Jessica Barrington-Trimis, PhD, MS, MA
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, Director of the Division of Health Behavior Research;Early Career Faculty Development Group
Biography
Dr. Barrington-Trimis is an epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California. She directs the USC Epidemiology of Substance Use Research Group and is a faculty member in the USC Institute for Addiction Science and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Barrington-Trimis' research focuses on investigation of the rapidly changing tobacco and alternative tobacco landscape. Her work aims to identify intra-individual psychological, behavioral, and social processes associated with nicotine use in adolescence and early adulthood, and to elucidate the behavioral consequences (e.g., transition to more harmful patterns of substance use) and physiological consequences (e.g., adverse respiratory health effects of e-cigarette use) of varying patterns of nicotine product use in adolescence, with the goal of informing regulatory efforts to protect adolescents and young adults.
Research Interests
- Population Characteristics
- Social Environment
- Risk Factors
- Tobacco Control
- Adolescents
- Young Adults
- COVID-19
- Health Behavior
- Surveillance
- Population Surveillance
- Cohort Studies
- Epidemiological Monitoring
- Epidemiological Factors
Publications
The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Problematic Alcohol and Drug Use Trajectories and the Moderating Role of Social Support.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 6;20(4). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20042829. Epub 2023 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 36833526; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9957226.
Underage E-Cigarette Purchasing and Vaping Progression Among Young Adults.
J Adolesc Health. 2023 Feb;72(2):260-266. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.09.018. Epub 2022 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 36404243;
Willingness to Use Commercial Nicotine Gums, Lozenges, and Gummies Among Nontobacco Using Adolescents in Southern California.
J Adolesc Health. 2023 Feb;72(2):277-286. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.09.027. Epub 2022 Dec 2. PubMed PMID: 36470691;
Differentiating Reasons for Young Adult E-Cigarette Use Using Maximum Difference Choice Models.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Jan 31;. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad017. Epub 2023 Jan 31. PubMed PMID: 36719042;
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nicotine Use: What Have We Learned?
Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Jan 5;25(2):175-176. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac265. PubMed PMID: 36478086;
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Addiction Science
- Data Analysis