Jimi Huh, PhD

Dr. Jimi Huh has joined the University of Southern California in 2011. She has a background in psychology and behavioral health, with specific interests in the topics of addiction, behavioral change and health disparities. Her research focuses on health behaviors that reoccur at great frequencies and require moderation such as substance use and other addictive behaviors, focusing on individuals from communities of color, using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI). Dr. Huh’s expertise is in EMA of health behaviors, mHealth intervention designs, and advanced quantitative methods applied to observational and experimental data, using novel analytic strategies and techniques. Her research examines microtemporal processes that underlie variations in health risk behaviors and dynamic responses to behavior change interventions, with special emphasis on intensive longitudinal data analysis and latent variable modeling. Her current project funded by NIDA examines co-use of cannabis, tobacco and alcohol among minoritized adults in relation to perceived intersectional stigma and discrimination. She has served as PI of a mobile-EMA study and subsequent development of JITAI for smoking cessation among Asian American young adults and as co-I of NIH-funded studies of mobile-EMA for other health behaviors such as physical activity and eating. She has also led a NIH-funded study developing and pilot testing a JITAI for health risk behaviors using co-design strategies for Hispanic youths and families in Los Angeles areas. She has also served as a co-I on the University of Southern California Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS) examining environmental influence of vape shops on e-cigarette and other tobacco product use among vulnerable populations.

• Adult harm perceptions, purchase, and use related to synthetic vstobacco-derived nicotine vaping products: A mixed-methods study. Prev Med Rep. 2024 May; 41:102692. . View in PubMed
• Clinical, demographic factors, and substance use among Hispanic and non-Hispanic young adult childhood cancer survivors J Psychosoc Oncol. 2024 Mar 21; 1-18. . View in PubMed
• General cognitive ability in high school, attained education, occupational complexity, and dementia risk Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Feb 20. . View in PubMed
• Cholecystectomy increases the risk of metabolic syndrome in the Korean population: a longitudinal cohort study Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2023 Aug 01; 12(4):523-533. . View in PubMed
• Co-design Tensions Between Parents, Children, and Researchers Regarding Mobile Health Technology Design Needs and Decisions: Case Study JMIR Form Res. 2023 Apr 14; 7:e41726. . View in PubMed
• Examining the Factor Structure of an Adapted Posttraumatic Growth Inventory in a Sample of Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Brief Report Eval Health Prof. 2023 03; 46(1):100-104. . View in PubMed
• Waist circumference and end-stage renal disease based on glycaemic status: National Health Insurance Service data 2009-2018 J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2023 02; 14(1):585-595. . View in PubMed
• Hypothetical flavour ban and intention to vape among vape shop customers: the role of flavour preference and e-cigarette dependence Tob Control. 2023 01; 32(1):110-113. . View in PubMed
• Cholecystectomy Increases the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Korean Population: Data From the National Health Insurance Cooperation Health Checkup 2010-2017 Ann Surg. 2023 08 01; 278(2):e264-e271. . View in PubMed
• A National Portrait of Public Attitudes toward Opioid Use in the US: A Latent Class Analysis Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 03 02; 20(5). . View in PubMed
• Longitudinal Examination of an Ethnic Paradox of Stress and Mental Health in Older Black and Latinx Adults Clin Gerontol. 2023 Jan-Feb; 46(1):27-46. . View in PubMed
• An Assessment of Vape Shop Products in California before and after Implementation of FDA and State Regulations Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 28; 19(23). . View in PubMed
• Adolescent Body Mass Index and Exposure to Peers with Overweight and Obesity: A Structural Equation Model Approach to Longitudinal Network Data Child Obes. 2022 Oct; 18(7):445-453. . View in PubMed
• Time-Varying Associations Between Device-Based and Ecological Momentary Assessment-Reported Sedentary Behaviors and the Concurrent Affective States Among Adolescents: Proof-of-Concept Study JMIR Form Res. 2022 Jun 10; 6(6):e37743. . View in PubMed
• Validating the Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale with English and Spanish Speaking Latino Parents of Adolescents J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 Mar-Apr; 35(2):244-254. . View in PubMed
• Substance Use Descriptive Norms and Behaviors among US College Students: Findings from the Healthy Minds Study Epidemiologia (Basel). 2022 Jan 27; 3(1):42-48. . View in PubMed
• Alcohol use trajectories among US. adults during the first 42 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022 06; 46(6):1062-1072. . View in PubMed
• Compliance to FDA’s elimination of free tobacco product sampling at vape shops Addict Behav. 2022 02; 125:107148. . View in PubMed
• Patterns of Objectively Measured Sedentary Time and Emotional Disorder Symptoms Among Youth J Pediatr Psychol. 2022 07 19; 47(7):757-768. . View in PubMed
• Making of Mobile SunSmart: Co-designing a Just-in-Time Sun Protection Intervention for Children and Parents Int J Behav Med. 2021 Dec; 28(6):768-778. . View in PubMed
• Distress tolerance and subsequent substance use throughout high school Addict Behav. 2021 09; 120:106983. . View in PubMed
• Peer Crowd Identification of Young and Early Middle Adulthood Customers at Vape Shops J Drug Educ. 2021 09; 50(3-4):98-107. . View in PubMed
• Association between federal and California state policy violation among vape shops and neighbourhood composition in Southern California Tob Control. 2021 09; 30(5):567-569. . View in PubMed
• Sun protection changes among diverse elementary schoolchildren participating in a sun safety intervention: A latent transition analysis of a randomized controlled trial Prev Med. 2021 08; 149:106601. . View in PubMed
• Examining the same-day relationship between morning cortisol after awakening, perceived stress in the morning, and physical activity in youth Stress. 2021 05; 24(3):338-347. . View in PubMed
• Vaping and psychotic experiences among college students in the United States Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 10 01; 227:108987. . View in PubMed
• Test-retest repeatability of ultrasonographic shear wave elastography in a rat liver fibrosis model: toward a quantitative biomarker for preclinical trials Ultrasonography. 2021 Jan; 40(1):126-135. . View in PubMed
• Effect of a mobile just-in-time implementation intention intervention on momentary smoking lapses in smoking cessation attempts among Asian American young adults Transl Behav Med. 2021 02 11; 11(1):216-225. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence of disposable pod use and consumer preference for e-cigarette product characteristics among vape shop customers in Southern California: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open. 2021 10 05; 11(10):e049604. . View in PubMed
• Signs and customer behaviors at vape shops: Multivariate multilevel model analysis Addict Behav Rep. 2020 Dec; 12:100299. . View in PubMed
• In Lieu of Smoking: Are Smokers More Likely to Enact Certain Types of Implementation Intention Plans During a JIT Smoking Cessation? Int J Behav Med. 2020 Oct; 27(5):556-564.. View in PubMed
• Subjective effects from the first cigarette of the day vary with precigarette affect in premenopausal female daily smokers Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2020 Jun; 28(3):299-305. . View in PubMed
• Using pre-prandial blood glucose to assess eating in the absence of hunger in free-living individuals Eat Behav. 2020 08; 38:101411. . View in PubMed
• Interstitial glucose and subsequent affective and physical feeling states: A pilot study combining continuous glucose monitoring and ecological momentary assessment in adolescents J Psychosom Res. 2020 08; 135:110141. . View in PubMed
• Mother-child dyadic influences of affect on everyday movement behaviors: evidence from an ecological momentary assessment study Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020 05 11; 17(1):56. . View in PubMed
• Dual Versus Single Parental Households and Differences in Maternal Mental Health and Child’s Overweight/Obesity Matern Child Health J. 2019 Apr; 23(4):547-556. . View in PubMed
• Initial application of a human laboratory model for estimating the motivational substitutability of e-cigarettes for combustible cigarettes Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2019 Apr; 27(2):125-135. . View in PubMed
• Momentary affect, stress coping, and food intake in mother-child dyads Health Psychol. 2019 Mar; 38(3):238-247. . View in PubMed
• Do fluctuations in positive affective and physical feeling states predict physical activity and sedentary time? Psychol Sport Exerc. 2019 Mar; 41:153-161.. View in PubMed
• The Association of Maternal Perceived Stress With Changes in Their Children’s Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) Scores Over Time Ann Behav Med. 2019 08 29; 53(10):877-885. . View in PubMed
• The impact of perceived discrimination on depressive symptoms and the role of differentiated social support among immigrant populations in South Korea Int J Equity Health. 2019 01 11; 18(1):7. . View in PubMed
• Gadoxetate-enhanced dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for evaluation of liver function and liver fibrosis in preclinical trials BMC Med Imaging. 2019 11 15; 19(1):89. . View in PubMed
• Mobile Ecological Momentary Diet Assessment Methods for Behavioral Research: Systematic Review JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Nov 20; 6(11):e11170. . View in PubMed
• Relationships among affective states, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in children: Moderation by perceived stress Health Psychol. 2018 Oct; 37(10):904-914. . View in PubMed
• Mean level of positive affect moderates associations between volatility in positive affect, mental health, and alcohol consumption among mothers J Abnorm Psychol. 2018 Oct; 127(7):639-649. . View in PubMed
• Association Between Self-Reported and Objective Activity Levels by Demographic Factors: Ecological Momentary Assessment Study in Children JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Jun 28; 6(6):e150. . View in PubMed
• Metabolic syndrome epidemic among Korean adults: Korean survey of Cardiometabolic Syndrome (2018) Atherosclerosis. 2018 10; 277:47-52. . View in PubMed
• Obesity and incidence of diabetes: Effect of absence of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, inflammation and fatty liver Atherosclerosis. 2018 08; 275:50-57. . View in PubMed
• Ovarian Hormones and Transdermal Nicotine Administration Independently and Synergistically Suppress Tobacco Withdrawal Symptoms and Smoking Reinstatement in the Human Laboratory Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 03; 43(4):828-837. . View in PubMed
• Dual CCR2/5 Antagonist Attenuates Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance by Regulating Macrophage Recruitment and M1/M2 Status Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 02; 26(2):378-386. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence of sun protection behaviors in Hispanic youth residing in a high ultraviolet light environment Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Jan; 35(1):e52-e54. . View in PubMed
• Response patterns and intra-dyadic factors related to compliance with ecological momentary assessment among mothers and children Transl Behav Med. 2018 03 01; 8(2):233-242. . View in PubMed
• Differences in Mothers’ and Children’s Dietary Intake during Physical and Sedentary Activities: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017 Aug; 117(8):1265-1271. . View in PubMed
• Sugar Restriction Leads to Increased Ad Libitum Sugar Intake by Overweight Adolescents in an Experimental Test Meal Setting J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017 Jul; 117(7):1041-1048. . View in PubMed
• Examining acute bi-directional relationships between affect, physical feeling states, and physical activity in free-living situations using electronic ecological momentary assessment J Behav Med. 2017 Jun; 40(3):445-457. . View in PubMed
• Correlates of sun protection behaviors among Hispanic children residing in a high UVR environment Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2017 Mar; 33(2):75-83. . View in PubMed
• Momentary assessment of physical activity intention-behavior coupling in adults Transl Behav Med. 2017 12; 7(4):709-718. . View in PubMed
• Development of a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Korean American Emerging Adults Int J Behav Med. 2017 10; 24(5):665-672. . View in PubMed
• Associations of Affective Responses During Free-Living Physical Activity and Future Physical Activity Levels: an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Int J Behav Med. 2017 08; 24(4):513-519. . View in PubMed
• Involuntary Tobacco Smoking Exposure Among Korean American Emerging Adults: A Qualitative Study J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 06; 19(3):733-737. . View in PubMed
• Daily Associations of Stress and Eating in Mother-Child Dyads Health Educ Behav. 2017 06; 44(3):365-369. . View in PubMed
• RE-AIM Analysis of a School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention in Kindergarteners J Sch Health. 2017 01; 87(1):36-46. . View in PubMed
• The Role of Assimilating to the US Culture and the Relationship Between Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Dietary Intake Among Hispanic Youth J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2016 Oct 17. . View in PubMed
• Longitudinal Associations between Anhedonia and Internet-Related Addictive Behaviors in Emerging Adults Comput Human Behav. 2016 Sep; 62:475-479. . View in PubMed
• Within-Day Time-Varying Associations Between Behavioral Cognitions and Physical Activity in Adults J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2016 Aug; 38(4):423-434. . View in PubMed
• Premenstrual symptoms and smoking-related expectancies Addict Behav. 2016 Jun; 57:38-41. . View in PubMed
• Social contexts of momentary craving to smoke among Korean American emerging adults Addict Behav. 2016 May; 56:23-9. . View in PubMed
• Intraindividual covariation between e-cigarette and combustible cigarette use in Korean American emerging adults Psychol Addict Behav. 2016 Mar; 30(2):246-51. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Addictive Behaviors Among Russian and Spanish Youth: A Replication Study J Drug Educ. 2016 Mar-Jun; 46(1-2):32-46. . View in PubMed
• Physical Activity and Variation in Momentary Behavioral Cognitions: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study J Phys Act Health. 2016 Mar; 13(3):344-51. . View in PubMed
• Patterns of Alternative Tobacco Product Use: Emergence of Hookah and E-cigarettes as Preferred Products Amongst Youth J Adolesc Health. 2016 Feb; 58(2):181-5. . View in PubMed
• Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Identify Common Smoking Situations Among Korean American Emerging Adults Prev Sci. 2016 10; 17(7):892-902. . View in PubMed
• Progression of Poly-tobacco Product Use Patterns in Adolescents Am J Prev Med. 2016 10; 51(4):513-7. . View in PubMed
• Correlates of Perceived Smoking Prevalence Among Korean American Emerging Adults J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 10; 18(5):1183-1189. . View in PubMed
• The E-cigarette Social Environment, E-cigarette Use, and Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking J Adolesc Health. 2016 07; 59(1):75-80. . View in PubMed
• Tobacco Withdrawal Amongst African American, Hispanic, and White Smokers Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 06; 18(6):1479-87. . View in PubMed
