Journal Papers
Telehealth and Hybrid Service Use for Major Depression and Substance Use Disorders among U.S. Adults, 2022–2023 (2026)
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Substance Use Prevention among Asian American Adolescents:
A Systematic Review of Literature (2025)
Health Behavior Research
Youth Participation in Substance Use Prevention:
A National Profile (2024)
Preventive Medicine
Screening for depression and suicide risk in children and adolescents (2023)
The Journal of Pediatrics
Major Depression with Co-occurring Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, and Attempts:
An Increasing Mental Health Crisis in US Adolescents (2023)
Psychiatry Research
Widening Gaps and Disparities in Treatment of Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders (2023)
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Human Capital Development Factors and Black Adolescent Tobacco and Cannabis Use (2023)
Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Analysis of Reasons for not Seeking Mental Health Care for Depression in Young US Adults (2022)
JAMA Network Open
Trends and Disparities in Treatment for Co-occurring Major Depression and Substance Use Disorders Among US Adolescents From 2011 to 2019 (2021)
JAMA Network Open
Temporal Trends and Disparities in Suicidal Behaviors by Sex and Sexual Orientation among Asian American Adolescents (2021)
JAMA Network Open
Barriers and Facilitators for Mental Health Service Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Literature (2021)
Frontiers in Public Health
Adolescent Major Depression: National Trends, Risk Factors, and Healthcare Disparities (2019)
American Journal of Health Behavior
Perceived Barriers of Children’s Active Commuting to School: A Systematic Review of Empirical, Methodological and Theoretical Evidence (2014)
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Honors & Awards
2025
Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards
The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health
2020
Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity
Rutgers University
2018
Judy K. Black Early Career Research Award
American Academy of Health Behavior
2017
Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
2017
Research Council Grant Award
Rutgers University
2016
Research Scholar of the Mentoring Program
American Academy of Health Behavior
2014
Strategic Research Award
College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University
Book Chapters
Pathways to Mental Health Service Use for Korean American Adolescents: A Case Study. In A. S. Yoon, S. Moon, & H. Son (Eds.)
2021
Migration and Mental Health. In Friedman Howard & Charlotte Markey (Eds.)
2022