Arielle Selya, PhD

Consultant Scientist

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Education

Postgraduate Training System Dynamics Modeling
System Dynamics Programme, University of Bergen
2019-present

Postdoctoral Fellowship;
NRSA Fellowship, Laboratory of Dr. Lisa Dierker
Psychology Department, Wesleyan University
2010-2014

Ph.D. Neuroscience
Rutgers University
2005-2011

B.A. Physics
Cornell University
2001-2005

Employment

Scientist
PinneyAssociates
2020–Present

Disclosures: Through Pinney Associates, I provide consulting services on tobacco harm reduction on an exclusive basis to JUUL Labs, Inc.

Assistant Scientist, CoBRE Project Leader, Behavioral Sciences Group;
Director, Data Exchange
Selya Lab, Sanford Research
2018–2021

Adjunct Associate Professor Pediatrics Department, Univeristy of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
2018–Present

Assistant Professor Master of Public Health Program, Department of Population Health, Univeristy of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
2014-2019

Visiting Assistant Professor;
Research Associate
Psychology Department, Wesleyan University
2012-2014

Select Publications (of 51)

Selya, A, Wissmann, R., Shiffman, S., Chandra, S., Sembower, M., Joselow, J., Kim, S. (2022, in process). Higher Sales of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) in the US Are Associated with Cigarette Sales Declines, according to a Trend Break Analysis. Under revise-and-resubmit to Journal of Consumer Policy. Preprint available: https://www.qeios.com/read/GM2450/pdf

Foxon, F., Selya, A., Gitchell, J., Shiffman, S. (2022). Population-Level Trend Modelling to Examine the Relationship between Smoking Prevalence and E-Cigarette Use among US Adults. BMC Public Health. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14341-z

Hajat, C., Stein, E., Selya, A., Polosa, R., CoEHAR Study Group. (2022). Analysis of Common Methodological Flaws in the Highest Cited E-Cigarette Epidemiology Research. Internal and Emergency Medicine. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-022-02967-1

Selya, A.S., Shiffman, S., Greenberg, M., Augustson, E.M. (2021) Dual Use of Cigarettes and JUUL: Trajectory and Cigarette Consumption. American Journal of Health Behavior. Available: https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.45.3.5

Selya, A.S. (2021). Reducing the Smoking-Related Health Burden in the USA through Diversion to Electronic Cigarettes: A System Dynamics Simulation Study. Harm Reduction Journal. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00484-6

Selya, A.S., Foxon, F. (2021) Trends in Electronic Cigarette Use and Conventional Smoking: Quantifying a Possible “Diversion” Effect among U.S. Adolescents. Addiction. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15385

Foxon, F. & Selya, A.S. (2020). Electronic Cigarettes, Nicotine Use Trends, and Use Initiation Ages among US Adolescents from 1999–2018. Addiction. Available: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15099

Sooyong, K. & Selya, A.S. (2020). The relationship between electronic cigarette use and conventional cigarette smoking is largely attributable to shared risk factors. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz157

Selya, A.S., Rose, J.S., Dierker, L.C., Mermelstein, R.J. (2012) A practical guide to calculating Cohen’s f2, a measure of local effect size, from PROC MIXED. Frontiers in Psychology. Available: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00111

Full bibliography on PubMed

Selected Presentations

Selya, A. & Shiffman, S. (2022). Dual use of ENDS and cigarettes: Behavioral Trajectories. Oral presentation at the 75th annual Tobacco Science Research Symposium. New Orleans.

Selya, A. (2022). E-cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction: A policy-focused ILE. Oral presentation at the annual conference of the System Dynamics Society. Frankfurt, Germany.

Selya, A., Shiffman, S., Hannon, M. (2022). Relative risk perceptions of switching to JUUL vs. continued smoking are associated with subsequent switching behavior. Poster presentation at the annual conference of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore.

Selya, A.S. (2021). Testing e-cigarette gateway vs diversion scenarios against reality using simulation modeling. Video presentation at the Global Forum on Nicotine. Virtual. Available: https://youtu.be/VgRn4BEz108

Selya, A. (2021). E-cigarettes: The case for harm reduction. Oral presentation at the Annual Health Care Delivery and Population Health Symposium. Sanford Research, Sioux Falls.

Foxon, F. & Selya, A.S. (2020). Electronic Cigarettes as a Method of Harm Reduction at the Population Level. Poster presentation at the Annual Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Conference. New Orleans.

Selya, A. (2019). Electronic cigarettes: Gateway to tobacco use or harm reduction? Oral presentation at the Eastern South Dakota Research Symposium. Sanford Research, Sioux Falls.

Foxon, F. & Selya, A.S. (2019). Is Vaping a Gateway to Cigarettes? A Simulation Approach. Poster presentation at the Annual Sanford Research Summer Research Symposium. South Dakota.

Public Engagement

Selya, A.S., (2021) Tweetorial on cigarette sales decline after e-cigarette era

Selya, A.S., Foxon, F. (2021) Response to Proposed Changes to the Netherland’s Tobacco and Tobacco Products Decree. Available: https://www.internetconsultatie.nl/smaakjes/reactie/366b7013-8ee6-4411-bbba-f004509cbb7a

Selya, A.S., (2021) Tweetorial on modeling e-cigarette harm reduction policies

Selya, A.S., (2021) Tweetorial on quantifying e-cigarette diversion effect

Media Appearances

E-cigarettes aren’t a ‘gateway’ to teen smoking, study says (2019). CNN. Available: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/04/health/vaping-smoking-gateway-study/index.html

E-cigarettes aren’t a gateway to teen smoking, study says, Study Shows (2019). Fox. Available: https://fox2now.com/news/e-cigarettes-arent-a-gateway-to-teen-smoking-study-says/

People Who Vape Probably Would Have Smoked Cigarettes Anyway, Study Shows (2019). Vice. Available: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywajgk/people-who-vape-probably-would-have-smoked-cigarettes-anyway-study-shows

Study finds teen vaping probably doesn’t lead to smoking (2019). EurekAlert. Available: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/626650

San Francisco pushes on with vape ban; Hungary starts to tighten the law (2019). VapingPost. Available: https://www.vapingpost.com/2019/06/23/san-francisco-pushes-on-with-vape-ban-hungary-starts-to-tighten-the-law/

Sanford researcher says vaping not a gateway to smoking (2019). Keloland. Available: https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/sanford-researcher-says-vaping-not-a-gateway-to-smoking/

Contact and Socials

Email: aselya@pinneyassociates.com

Twitter: @ArielleSelya

ORCID: 0000-0001-7026-6988

ResearchGate: Arielle_Selya

Google Scholar: Arielle Selya

PubMed Bibliography: Arielle Selya

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