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Can Persona-Based LLM Agents Approximate Published Health Preference Findings? A Social Work-Relevant Replication Using Synthetic Respondents

Yang Y, Huang L, An R

Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 31st Annual Conference, San Francisco, California. In symposium: From Policy Simulation to Evidence Synthesis: Human-Centered AI in Social Work Research

January 21, 2027

Beyond Disciplinary Silos: Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Mentorship for Social Work in a Rapidly Changing Technological Era

Yang Y

Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 31st Annual Conference, San Francisco, California

January 20–24, 2027

Persona-Based LLM Agents for Replicating U.S. Willingness-to-Pay per QALY Estimates from a Published Survey

Yang Y, Huang J, An R

2026 Annual Meeting and Expo by the American Public Health Association (APHA), San Antonio, Texas

November 1–4, 2026

Predicting Severe Vaccine Adverse Events Using Large Language Models with Self-Refinement

Huang J, Yang Y, Ji M, An R

2026 Annual Meeting and Expo by the American Public Health Association (APHA), San Antonio, Texas

November 1–4, 2026

Evidence-Grounded Scientific Ideation with LLMs in Public Health and Social Work

Yang Y, Li J, Strombom NA, Resendiz-Bontrud E, Yin S, Huang L, Fang Y, Fuenmayor-González L, Huang J, Huang J

NYU Meta-Research Symposium 2026, New York, New York

October 27, 2026

LLM-Agent Research Rehearsal for Survey and Experiment Pretesting

Yang Y, Huang L, Zhang Z, Huang J, Li J, Huang J, An R

NYU Meta-Research Symposium 2026, New York, New York

October 27, 2026

Empathy Helper: Generative AI Simulation and Human-Grounded Assessment for Culturally Responsive Communication Training

Yang Y, Huang J, An R, Lindsay R

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), Boulder, Colorado

Beta-Hydroxy-Beta-Methylbutyrate (HMB) Interventions Improved Muscle Mass and Strength in Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 55+: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Tey SL, An R, Yang Y, Huynh DTT, Baggs G, Deutz NEP, Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Atherton PJ, Wang X, Chew STH, Pereira SL

The 48th European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN 2026) Congress, Berlin, Germany

Recognition of Grocery-Store Access as a Body-Weight Determinant Among United States Adults

Yang Y, An R

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) 2026 Conference, Munich, Germany

Not All Helping Professionals Are Better Connected: Digital Access in Later Life

Lai PHL, Yang Y

International Conference on Gerontechnology (ICG) 2026, Hong Kong, China

A Scalable Multi-Agent Large Language Model Workflow for Grounded Theory Coding

Yang Y, Huang J, An R

26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB), Austin, Texas

Use of Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Model Agent for Long-Form COVID-19 Fact-Checking

Huang J, Yang Y, Ji M, Alba C, Zhang S, An R

26th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB), Austin, Texas

Using Transformer-Based Models to Monitor and Understand Momentary Affect Intensity from Smartphone Sensors

Zhu Y, Yang Y, Thompson R

2026 Society for Affective Science (SAS) Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Effects of β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate (HMB) Supplementation on Muscle Health Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 55 Years and Above: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Tey SL, An R, Yang Y, Baggs G, Huynh DTT, Pereira SL

16th Intrinsic Capacity, Frailty and Sarcopenia Research Conference for Healthy Longevity (ICFSR 2026), Washington D.C.

Empowering Social Work Research with GPT: A Framework for Scalable, Ethical Thematic Analysis in Public Health Studies

Yang Y, Alba C, An R

Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 30th Annual Conference (2026), Washington D.C.

Countering HPV-Vaccine Misinformation: An Integrative Cognitive-Affective Framework for Theory-Driven Digital Interventions

Yang Y, Yang F, Luke D, An R

2025 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media (NCHCMM), Atlanta, Georgia

Predicting Momentary Affect and Emotion Differentiation with Passive Sensors: The Benefit of Incorporating Self-Reported Location Information into GPS Data

Zhu Y, Yang Y, Thompson R

The Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) 2024 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada

Build Deep Neural Network Models to Detect Common Edible Nuts from Photos and Estimate Nutrient Portfolio

An R, Perez-Cruet J, Wang X, Yang Y

2024 Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Data Research Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri

Sentiment Analysis of Tweets on Menu Labeling Regulations in the US

Yang Y, Lin N, Batcheller Q, Zhou Q, Anderson J, An R

24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB), Savannah, Georgia

Sentiment Analysis of Tweets on Soda Taxes

An R, Yang Y (co-first), Batcheller Q, Zhou Q

2023 Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Data Research Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri

Build Neural Network Models to Identify and Correct News Headlines Exaggerating Obesity-Related Scientific Findings

An R, Batcheller Q, Wang J, Yang Y

2023 Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Data Research Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri