Faculty

Daniel Soto

Daniel Soto

Assistant Professor Of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
Medicine
SSB 310-4 2001 N. Soto Street Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

University of Southern California, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences: Digital Education Innovator Award, 2023-2024

Vaping Devices with Video Games Subst Use Misuse. 2024 Sep 19; 1-2. . View in PubMed

Disentangling the directionality among cultural stressors and psychosocial outcomes in recently immigrated Hispanic families: A random intercept cross-lagged panel model approach J Res Adolesc. 2024 Sep 08. . View in PubMed

Young Adults' Exposure to and Engagement With Tobacco-Related Social Media Content and Subsequent Tobacco Use Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Feb 15; 26(Supplement_1):S3-S12. . View in PubMed

Proximity to Cannabis Retailers and Recent Cannabis Use among a Diverse Sample of California Adolescents Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(5):643-650. . View in PubMed

Spanish-Language Tobacco-Related Posts on Twitter: Content Analysis Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 05 22; 26(6):759-763. . View in PubMed

The differential impacts of COVID-19 mortality on mental health by residential geographic regions: The Los Angeles Pandemic Surveillance Cohort Study PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0304779. . View in PubMed

Surveying Adolescents During a Pandemic: Comparison of Adolescents Recruited via Social Media vsSchools. Prev Sci. 2023 Dec 01. . View in PubMed

Cultural Stress Profiles: Describing Different Typologies of Migration Related and Cultural Stressors among Hispanic or Latino Youth J Youth Adolesc. 2023 Aug; 52(8):1632-1646. . View in PubMed

Application of Protection Motivation Theory to COVID-19 vaccination among a predominantly Hispanic sample of adolescents Prev Med Rep. 2023 Aug; 34:102245. . View in PubMed

Perceived Negative Political Climate Among Hispanic/Latino Adolescents Before and After the 2020 US. Presidential Election: Associations with Internalizing Symptoms and Substance Use. Int J Intercult Relat. 2023 May; 94. . View in PubMed

Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination status among college students J Am Coll Health. 2023 Jan 03; 1-3. . View in PubMed

Pandemic-related life changes and adolescent initiation of cannabis and tobacco/nicotine use Addict Behav. 2023 09; 144:107724. . View in PubMed

Evaluation of a COVID-19 rapid antigen testing program among student athletes in a public high school district Eval Program Plann. 2023 06; 98:102280. . View in PubMed

COVID-19 Testing in Schools: Perspectives of School Administrators, Teachers, Parents, and Students in Southern California Health Promot Pract. 2023 03; 24(2):350-359. . View in PubMed

Trust in science and scientists among university students, staff, and faculty of a large, diverse university in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative BMC Public Health. 2023 03 30; 23(1):601. . View in PubMed

COVID-19 booster vaccine attitudes and behaviors among university students and staff in the United States: The USC Trojan pandemic research Initiative Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug; 28:101866. . View in PubMed

Characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccination status among staff and faculty of a large, diverse University in Los Angeles: The Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jun; 27:101802. . View in PubMed

Evaluation of a COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing Program in a Supervised Community Distance Learning Setting for K-8 Students J Sch Health. 2022 05; 92(5):445-451. . View in PubMed

¡Pásale!: Gaining Entrance to Conduct Research and Practice With Recent Hispanic Immigrants: Lessons Learned From the COPAL Study Front Public Health. 2022; 10:879101. . View in PubMed

Associations between Local Jurisdiction Ordinances and Current Use of Cannabis Products in California Adolescents Subst Use Misuse. 2022; 57(3):373-379. . View in PubMed

A Parallel Process Model of Integration and Multidimensional Prosocial Behaviors in Recent Immigrant US. Latinx Adolescents. Psychol Rep. 2021 Jun; 124(3):1237-1267. . View in PubMed

Directional Effects in Cultural Identity: A Family Systems Approach for Immigrant Latinx Families J Youth Adolesc. 2021 May; 50(5):965-977. . View in PubMed

