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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Text-Message Outreach to Connect Adolescents and Young Adults to Nicotine Treatment: A Pilot Study in Pediatric Primary Care

Academic Pediatrics
July 1, 2026
Eleanor Lustig, Gabrielle DiFiore, Maura Powell, Frank T. Leone, Robert Schnoll, Brian P. Jenssen

An Electronic Health Record–Based Tobacco Treatment System for Parents in Pediatric Primary Care

Pediatrics
March 17, 2026
Brian P. Jenssen, Abra M. Jeffers, Emara Nabi-Burza, Janani Ramachandran, Jeritt Thayer, Bethany Hipple Walters, Douglas E. Levy, Robert W. Grundmeier, Olivier Drouin, Mark Vangel, Nancy A. Rigotti, Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Alexander G. Fiks, Jonathan P. Winickoff

Combining International Standards to Develop Clinical Decision Support for Parent Smoking Cessation in Pediatrics

Journal of Medical Internet Research
November 5, 2025
Jeritt G Thayer, Brian P Jenssen, Alexander G Fiks, Dean Karavite, Janani Ramachandran, Shannon Kelleher, Ekaterina Nekrasova, Jeremy E Drehmer, Emara Nabi-Burza, Jonathan P Winickoff, Robert W Grundmeier

Increasing Dental Varnish Rates in a Large Pediatric Care Network: A Quality Improvement Effort

Pediatrics
September 18, 2025
Brian P Jenssen, Gabrielle DiFiore, Tyler Doherty, Steve Callum, Stephanie Gilbert, Elena Huang, Lisa Biggs, Gregory Lawton

Automated Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Parents in Pediatric Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Network
August 27, 2025
Emara Nabi-Burza, Brian P. Jenssen, Abra M. Jeffers, Janani Ramachandran, Jeritt G. Thayer, Bethany Hipple, Douglas E. Levy, Robert W. Grundmeier, Olivier Drouin, Mark Vangel, Nancy A. Rigotti, Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Ekaterina Nekrasova, Madeline McKnight, Jonathan P. Winickoff, Alexander G. Fiks

A formative study to develop nudges informed by behavioral economics to increase engagement with tobacco treatment among people who smoke receiving care for HIV

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
August 18, 2025
Daniel Blumenthal, Nathaniel Stevens, Frank T. Leone, Anna-Marika Bauer, E. Paul Wileyto, Casey Foster, Spencer Schwartz, Julia Villasenor, Brian P. Jenssen, Helen Koenig, Judith O’Donnell, Robert Gross, Robert Schnoll

Sharing a Hybrid EHR + FHIR CDS Tool Across Health Systems: Automating Smoking Cessation for Pediatric Caregivers

Applied Clinical Informatics
February 11, 2025
Sameh Nagui Saleh, Eric Kim, Jeritt G. Thayer, Emara Nabi, Dean Karavite, Jonathan Winickoff, Alexander Fiks, Brian P. Jenssen, Nicholas Riley, Robert W. Grundmeier

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Use of Automated Nicotine Metabolite Ratio Reporting within Primary Care as an Implementation Strategy to Increase the Use of Tobacco Treatments

Nicotine & Tobacco Research
May 23, 2024
Robert Schnoll, Frank T Leone, Anna-Marika Bauer, E Paul Wileyto, Colin Wollack, Nathaniel Stevens, Daniel Blumenthal, Casey Foster, Fodie Koita, Julia Villasenor, Brian P Jenssen

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Completion by 13: A Quality Improvement Initiative in a Large Primary Care Network

Academic Pediatrics
March 1, 2024
Elena Huang, Kathleen Filograna, Katie K. Lockwood, Jonathan Crossette, Brian P. Jenssen

Early Literacy Promotion Using Automated Hovering Among Young Minority Children

Academic Pediatrics
November 10, 2023
James P. Guevara, Manuel E. Jimenez, Brian P. Jenssen, Michael Luethke, Rebecca Doyle, Alison Buttenheim

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Completion by 13: A Quality Improvement Initiative in a Large Primary Care Network

Academic Pediatrics
October 29, 2023
Elena Huang, Kathleen Filograna, Katie K. Lockwood, Jonathan Crossette, Brian P. Jenssen

Low-Income Caregiver Perspectives on a State Education Savings Program and Receptivity to Clinic-Based Financial Counseling

Academic Pediatrics
August 21, 2023
Zoe Bouchelle, Mishaal Yazdani, George Dalembert, DanaRose Negro, Brian P. Jenssen, Senbagam Virudachalam, Judy Shea, Katie Gwynn, Kate Morrow, Chén C Kenyon

Meeting Adolescents Where They Are: Hybrid Virtual-in-Person Visits for Routine Preventive Care

Annals of Family Medicine
July 24, 2023
Brian P. Jenssen, Janani Ramachandran, Gabrielle DiFiore, Maura Powell, Kate M. Fuller, Anthony Luberti, Alexander G. Fiks

Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Clinical Trial Testing Behavioral Economic Implementation Strategies to Improve Tobacco Treatment for Patients With Cancer Who Smoke

Journal of Clinical Oncology
July 20, 2023
Brian P. Jenssen, MD, MSHP; Robert Schnoll, PhD; Rinad S. Beidas, PhD; Justin Bekelman , MD; Anna-Marika Bauer, MRA; Sarah Evers-Casey, MPH, CTTS-M; Tierney Fisher, DNP, CRNP; Callie Scott, MSc; Jody Nicoloso, BA, CTTS-M; Peter Gabriel, MD; David A. Asch, MD, MBA; Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA; Jessica Chen, MBA, CPHIMS, SHIMSS; Julissa Melo, MHI; Dwayne Grant, MS; Michael Horst, PhD, MPHS, MS; Randall Oyer, MD9; Lawrence N. Shulman, MD; Alicia B.W. Clifton, MDP; Adina Lieberman, MPH; Tasnim Salam, MBE, MPH; Katharine A. Rendle, PhD, MSW, MPH,11; Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP; Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH; Oluwadamilola Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS; E. Paul Wileyto, PhD; Sue Ware, BS; Daniel Blumenthal, BA; Daniel Ragusano, BS; and Frank T. Leone, MD, MS

Pediatrician-Delivered Smoking-Cessation Messages for Parents: An Update

Academic Pediatrics
May 25, 2023
Brian P. Jenssen, Mary Kate Kelly, Jennifer A. Faerber, David A. Asch, Justine Shults, Robert A. Schnoll, Alexander G. Fiks

A Clinical Decision Support System for Motivational Messaging and Tobacco Cessation Treatment for Parents: Pilot Evaluation of Use and Acceptance

Applied Clinical Informatics
March 27, 2023
Brian P. Jenssen, Shannon Kelleher, Dean Karavite, Ekaterina Nekrasova, Jeritt G. Thayer, Raj Ratwani, Judy Shea, Emara Nabi, J. Drehmer, Jonathan Winickoff, Robert W. Grundmeier, Robert Schnoll, Alexander Fiks