Johannes Thrul
Assistant Professor
Mental Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
United States of America
Biography
The focus of my work is mobile health (mHealth) research to study substance use behavior based on event-level data. I am also using technology, including smartphones and social media, to develop, test, and deliver evidence based cognitive behavioral interventions to prevent and treat substance use disorders. Honors and Awards 2017 Travel award, College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) 2016 Travel award, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco – Europe (SRNT-E) 2015 Participant, NIH mHealth Training Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Travel award, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 2012 Travel award, German Academic Exchange Service 2008 – 2009 Fulbright Fellowship, German-American Fulbright Commission
Research Interest
substance use tobacco alcohol cannabis mHealth social media ecological momentary assessment
Publications
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Thrul, J., Klein, A.B., & Ramo, D.E. (2015). Smoking cessation intervention on Facebook: Which content generates the best engagement? Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(11), e244.
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Thrul, J., Labhart, F., & Kuntsche, E. (2017). Drinking with mixed-gender groups is associated with heavy weekend drinking among young adults. Addiction, 112(3), 432-439.
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Thrul, J., Belohlavek, A., Hambrick, D, Kaur, M., Ramo, D.E. (2017). Conducting online focus groups on Facebook to inform health behavior change interventions: Two case studies and lessons learned. Internet Interventions, 9, 106-111.
