Research

Publications, manuscripts under review, and works in progress in health informatics and social media analysis using large language models.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Using Large Language Models and Prompt Strategies to Annotate Healthcare Posts on Social Media

Aust, L.; Fu, A.

Proceedings of the HCI International Conference (HCII 2025), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025.

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Is Tree-of-Thought Prompting Strategy Better Than Chain-of-Thought? Vaping Cessation Analysis Using Large Language Models

Aust, L.; Fu, A.; Huang, M.

Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium 2025, Atlanta, United States, Nov. 15–19, 2025.

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Manuscripts Under Review

Is Tree-of-Thought Prompting Strategy Better Than Chain-of-Thought? Vaping Cessation Analysis Using Large Language Models

Aust, L.; Fu, A.; Hu, D.; Kasson, E.; Cavazos-Rehg, P.; Chen, L.; Wu, D.; Huang, M.

Submitted to the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), Nov. 2025. (Under review)

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Sentiment Analysis on Substance Use Disorder on X: A Large Language Model Approach

Sen Gupta, S.; Fu, A.; Ren, Y.; Wu, D.; Raynor, P.; Olatosi, B.

Submitted to the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Nov. 2025. (Under review)

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Research in Progress

Exploring Sentiments on Vaping Cessation-related Posts on Reddit: A Large Language Model Approach

Sen Gupta, S.; Fu, A.; Hu, D.; Kasson, E.; Cavazos-Rehg, P.; Chen, L.; Wu, D.; Huang, M.

Planned submission to Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), Feb. 1, 2026.

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Understanding Reasoning Behind Vaping Cessation Analysis Using Large Language Models

Vuruma, S.; Aust, L.; Fu, A.; Hu, D.; Kasson, E.; Cavazos-Rehg, P.; Chen, L.; Wu, D.; Huang, M.

Planned submission to the 14th IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI 2026), Minneapolis, MN, June 1–4, 2026.

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Thematic Analysis for Top Vaping-related Post Authors on Reddit: A Longitudinal Analysis

Fu, A.

Planned submission to PLOS One, March 2026.

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(Upcoming) New research project

Fu, A. (and collaborators)

Work in progress. Details to be added.

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Status labels (published / under review / in progress) are included for clarity. Links will be added as PDFs, preprints, or code become publicly available.