Hamilton B, Stevens EM, Villanti AC, Leshner G, Wagener TL, Mays D. Messaging to prevent and reduce young adults' waterpipe tobacco smoking: A randomized trial. Addict Behav. 2023 03; 138:107546. PMID: 36455379.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Villanti AC, Wackowski OA, LePine SE, West JC, Stevens EM, Unger JB, Mays D. Effects of Vaping Prevention Messages on Electronic Vapor Product Beliefs, Perceived Harms, and Behavioral Intentions among Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 10 30; 19(21). PMID: 36361061.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Lee DN, Stevens EM. Message Source Credibility and E-Cigarette Harm Perceptions among Young Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 07 26; 19(15). PMID: 35897488.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Lee DN, Liu J, Keller-Hamilton B, Patterson JG, Wedel AV, V?zquez-Otero C, Stevens EM. Associations between perceived source credibility, e-cigarettes, and e-cigarette ad perceptions. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug; 28:101862. PMID: 35733610.
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    26. Lee DN, Stevens EM, Keller-Hamilton B, Wedel AV, Wagener TL, Patterson JG. Minoritized Sexual Identity and Perceived Effectiveness of Instagram Public Health Messaging about E-cigarettes. J Health Commun. 2022 02 01; 27(2):115-124. PMID: 35382702.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    27. Patterson JG, Keller-Hamilton B, Wedel AV, Wagener TL, Stevens EM. Responses to e-cigarette health messages among young adult sexual minoritized women and nonbinary people assigned female at birth: Assessing the influence of message theme and format. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 02 01; 231:109249. PMID: 35030509.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Stevens EM, Keller-Hamilton B, Mays D, Unger JB, Wackowski OA, West JC, Villanti AC. Optimizing Images for an E-Cigarette Messaging Campaign: Liking and Perceived Effectiveness. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 12 09; 18(24). PMID: 34948597.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Keller-Hamilton B, Stevens EM, Wedel AV, LaPolt DT, Miranda A, Wagener TL, Patterson JG. Associations of race and ethnicity with tobacco messaging exposures and tobacco use among bisexual and pansexual women. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Feb; 25:101657. PMID: 34976704.
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    30. Stevens EM, V?zquez-Otero C, Li X, Arya M, Vallone D, Minsky S, Osgood ND, Viswanath K. Tobacco messages encountered in real-time among low socio-economic position groups: a descriptive study. BMC Public Health. 2021 11 20; 21(1):2136. PMID: 34801012.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Stevens EM, Villanti AC, Leshner G, Wagener TL, Keller-Hamilton B, Mays D. Integrating Self-Report and Psychophysiological Measures in Waterpipe Tobacco Message Testing: A Novel Application of Multi-Attribute Decision Modeling. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 11; 18(22). PMID: 34831571.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Keller-Hamilton B, Curran H, Stevens EM, Slater MD, Lu B, Roberts ME, Ferketich AK. Associations between Cognitive and Affective Responses to Tobacco Advertisements and Tobacco Use Incidence: A Four-Year Prospective Study among Adolescent Boys. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 11 06; 18(21). PMID: 34770180.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. Liu J, V?zquez-Otero C, Berman ML, Stevens EM. Youth-appealing features in popular e-cigarette brand advertising in the USA after heightened scrutiny in 2018. Tob Control. 2023 07; 32(4):497-500. PMID: 34675113.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Leshner G, Phan L, Stevens EM, Johnson AC, Villanti AC, Kim N, Kim S, Ma H, Seo J, Sun F, Keller-Hamilton B, Wagener TL, Mays D. Psychophysiological responses to hookah tobacco public education messages among young adults. Health Psychol. 2021 Sep; 40(9):569-577. PMID: 34843319.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Leshner G, Stevens EM, Cohn AM, Kim S, Kim N, Wagener TL, Villanti AC. Cognitive and affective responses to marijuana prevention and educational messaging. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 08 01; 225:108788. PMID: 34119879.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    36. Stevens EM, Leshner G, Cohn AM, Kim S, Wagener TL. How marijuana use status affects responses to anti-marijuana messages. Cannabis. 2021 Oct 01; 4(2):1-16. PMID: 35813447.
