James J Yang received a B.A. and an M.S. from the National
Tsing Hua University in 1993 and 1996, respectively, and earned a Ph.D. from
the Department of Statistics, University of Florida, in 2002. He is currently
an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Data Science at
the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Prior to this
position, James J Yang served as an Associate Research Scientist at the Office
of Research and Global Affairs, School of Nursing, University of Michigan (2014–2019);
an Associate Scientist (2012–2013); and an Assistant Scientist (2007–2012) in Public
Health Sciences (former Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology) at Henry Ford
Health Sciences Center. James J Yang’s main research interests include
statistical genetics and genomics; bioinformatics; substance use and addiction;
analysis of data from wearable devices; longitudinal & EMA data analysis;
multivariate analysis; and causal inference.
Megan E Piper is a Professor in the Division of General
Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine, University of
Wisconsin-Madison. She is a former president of the Society for Research on
Nicotine and Tobacco and former chair of the NIH’s Interventions to Prevent and
Treat Addictions Study Section. In 2022, she was named a fellow of the Society
for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. In 2019, she was the recipient of the UW
Faculty Excellence in Research Award. In 2014, she received the Russell-Jarvik
Young Investigator Award for her contributions to the field from the Society
for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. She obtained her MA in Psychology at Miami
University in Ohio and completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on understanding and treating
tobacco dependence among people who smoke and people who use e-cigarettes, with
an additional focus on addressing issues of smoking-related health inequity
based on race, gender, and mental illness.
Hsien-Chang Lin is a Professor in the School of Public
Health at Indiana University Bloomington. He received his B.A. in Economics
& Sociology and M.A. in Economics from the National Taiwan University in
2002 and 2004, respectively, earned his M.A. in Applied Economics and his Dual
Ph.D. in Health Policy & Pharmaceutical Health Services Research from the
University of Michigan in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He was also a postdoc in
Pharmacoepidemiology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He was
honored with the Mentorship Award of the American Academy of Health Behavior
(AAHB) in 2023 and the Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB)
in 2019. The primary focus of his research is the application of quantitative
methodologies to examine various behaviors, such as substance use/misuse, health
services prescribing and utilization, and associated health outcomes.
Additionally, he is particularly interested in understanding how policies can
influence substance use and misuse behaviors, such as vaping, marijuana use,
and the prescribing and use/misuse of prescription opioids.
Anne Buu is a Tenured Professor with the Department of
Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and also serves as an Associate Editor of Nicotine & Tobacco Research. She is a member of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Society for
Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT), and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). Anne Buu earned a BSc from the National
Taiwan University in 1993, a Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Psychology
from the Indiana University at Bloomington in 1999, and a Doctorate of Philosophy
in Statistics from the University of Florida in 2003, and she completed postdoctoral
training in the Department of Clinical & Health Psychology at the University of
Florida. Anne Buu’s research interests include the following: 1. Substance use prevention and
intervention; 2. Developmental psychopathology and longitudinal analysis; 3.
Analysis of data from ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and wearable
devices; 4. Psychometrics; and 5. Bioinformatics.
