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Julie S. Downs is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with several subfields including Rheumatology, General Health Professions, Gender Studies, Applied Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist has contributed to a range of topics, focusing notably on Behavioral Health and Interventions, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Health Policy Implementation Science, Gender, Feminism, and Media, as well as Media Studies and Communication.

Selected recent publications by Julie S. Downs include:

  • Choosing the Light Meal: Real-Time Aggregation of Calorie Information Reduces Meal Calories (2021, Journal of Marketing Research)
  • PrEP Product Acceptability and Dual Process Decision-Making Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (2020, Current HIV/AIDS Reports)
  • Psychological predictors of prevention behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Behavioral Science & Policy)
  • Psychological predictors of prevention behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Behavioral Science & Policy)
  • Rheumatologist and Patient Mental Models for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Help Explain Low Treat-to-Target Rates (2022, ACR Open Rheumatology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Julie S. Downs include Mandy Lanyon, Amie M. Ashcraft, Pamela J. Murray, Anna Maria Berta, and Karin Coyle.

Julie S. Downs has published multiple works in well-established venues such as the Journal of Adolescent Health, Behavioral Science & Policy, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, and Journal of Marketing Research. The largest number of publications appear in the Journal of Adolescent Health, followed by contributions to Behavioral Science & Policy and other journals.

Best Publications

  • Who falls for phish?: a demographic analysis of phishing susceptibility and effectiveness of interventions

    Steve Sheng;Mandy Holbrook;Ponnurangam Kumaraguru;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Are your participants gaming the system?: screening mechanical turk workers

    Julie S. Downs;Mandy B. Holbrook;Steve Sheng;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Decision strategies and susceptibility to phishing

    Julie S. Downs;Mandy B. Holbrook;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Strategies for Promoting Healthier Food Choices

    Julie S Downs;George Loewenstein;Jessica Wisdom

  • Promoting Healthy Choices: Information versus Convenience

    Jessica Wisdom;Julie S. Downs;George Loewenstein

  • Parents' vaccination comprehension and decisions.

    Julie S. Downs;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Behavioral response to phishing risk

    Julie S. Downs;Mandy Holbrook;Lorrie Faith Cranor

  • Teen Expectations for Significant Life Events

    Baruch Fischhoff;Andrew M. Parker;Wandi B. Bruine De Bruin;Julie Downs

  • Bridging the Gap in Computer Security Warnings: A Mental Model Approach

    Cristian Bravo-Lillo;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Julie S Downs;Saranga Komanduri

  • Interactive video behavioral intervention to reduce adolescent females’ STD risk: a randomized controlled trial

    Julie S. Downs;Pamela J. Murray;Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Joyce Penrose

  • Expectations of Inflation: The Role of Demographic Variables, Expectation Formation, and Financial Literacy

    Wändi Bruine de Bruin;Wilbert Vanderklaauw;Julie S. Downs;Baruch Fischhoff

  • Social Stigma and Negative Consequences: Factors That Influence College Students' Decisions to Seek Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections

    Karen R Barth;Robert L Cook;Julie S Downs;Galen E Switzer

  • Minimal conditions for the creation of a unit relationship: the social bond between birthdaymates

    Dale T. Miller;Julie S. Downs;Deborah A. Prentice

  • Your attention please: designing security-decision UIs to make genuine risks harder to ignore

    Cristian Bravo-Lillo;Saranga Komanduri;Lorrie Faith Cranor;Robert W. Reeder

  • Disability, Age, and Informational Privacy Attitudes in Quality of Life Technology Applications: Results from a National Web Survey

    Scott Beach;Richard Schulz;Julie Downs;Judith Matthews

  • Prescriptive scientific narratives for communicating usable science

    Julie S. Downs

  • Supplementing Menu Labeling With Calorie Recommendations to Test for Facilitation Effects

    Julie S. Downs;Jessica Wisdom;Brian Wansink;George Loewenstein

  • Travel risks in a time of terror: judgments and choices.

    Baruch Fischhoff;Wändi Bruine De Bruin;Wendy Perrin;Julie Downs

  • Calorie Label Formats: Using Numeric and Traffic Light Calorie Labels to Reduce Lunch Calories

    Eric M. VanEpps;Julie S. Downs;George Loewenstein

  • Adolescent vulnerability: A framework for behavioral interventions

    Baruch Fischhoff;Julie S. Downs;Wändi Bruine de Bruin

Frequent Co-Authors

Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University
Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Wändi Bruine de Bruin University of Southern California
George Loewenstein
George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University
Lorrie Faith Cranor
Lorrie Faith Cranor Carnegie Mellon University
Scott R. Beach
Scott R. Beach University of Pittsburgh
Richard Schulz
Richard Schulz University of Pittsburgh
Sharon L. Hillier
Sharon L. Hillier University of Pittsburgh
Gretchen B. Chapman
Gretchen B. Chapman Carnegie Mellon University
Dale T. Miller
Dale T. Miller Stanford University
Roberta B. Ness
Roberta B. Ness The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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