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Eric Rice is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research is positioned at the intersection of health professions and social sciences, with a focus on several related subfields including general health professions, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, finance, and social psychology.

Their main areas of study involve investigating issues tied to homelessness and social challenges. Key research topics also include housing, finance and neoliberalism, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, food security and health in diverse populations, community health and development, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, as well as suicide and self-harm studies.

Eric Rice has coauthored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators. These include Graham DiGuiseppi, Phebe Vayanos, Milind Tambe, Laura Petry, and Chyna Hill.

The scientist's recent publications highlight a blend of topics in algorithmic fairness and social health issues. Notable papers include:

  • Fair Influence Maximization: a Welfare Optimization Approach, 2021, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Exploring Algorithmic Fairness in Robust Graph Covering Problems, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Predictors of Adolescents' First Episode of Homelessness Following Substance Use Treatment, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Polysubstance use among youth experiencing homelessness: The role of trauma, mental health, and social network composition, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Who Is Couch-Surfing and Who Is on the Streets? Disparities Among Racial and Sexual Minority Youth in Experiences of Homelessness, 2022, Journal of Adolescent Health

Eric Rice regularly publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, the Journal of Adolescent Health, Children and Youth Services Review, and the Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

In addition to journal articles, Rice has contributed to book publications. One example is a chapter titled "Social Exchange Theory" published in 2020 within The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, which has accumulated a significant number of citations.

Best Publications

  • Sexually Explicit Cell Phone Messaging Associated With Sexual Risk Among Adolescents

    Eric Rice;Harmony Rhoades;Hailey Winetrobe;Monica Sanchez

  • Acceptability of smartphone application-based HIV prevention among young men who have sex with men.

    Ian W. Holloway;Eric Rice;Jeremy Gibbs;Hailey Winetrobe

  • Sex Risk among Young Men who have Sex with Men who use Grindr, a Smartphone Geosocial Networking Application

    Eric Rice;Ian Holloway;Hailey Winetrobe;Harmony Rhoades

  • Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among middle-school students

    Eric Rice;Robin Petering;Harmony Rhoades;Hailey Winetrobe

  • HIV disclosure among adults living with HIV.

    E. Mayfield Arnold;E. Rice;D. Flannery;M. J Rotheram-Borus

  • Online Social Networking Technologies, HIV Knowledge, and Sexual Risk and Testing Behaviors Among Homeless Youth

    Sean D. Young;Eric Rice

  • Associations of unprotected anal intercourse with Grindr-met partners among Grindr-using young men who have sex with men in Los Angeles

    Hailey Winetrobe;Eric Rice;Jose Bauermeister;Robin Petering

  • Sexting and Sexual Behavior Among Middle School Students

    Eric Rice;Jeremy Gibbs;Hailey Winetrobe;Harmony Rhoades

  • No digital divide? Technology use among homeless adults

    Harmony Rhoades;Suzanne L. Wenzel;Eric Rice;Hailey Winetrobe

  • Pro-social and problematic social network influences on HIV/AIDS risk behaviours among newly homeless youth in Los Angeles.

    E. Rice;N. G. Milburn;M. J. Rotheram-Borus

  • Internet Use, Social Networking, and HIV/AIDS Risk for Homeless Adolescents

    Eric Rice;William Monro;Anamika Barman-Adhikari;Sean D. Young

  • Common Factors in Effective HIV Prevention Programs

    Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Dallas Swendeman;Diane Flannery;Eric Rice

  • Families living with HIV

    M. J. Rotheram-Borus;D. Flannery;E. Rice;P. Lester

  • Pet Ownership Among Homeless Youth: Associations with Mental Health, Service Utilization and Housing Status

    Harmony Rhoades;Hailey Winetrobe;Eric Rice

  • Social networks and implementation of evidence- based practices in public youth-serving systems: a mixed-methods study

    Lawrence A Palinkas;Ian W Holloway;Eric Rice;Dahlia Fuentes

  • The positive role of social networks and social networking technology in the condom-using behaviors of homeless young people

    Eric Rice

  • Internet and Social Media Use as a Resource Among Homeless Youth

    Eric Rice;Anamika Barman-Adhikari

  • Cross-national variations in behavioral profiles among homeless youth.

    Norweeta G. Milburn;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Eric Rice;Shelley Mallet

  • Adolescents Exiting Homelessness Over Two Years: The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model.

    Norweeta G. Milburn;Eric Rice;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Shelley Mallett

  • The Effects of Peer Group Network Properties on Drug Use Among Homeless Youth

    Eric Rice;Norweeta G. Milburn;Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus;Shelley Mallett

  • Mobilizing homeless youth for HIV prevention: a social network analysis of the acceptability of a face-to-face and online social networking intervention

    Eric Rice;Eve Tulbert;Julie Cederbaum;Anamika Barman Adhikari

  • CyberbullyingPerpetrationandVictimizationAmong Middle-SchoolStudents

    Eric Rice;Harmony Rhoades;Hailey Winetrobe;Jeremy Goldbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus University of California, Los Angeles
Norweeta G. Milburn
Norweeta G. Milburn University of California, Los Angeles
Suzanne L. Wenzel
Suzanne L. Wenzel University of Southern California
Philip J. Batterham
Philip J. Batterham Australian National University
Doreen Rosenthal
Doreen Rosenthal University of Melbourne
Judith A. Stein
Judith A. Stein University of California, Los Angeles
Ron Avi Astor
Ron Avi Astor University of California, Los Angeles
Rami Benbenishty
Rami Benbenishty Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Patricia Chamberlain
Patricia Chamberlain University of Oregon
John S. Brekke
John S. Brekke University of Southern California

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