#FlavorsSaveLives: An Analysis of Twitter Posts Opposing Flavored E-cigarette Bans Nicotine Tob Res. 2021 08 04; 23(8):1431-1435. . View in PubMed

"I'm using cigarettes to quit JUUL": An analysis of Twitter posts about JUUL cessation Addict Behav Rep. 2020 Dec; 12:100286. . View in PubMed

Locations of licensed and unlicensed cannabis retailers in California: A threat to health equity? Prev Med Rep. 2020 Sep; 19:101165.. View in PubMed

Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents J Consult Clin Psychol. 2020 Feb; 88(2):149-159. . View in PubMed

Dynamic Transition Patterns in Acculturation Among Hispanic Adolescents Child Dev. 2020 01; 91(1):78-95. . View in PubMed

Do tobacco industry websites target content to specific demographic groups? Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 03 01; 208:107852.. View in PubMed

The use of cultural identity in predicting health lifestyle behaviors in Latinx immigrant adolescents Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2019 Jul; 25(3):371-378. . View in PubMed

Longitudinal Trajectories of Family Functioning Among Recent Immigrant Adolescents and Parents: Links With Adolescent and Parent Cultural Stress, Emotional Well-Being, and Behavioral Health Child Dev. 2019 03; 90(2):506-523. . View in PubMed

Empowering Hispanic Multiunit Housing Residents to Advocate for Smokefree Policies: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Tailored Fotonovela Intervention Health Equity. 2019; 3(1):198-204. . View in PubMed

Tobacco Use Behaviors, Attitudes, and Demographic Characteristics of Tobacco Opinion Leaders and Their Followers: Twitter Analysis J Med Internet Res. 2019 06 04; 21(6):e12676. . View in PubMed

Alcohol initiation among recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents: Roles of acculturation and sociocultural stress Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2019; 89(5):569-578. . View in PubMed

Examining the temporal order of ethnic identity and perceived discrimination among Hispanic immigrant adolescents Dev Psychol. 2018 May; 54(5):929-937. . View in PubMed

Childhood Cancer Survivorship and Substance Use Behaviors: A Matched Case-Control Study Among Hispanic Adolescents and Young Adults J Adolesc Health. 2018 07; 63(1):115-117. . View in PubMed

Monitoring Tobacco Brand Websites to Understand Marketing Strategies Aimed at Tobacco Product Users and Potential Users Nicotine Tob Res. 2018 09 25; 20(11):1393-1400. . View in PubMed

Perceived discrimination, cultural identity development, and intimate partner violence among a sample of Hispanic young adults Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2017 Oct; 23(4):576-582. . View in PubMed

Second and Thirdhand Smoke Exposure, Attitudes and Protective Practices: Results from a Survey of Hispanic Residents in Multi-unit Housing J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Oct; 19(5):1148-1155. . View in PubMed

Personal and cultural identity development in recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents: Links with psychosocial functioning Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2017 Jul; 23(3):348-361. . View in PubMed

Changes in the strength of peer influence and cultural factors on substance use initiation between late adolescence and emerging adulthood in a Hispanic sample J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2017 Apr-Jun; 16(2):137-154. . View in PubMed

Longitudinal Effects of Latino Parent Cultural Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Family Functioning on Youth Emotional Well-Being and Health Risk Behaviors Fam Process. 2017 12; 56(4):981-996. . View in PubMed

Support for electronic cigarette regulations among California voters Tob Control. 2017 05; 26(3):334-337. . View in PubMed

Personal Identity Development in Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents: Links with Positive Psychosocial Functioning, Depressive Symptoms, and Externalizing Problems J Youth Adolesc. 2017 04; 46(4):898-913. . View in PubMed

Erratum to: Personal Identity Development in Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents: Links with Positive Psychosocial Functioning, Depressive Symptoms, and Externalizing Problems J Youth Adolesc. 2017 04; 46(4):914-915. . View in PubMed

Campaigns and counter campaigns: reactions on Twitter to e-cigarette education Tob Control. 2017 03; 26(2):226-229. . View in PubMed

Perceptions of Secondhand and Thirdhand Smoke Among Hispanic Residents of Multiunit Housing J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 02; 19(1):162-169. . View in PubMed