• Incremental Predictive Value of Serum AST-to-ALT Ratio for Incident Metabolic Syndrome: The ARIRANG Study PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0161304. . View in PubMed
• Momentary Assessment of Psychosocial Stressors, Context, and Asthma Symptoms in Hispanic Adolescents Behav Modif. 2016 Jan; 40(1-2):257-80. . View in PubMed
• Patterns of sun protective behaviors among Hispanic children in a skin cancer prevention intervention Prev Med. 2015 Dec; 81:303-8. . View in PubMed
• Momentary assessment of contextual influences on affective response during physical activity Health Psychol. 2015 Dec; 34(12):1145-53. . View in PubMed
• Effects of high-sugar and high-fiber meals on physical activity behaviors in Latino and African American adolescents Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Sep; 23(9):1886-94. . View in PubMed
• Association of usual self-reported dietary intake with ecological momentary measures of affective and physical feeling states in children Appetite. 2015 Sep; 92:314-21. . View in PubMed
• Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adolescent Electronic Cigarette and Cigarette Use Pediatrics. 2015 Aug; 136(2):308-17. . View in PubMed
• Investigating within-day and longitudinal effects of maternal stress on children’s physical activity, dietary intake, and body composition: Protocol for the MATCH study Contemp Clin Trials. 2015 Jul; 43:142-54. . View in PubMed
• Gender-specific association between urinary sodium excretion and body composition: Analysis of the 2008-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys Metabolism. 2015 Jul; 64(7):837-44. . View in PubMed
• The time-varying association between perceived stress and hunger within and between days Appetite. 2015 Jun; 89:145-51. . View in PubMed
• High Dietary Sodium Intake Assessed by Estimated 24-h Urinary Sodium Excretion Is Associated with NAFLD and Hepatic Fibrosis PLoS One. 2015; 10(11):e0143222. . View in PubMed
• Maternal age at first delivery is associated with the risk of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women: from 2008-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0127860. . View in PubMed
• Clustering of modifiable biobehavioral risk factors for chronic disease in US adults: a latent class analysis Perspect Public Health. 2014 Nov; 134(6):331-8. . View in PubMed
• Momentary negative moods and being with friends precede cigarette use among Korean American emerging adults Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Sep; 16(9):1248-54. . View in PubMed
• Acculturation and perceived discrimination: predictors of substance use trajectories from adolescence to emerging adulthood among Hispanics Addict Behav. 2014 Sep; 39(9):1293-6. . View in PubMed
• Place matters in perceived tobacco exposure among Korean American young adults: mixed methods approach Subst Use Misuse. 2014 Jun; 49(8):1054-63. . View in PubMed
• The interaction of social networks and child obesity prevention program effects: the pathways trial Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Jun; 22(6):1520-6. . View in PubMed
• Toward a multidimensional understanding of residential neighborhood: a latent profile analysis of Los Angeles neighborhoods and longitudinal adult excess weight Health Place. 2014 May; 27:134-41. . View in PubMed
• Momentary assessment of affect, physical feeling states, and physical activity in children Health Psychol. 2014 Mar; 33(3):255-63. . View in PubMed
• Self-Construal as a Predictor of Korean American Women’s Intention to Vaccinate Daughters against Human Papillomavirus Asian Am J Psychol. 2014 Jan; 5(2):96-105. . View in PubMed
• Cigarettes, culture, and Korean American emerging adults: an exploratory qualitative study West J Nurs Res. 2013 Oct; 35(9):1205-21. . View in PubMed
• Transitional life events and trajectories of cigarette and alcohol use during emerging adulthood: latent class analysis and growth mixture modeling J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2013 Sep; 74(5):727-35. . View in PubMed
• Changes in friends’ and parental influences on cigarette smoking from early through late adolescence J Adolesc Health. 2013 Jul; 53(1):132-8. . View in PubMed
• Executive function and latent classes of childhood obesity risk J Behav Med. 2012 Dec; 35(6):642-50. . View in PubMed
• Identifying patterns of eating and physical activity in children: a latent class analysis of obesity risk Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Mar; 19(3):652-8. . View in PubMed
• Demographic profiles of smokeless tobacco users in the US. Am J Prev Med. 2009 Jul; 37(1):29-34. . View in PubMed
• Use of propensity score matching in evaluating smokeless tobacco as a gateway to smoking Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Apr; 11(4):455-62. . View in PubMed
• Income volatility and psychological depression Am J Community Psychol. 2009 Mar; 43(1-2):57-70. . View in PubMed
• Do smokers of specialty and conventional cigarettes differ in their dependence on nicotine? Addict Behav. 2009 Feb; 34(2):204-11.. View in PubMed
• The impact of nativity on chronic diseases, self-rated health and comorbidity status of Asian and Hispanic immigrants J Immigr Minor Health. 2008 Apr; 10(2):103-18. . View in PubMed

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