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    37. Tackett AP, H?bert ET, Smith CE, Wallace SW, Barrington-Trimis JL, Norris JE, Lechner WV, Stevens EM, Wagener TL. Youth use of e-cigarettes: Does dependence vary by device type? Addict Behav. 2021 08; 119:106918. PMID: 33798918.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Stevens EM, H?bert ET, Keller-Hamilton B, Frank-Pearce SG, Tackett AP, Leshner G, Wagener TL. Associations Between Exposure to The Real Cost Campaign, Pro-Tobacco Advertisements, and Tobacco Use Among Youth in the U.S. Am J Prev Med. 2021 05; 60(5):706-710. PMID: 33583677.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Villanti AC, LePine SE, West JC, Cruz TB, Stevens EM, Tetreault HJ, Unger JB, Wackowski OA, Mays D. Identifying message content to reduce vaping: Results from online message testing trials in young adult tobacco users. Addict Behav. 2021 04; 115:106778. PMID: 33341530.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Phan L, Villanti AC, Leshner G, Wagener TL, Stevens EM, Johnson AC, Mays D. Development and Pretesting of Hookah Tobacco Public Education Messages for Young Adults. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 11 25; 17(23). PMID: 33255675.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. Tackett AP, Keller-Hamilton B, H?bert ET, Smith CE, Wallace SW, Stevens EM, Johnson AL, Wagener TL. Adolescent Susceptibility to E-Cigarettes: An Update From the 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Am J Health Promot. 2021 05; 35(4):551-558. PMID: 33167676.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    42. Tackett AP, Keller-Hamilton B, Smith CE, H?bert ET, Metcalf JP, Queimado L, Stevens EM, Wallace SW, McQuaid EL, Wagener TL. Evaluation of Respiratory Symptoms Among Youth e-Cigarette Users. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 10 01; 3(10):e2020671. PMID: 33048131.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    43. Stevens EM, H?bert ET, Tackett AP, Leavens ELS, Wagener TL. Harm Perceptions of the JUUL E-Cigarette in a Sample of Ever Users. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 02; 17(13). PMID: 32630647.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    44. Tackett AP, H?bert ET, Stevens EM, Wagener TL. E-cigarette regulation: a delicate balance for public health. Addiction. 2020 12; 115(12):2197-2199. PMID: 32307739.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    45. Stevens EM, Johnson AL, Leshner G, Sun F, Kim S, Leavens ELS, Tackett AP, H?bert ET, Wagener TL. People in E-Cigarette Ads Attract More Attention: An Eye-Tracking Study. Tob Regul Sci. 2020 Mar; 6(2):105-117. PMID: 33816715.
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    46. Stevens EM, Wetter DW, Vidrine DJ, Hoover DS, Frank-Pearce SG, Nguyen N, Li Y, Waters AJ, Meade CD, Wagener TL, Vidrine JI. Enhancing Smoking Risk Communications: The Influence of Need for Cognition. Am J Health Behav. 2019 09 01; 43(5):950-962. PMID: 31439101.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    47. Leavens ELS, Stevens EM, Brett EI, Leffingwell TR, Wagener TL. JUUL in school: JUUL electronic cigarette use patterns, reasons for use, and social normative perceptions among college student ever users. Addict Behav. 2019 12; 99:106047. PMID: 31442788.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Stevens EM, Cohn AM, Villanti AC, Leshner G, Wedel A, Wagener TL. Perceived Effectiveness of Anti-Marijuana Messages in Adult Users and Nonusers: An Examination of Responses to Messages About Marijuana's Effects on Cognitive Performance, Driving, and Health. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2019 07; 80(4):415-422. PMID: 31495378.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    49. Frank DW, Stevens EM, Versace F. A neurophysiological measure of reward sensitivity and its association with anhedonia in psychiatrically healthy adolescents and young adults. Int J Psychophysiol. 2019 07; 141:56-64. PMID: 31071360.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    50. Matheny JD, Stevens EM, Chen S, Christiansen BA, Kowitt SD, Osman A, Vidrine DJ. The RICO Verdict and Corrective Statements: Catalysts for Policy Change? Tob Regul Sci. 2019 May; 5(3):206-228. PMID: 32095491.