Latino parent acculturation stress: Longitudinal effects on family functioning and youth emotional and behavioral health J Fam Psychol. 2016 Dec; 30(8):966-976. . View in PubMed

Testing the Parent-Adolescent Acculturation Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Five-Wave Longitudinal Study J Res Adolesc. 2016 Sep; 26(3):567-586. . View in PubMed

Role transitions and substance use among Hispanic emerging adults: A longitudinal study using coarsened exact matching Addict Behav. 2016 Jul; 58:95-9. . View in PubMed

E-cigarette use and subsequent cigarette and marijuana use among Hispanic young adults Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Jun 01; 163:261-4. . View in PubMed

Perceptions of Secondhand E-Cigarette Aerosol Among Twitter Users Tob Regul Sci. 2016 Apr; 2(2):146-152. . View in PubMed

Health risk behaviors and depressive symptoms among Hispanic adolescents: Examining acculturation discrepancies and family functioning J Fam Psychol. 2016 Mar; 30(2):254-265. . View in PubMed

Trajectories of perceived discrimination from adolescence to emerging adulthood and substance use among Hispanic youth in Los Angeles Addict Behav. 2016 Feb; 53:108-12. . View in PubMed

A Longitudinal Test of the Parent-Adolescent Family Functioning Discrepancy Hypothesis: A Trend toward Increased HIV Risk Behaviors Among Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents J Youth Adolesc. 2016 10; 45(10):2164-77. . View in PubMed

Longitudinal trajectories of bicultural identity integration in recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents: Links with mental health and family functioning Int J Psychol. 2015 Dec; 50(6):440-50. . View in PubMed

Adverse childhood experiences and substance use among Hispanic emerging adults in Southern California Addict Behav. 2015 Nov; 50:199-204. . View in PubMed

Latino/a Youth Intentions to Smoke Cigarettes: Exploring the Roles of Culture and Gender J Lat Psychol. 2015 Aug; 3(3):129-142. . View in PubMed

The role of bicultural stress and perceived context of reception in the expression of aggression and rule breaking behaviors among recent-immigrant Hispanic youth J Interpers Violence. 2015 Jul; 30(11):1807-27. . View in PubMed

Depressive symptoms and externalizing behaviors among Hispanic immigrant adolescents: Examining longitudinal effects of cultural stress J Adolesc. 2015 Jul; 42:31-9. . View in PubMed

Developmental trajectories of acculturation: links with family functioning and mental health in recent-immigrant Hispanic adolescents Child Dev. 2015 May-Jun; 86(3):726-48. . View in PubMed

Electronic Cigarettes on Twitter - Spreading the Appeal of Flavors Tob Regul Sci. 2015 Apr; 1(1):36-41. . View in PubMed

Trajectories of cultural stressors and effects on mental health and substance use among Hispanic immigrant adolescents J Adolesc Health. 2015 Apr; 56(4):433-9. . View in PubMed

Cultural and social influences on adolescent smoking dissipate by emerging adulthood among Hispanics in Southern California J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb; 17(1):192-7. . View in PubMed

Diffusion of Messages from an Electronic Cigarette Brand to Potential Users through Twitter PLoS One. 2015; 10(12):e0145387. . View in PubMed

The Relationship Between the Accumulated Number of Role Transitions and Hard Drug Use among Hispanic Emerging Adults J Psychoactive Drugs. 2015 Jan-Mar; 47(1):60-4. . View in PubMed

Cultural measures associated with sexual risk behaviors among Latino youth in Southern California: a longitudinal study Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2014 Dec; 46(4):193-201. . View in PubMed

Bicultural stress, identity formation, and alcohol expectancies and misuse in Hispanic adolescents: a developmental approach J Youth Adolesc. 2014 Dec; 43(12):2054-68. . View in PubMed

Acculturation and perceived discrimination: predictors of substance use trajectories from adolescence to emerging adulthood among Hispanics Addict Behav. 2014 Sep; 39(9):1293-6. . View in PubMed

