‘We Have a Drug for That!’ The Impact of Pharmaceutical Advertising
What is the impact of televised pharmaceutical advertising? Our research team explores this question in two new publications.
View ArticleEmployee Spotlight: Melissa Buenger
Melissa joined the Health Media Collaboratory in September of 2013, as she was starting her second year of her Master’s in Public Health in the Health Policy and Administration division at UIC. She...
View ArticleTobacco-related price promotions on Twitter: What are they like, and what...
Every Twitter user knows the platform often gets used to promote products. But when it comes to tobacco products, what do promotional tweets look like? Health Media Collaboratory member Catherine Jo...
View ArticleWhy Public Health and Computer Science Need Each Other
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View ArticleTobacco Control Should Work Toward Building Public Support for Point-of-Sale...
How do point-of-sale provisions in the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act fare in the public eye? A new study published by Shyanika Rose and colleagues sought to find out. When it...
View ArticleBig Boulder Workshop: Using Social Data for Social Good
Big Boulder Initiative Workshop: Using Social Data for Social Good Join us on Saturday for a workshop sponsored by the Big Boulder Initiative on “Using Social Data for Social Good.” A working agenda...
View ArticleHMC at #APHA15
Check out our sessions and posters at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago this year. We’ll be tweeting on the hashtag #APHA15. Tweet at us and Say hello! Follow @hmcollab
View ArticleThe Time to Reduce Transgender Health Disparities is Now
The Health Media Collaboratory’s Kristen Emory, Ph.D. describes her thoughts as part of an APHA panel focused on transgender health.
View ArticleHow to Ethically and Reliably Determine Gender in Social Media Posts?
In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Health Media Collaboratory takes the chance to discuss gender identification in research, particularly research on social media data.
View ArticleFDA’s New Policy Fights Risk of Death, Disease and Youth Addiction
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced new regulations concerning all tobacco products including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others. By implementing...
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