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    51. Stevens EM, Kim S, Leshner G, Leavens ELS, Vidrine JI, Frank-Pearce SG, Hale JJ, Wagener TL. The Attitudinal and Motivational Effects of Anti-waterpipe Messages. Am J Health Behav. 2019 05 01; 43(3):478-489. PMID: 31046879.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    52. Leavens ELS, Stevens EM, Brett EI, Molina N, Leffingwell TR, Wagener TL. Use of Rideshare Services to Increase Participant Recruitment and Retention in Research: Participant Perspectives. J Med Internet Res. 2019 04 08; 21(4):e11166. PMID: 30958268.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    53. Stevens EM, Frank D, Codispoti M, Kypriotakis G, Cinciripini PM, Claiborne K, Deweese MM, Engelmann JM, Green CE, Karam-Hage M, Minnix JA, Ng J, Robinson JD, Tyndale RF, Vidrine DJ, Versace F. The Late Positive Potentials Evoked by Cigarette-Related and Emotional Images Show no Gender Differences in Smokers. Sci Rep. 2019 03 01; 9(1):3240. PMID: 30824792.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    54. Leavens ELS, Stevens EM, Brett EI, H?bert ET, Villanti AC, Pearson JL, Wagener TL. JUUL electronic cigarette use patterns, other tobacco product use, and reasons for use among ever users: Results from a convenience sample. Addict Behav. 2019 08; 95:178-183. PMID: 30933713.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    55. Leavens ELS, Lechner WV, Stevens EM, Miller MB, Meier E, Brett EI, Moisiuc A, Hale JJ, Wagener TL. Electronic cigarette and combustible cigarette use following a campus-wide ban: Prevalence of use and harm perceptions. J Am Coll Health. 2020 May-Jun; 68(4):332-335. PMID: 30681933.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    56. Versace F, Stevens EM, Robinson JD, Cui Y, Deweese MM, Engelmann JM, Green CE, Karam-Hage M, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM. Brain Responses to Cigarette-Related and Emotional Images in Smokers During Smoking Cessation: No Effect of Varenicline or Bupropion on the Late Positive Potential. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 01 04; 21(2):234-240. PMID: 29220524.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    57. Versace F, Frank DW, Stevens EM, Deweese MM, Guindani M, Schembre SM. The reality of "food porn": Larger brain responses to food-related cues than to erotic images predict cue-induced eating. Psychophysiology. 2019 04; 56(4):e13309. PMID: 30556253.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    58. Brett EI, Stevens EM, Wagener TL, Leavens ELS, Morgan TL, Cotton WD, H?bert ET. A content analysis of JUUL discussions on social media: Using Reddit to understand patterns and perceptions of JUUL use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2019 01 01; 194:358-362. PMID: 30472576.
      Citations: 40     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    59. Leavens ELS, Meier E, Brett EI, Stevens EM, Tackett AP, Villanti AC, Wagener TL. Polytobacco use and risk perceptions among young adults: The potential role of habituation to risk. Addict Behav. 2019 03; 90:278-284. PMID: 30472536.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    60. Wedel AV, Stevens EM, Molina N, Leavens ELS, Roberts C, Wagener TL. Examining pregnant smokers' attitudes toward cessation aids and electronic nicotine delivery systems. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2018 Oct; 111(8):812-816. PMID: 31404418.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    61. Stevens EM. What's so appealing? An examination of emotional appeals and viewer engagement in safe-sex PSAs and condom advertisements. Health Mark Q. 2018 Jan-Mar; 35(1):18-31. PMID: 29452061.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    62. H?bert ET, Stevens EM, Frank SG, Kendzor DE, Wetter DW, Zvolensky MJ, Buckner JD, Businelle MS. An ecological momentary intervention for smoking cessation: The associations of just-in-time, tailored messages with lapse risk factors. Addict Behav. 2018 03; 78:30-35. PMID: 29121530.
      Citations: 38     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    63. Dillman Carpentier FR, Stevens EM, Wu L, Seely N. Sex, Love, and Risk-n-Responsibility: A Content Analysis of Entertainment Television. Mass Commun Soc. 2017; 20(5):686-709. PMID: 30123098.
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