The interplay of friendship networks and social networking sites: longitudinal analysis of selection and influence effects on adolescent smoking and alcohol use Am J Public Health. 2014 Aug; 104(8):e51-9. . View in PubMed

Associations between ethnic labels and substance use among Hispanic/Latino adolescents in Los Angeles Subst Use Misuse. 2014 Jun; 49(8):1007-16. . View in PubMed

Domains of acculturation and their effects on substance use and sexual behavior in recent Hispanic immigrant adolescents Prev Sci. 2014 Jun; 15(3):385-96. . View in PubMed

Problematic substance use among Hispanic adolescents and young adults: implications for prevention efforts Subst Use Misuse. 2014 Jun; 49(8):1025-38. . View in PubMed

Peer influences: the impact of online and offline friendship networks on adolescent smoking and alcohol use J Adolesc Health. 2014 May; 54(5):508-14. . View in PubMed

Do adolescent drug use consequences predict externalizing and internalizing problems in emerging adulthood as well as traditional drug use measures in a Hispanic sample? Addict Behav. 2014 Mar; 39(3):644-51.. View in PubMed

Perceived context of reception among recent Hispanic immigrants: conceptualization, instrument development, and preliminary validation Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2014 Jan; 20(1):1-15. . View in PubMed

Emerging adulthood themes, role transitions and substance use among Hispanics in Southern California Addict Behav. 2013 Dec; 38(12):2797-800. . View in PubMed

Role transitions in emerging adulthood are associated with smoking among Hispanics in Southern California Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Nov; 15(11):1948-51. . View in PubMed

A comparison of peer influence measures as predictors of smoking among predominately hispanic/latino high school adolescents J Adolesc Health. 2013 Mar; 52(3):358-64. . View in PubMed

Bullying victimization as a mediator of associations between cultural/familial variables, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Hispanic youth Ethn Health. 2013; 18(4):415-32. . View in PubMed

Substance use and sexual behavior among recent Hispanic immigrant adolescents: effects of parent-adolescent differential acculturation and communication Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Sep; 125 Suppl 1:S26-34. . View in PubMed

Cultural values associated with substance use among Hispanic adolescents in southern California Subst Use Misuse. 2011; 46(10):1223-33. . View in PubMed

Marijuana use among Latino adolescents: gender differences in protective familial factors Subst Use Misuse. 2011; 46(5):644-55. . View in PubMed

Associations between family structure, family functioning, and substance use among Hispanic/Latino adolescents Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Mar; 24(1):98-108. . View in PubMed

Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents Am J Health Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec; 33(6):718-27. . View in PubMed

Parent-child acculturation patterns and substance use among Hispanic adolescents: a longitudinal analysis J Prim Prev. 2009 Jul; 30(3-4):293-313. . View in PubMed

Parent-child acculturation discrepancies as a risk factor for substance use among Hispanic adolescents in Southern California J Immigr Minor Health. 2009 Jun; 11(3):149-57. . View in PubMed

Variation in family structure among urban adolescents and its effects on drug use Subst Use Misuse. 2008; 43(7):936-51. . View in PubMed

The role of acculturation, parenting, and family in Hispanic/Latino adolescent substance use: findings from a qualitative analysis J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2008; 7(3):304-27. . View in PubMed

The influence of acculturation on drug and alcohol use in a sample of adolescents Addict Behav. 2007 Dec; 32(12):2990-3004. . View in PubMed

Daniel W. Soto, Ed.D, MPH, is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. He directs the Center for Population Health (CPH). He has over 20 years of population-based health behavior research experience and seven years of curriculum design and teaching experience with graduate and undergraduate programs in public health. Dr. Soto has led research and evaluation efforts on several longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of acculturation, mental health, diabetes prevention, substance use, addressing health disparities, preventing the spread of infectious disease, and tobacco control. Most recently, Dr. Soto led a team of 20+ graduate students to work on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in K-12 schools in Los Angeles County. He has established effective community engagement, recruitment, and retention methods for populations across the United States. Additionally, Dr. Soto has published over 100 manuscripts on acculturation, cultural stress, nicotine addiction, and substance use prevention in adolescents and young adults.
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