Sophia V. Hua, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Department: Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Contact information
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Email:
sohua@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
sohua@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Psychology)
Yale University, 2015.
MPH (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Yale School of Public Health, 2016.
PhD (Population Health Sciences - Public Health Nutrition)
Harvard , 2022.
Permanent linkBS (Psychology)
Yale University, 2015.
MPH (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Yale School of Public Health, 2016.
PhD (Population Health Sciences - Public Health Nutrition)
Harvard , 2022.
Selected Publications
Vercammen KA, Grummon AH, Zatz LY, Gago CM, Blocksidge M, Hua SV, Bleich SN, Stone S, Kenney E, Colchamiro R, Rimm EB: A descriptive analysis of redemption patterns by vendor type among WIC participants in Massachusetts. J Acad Nutr Diet 123(4): 626-36, 2023.Hua SV, Kenney EL, Miller JM, Musicus AA, Roberto CA, Thorndike AN, Rimm EB: Naming Matters: Prompting Smaller Portions in an Online RCT. Am J Prev Med S0749-3797(23): 00036-3, 2023.
Hua SV, Musicus AA, Thorndike AN, Kenney EL, Rimm EB: Child-directed marketing, health claims, and nutrients in popular beverages. Am J Prev Med 63(3): 354-61, 2022.
Grummon AH, Roberto CA, Lawman HG, Bleich SN, Yan J, Mitra N, Hua SV, Lowery CM, Peterhans A, Gibson LA: Purchases of non-taxed food, beverage, and alcohol in a longitudinal cohort after implementation of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax. J Nutr 152(3): 880-88, 2022.
Musicus AA, Hua SV, Moran AJ, Duffy EW, Hall MG, Roberto CA, Dillman Carpentier FR, Sorscher S, Wootan MG, Smith Taillie L, Rimm EB: Front-of-package claims & imagery on fruit-flavored drinks and exposure by household demographics. Appetite 171: 105902, 2022.
Gibson LA, Stephens-Shields AJ, Hua SV, Orr J, Lawman HG, Bleich SN, Volpp KG, Bleakley A, Thorndike A, Roberto CA : A randomized field experiment comparing nutrition and tax salience messages on vending machine sales (oral presentation, Presented by L. Gibson). The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2022.
Hua SV, Kenney EL, Miller JM, Musicus AA, Roberto CA, Thorndike AN, Rimm EB : Naming matters: Nudging toward smaller food portions in an online randomized controlled experiment (poster presentation). The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2022.
Hua SV, Roberto CA, Mitra N, Petimar J, Rimm EB, Kenney EL, Thorndike AN, Volpp KG, Gibson LA: Longitudinal study on the impact of the Philadelphia beverage tax on prices and purchasing (oral presentation). The Obesity Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2022.
Musicus AA, Hua SV, Schwartz MB, Block JP, Barg FK, Economos CD, Glanz K, Krieger JW, Roberto CA: Messages promoting healthy kids’ meals: An online RTC. Am J Prev Med 60(5): 674-83, 2021.
Hua SV, Musicus AA, Thorndike AN, Kenney EL, Rimm EB: Associations between child-directed marketing on beverage labels with claims and nutrient content (virtual oral presentation). The Obesity Society Annual Meeting 2021.