Samia Amin is an Assistant Professor of Public Health and has years of experience in public health education and research across Bangladesh, Malaysia, Australia, and the United States. Dr. Amin earned her PhD in Health Innovation from Macquarie University, Australia, where she studied the social influences shaping electronic cigarette use, and a PhD in Public Health from Universiti Putra Malaysia, focusing on osteoporosis prevention. She also earned a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh, and a Master of Public Health (MPH) from North South University, Bangladesh. Before joining SAU, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, where she worked on public health informatics focusing on cancer prevention. Dr. Amin’s research focuses on tobacco prevention, emerging nicotine products, and digital health interventions, emphasizing social media influences and evidence-based public health strategies. She has published her research widely on topics such as the influence of social media on health behaviors, telemedicine adoption, digital cessation tools, and cancer-related health behaviors. Her long-term academic goals include establishing a Public Health Informatics Lab, fostering global collaborations in tobacco and cancer prevention, and mentoring the next generation of public health leaders.

Research interest

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health: Improving care and predicting diseases with AI.
• Digital health: Making healthcare more accessible through apps and telemedicine.
• Public health & social media informatics: Using data and online platforms to understand health behaviors.
• Emerging tobacco products & Addiction: Preventing and reducing tobacco use and addiction.
• Chronic disease management: Finding better ways to prevent, monitor, and treat long-term conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Selected publication

• Amin, S., Kawamoto, C. T., & Pokhrel, P. (2025). Exploring the ChatGPT platform with scenario-specific prompts for vaping cessation. Tobacco Control, 34(2), 251–253.
• Amin, S., Jaiswal, A., Washington, P. Y., & Pokhrel, P. (2023). Investigating #vapingcessation in Twitter. American Journal of Health Behavior, 47(6), 1183–1191.
• Amin, S., Pokhrel, P., Elwir, T., Mettias, H., & Kawamoto, C. T. (2023). A systematic review of experimental and longitudinal studies on e-cigarette use cessation. Addictive Behaviors, 146, 107787.
• Amin, S., Kawamoto, C. T., Uyeda, K., Pagano, I., Tabangcura, K. R., Taketa, R., et al. (2025). Virtual assistants’ response to queries about nicotine replacement therapy: A mixed-method analysis. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 48(2), 174–181.
• Amin, S., Chae, S. W., Kawamoto, C. T., Phillips, K. T., & Pokhrel, P. (2024). Cannabis use among cancer patients and survivors in the United States: A systematic review. JNCI Cancer Spectrum, 8(1), pkae004.
• Amin, S., Laranjo, L., & Dunn, A. G. (2022). Social connections influencing e-cigarette use and intentions in Australia: A survey. Journal of Addictive Diseases, 40(3), 357–365.
• Amin, S., Dunn, A. G., & Laranjo, L. (2021). Why do people start or stop using e-cigarettes in Australia? A qualitative interview-based study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 32, 358–366.
• Amin, S., Dunn, A. G., & Laranjo, L. (2020). Social influence in the uptake and use of electronic cigarettes: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(1), 129–141.
• Amin, S., Dunn, A. G., & Laranjo, L. (2020). Exposure to e-cigarette information and advertising in social media and e-cigarette use in Australia: A mixed methods study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 213, 108112.
• Amin, S., Mustofa, M., Rahman, A., & Barman, H. (2024). An exploratory cross-sectional study of awareness and barriers to adoption of telemedicine services among patients in Bangladesh. Future Health, 2(2), 107–113.
• Pokhrel, P., Kawamoto, C. T., Lipperman-Kreda, S., Amin, S., Charles, P., et al. (2024). Young adult peer crowds, e-cigarette advertising exposure, and e-cigarette use: Test of a mediation model. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 256, 111064.
• Pokhrel, P., Lipperman-Kreda, S., Wills, T. A., Kaholokula, J. K., Kawamoto, C. T., & Amin, S. (2023). Ethnicity, coronavirus disease-related stress, and e-cigarette use and cigarette smoking among young adults: A longitudinal study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 25(10), 1676–1686.
• Tabangcura, K. R., Taketa, R., Kawamoto, C. T., Amin, S., Sussman, S., et al. (2023). Peer crowds and tobacco product use in Hawai‘i: A qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 1029.
• Amin, S., Rahman, H. A., Ismail, S., & Abidin, E. Z. (2018). Effectiveness of Health Belief Model based educational intervention on osteoporosis health belief scale among female academicians in Malaysia. International Journal of Life Sciences Research, 6(3), 464–471.
• Amin, S., Rahman, H. A., Ismail, S., & Abidin, E. Z. (2018). Effectiveness of Health Belief Model based educational intervention on osteoporosis self-efficacy scale among female academicians in Malaysia. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations, 6(3), 22–28.
• Amin, S., Rahman, H. A., Ismail, S., & Abidin, E. Z. (2018). Effectiveness of Health Belief Model based educational intervention on osteoporosis knowledge test among female academicians in Malaysia. International Journal of Healthcare Sciences, 6(1), 384–390.
• Amin, S. (2017). HIV/AIDS knowledge level among undergraduate health science students in a private university, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medical Research, 1(1), 1–7.
• Amin, S., & Mukti, N. A. (2017). Assessment of knowledge level on osteoporosis among a private university students in Malaysia. Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 3(3), 141–145.

Working with me:

If you are a high school, undergraduate, or graduate student, I mentor students in public health, health science, and computer science research, helping you get involved and develop research skills. I also welcome volunteers interested in pursuing a career in research, strengthening their PhD or (MD) medical residency applications, and publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Contact me if you are interested.

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