^Sun, Y., ^Kang, TK., Toby, A., Landers, S.E., Gao, Y., Wieland, A., Akolkar, A., Sun, S. (2026). Adverse experiences during AI interactions for emotional support among American adolescents and young adults: Associations with mental health outcomes and an inductive harm taxonomy.

^Chen, C., ^Li, Y., Cao, Z., Yuan, S., Wang, S., Rajasankar, V., Cheung, H., Sun, Y., Qu, D., Hagaman, A.K., Landers, S.E., Lin, D., Chen, R., Sun, S. (2026). From lived experiences to intervention principles: A qualitative study exploring adolescent perspectives on youth suicide prevention in rural China.

Gao, Y., Kang, T.K., Wieland, A., Akolkar, A., Lin, A.J., Toby, A., Sun, Y., Sun, S. (2026). “It can’t be stopped”: A large-scale taxonomy of AI fears and anxieties among young people in the US.

Lin, A.J., Rajasankar, V., Kang, TK., Sun, Y., Sun, S. (2026). Childhood Maltreatment, Unmet Need, and Negative Experiences with AI Chatbots for Emotional Support among American Young Adults.

Sun, Y., Cui, J., Landers, S.E., Yang, S., Mergenova, G., JasSpark Study Team., West, B., Lu, AJ., Lu, X., Gao, Q., Davis, A. (2026) Participants insights on a digital crowdsourcing intervention to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan: A framework analysis study.

Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Mergenova, G., JasSpark Study Team., West, B., Lu, AJ., Lu, X., Gao, Q., Davis, A. (2026). By youth, for youth: Differences in ratings of digital crowdsourced content and conventional public health materials designed to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV self-testing among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan.

Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Mergenova, G., JasSpark Study Team., West, B., Lu, AJ., Lu, X., Gao, Q., Davis, A. (2026). Comparison of digital crowdsourced materials and existing health materials on decreasing perceived barriers to HIV testing among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan: A randomized controlled trial.

Davis, A., Landers, S.E., Barrett, S., Cherner, R.A., Falodun, F., Hernandez, V., Sielski-Elizalde, A., Andresen J., Sun, Y., Lewis, R., Bolger, N., Rosenthal, S.L. (2025). Using actor-partner dependence modeling to understand dyad-level factors of depression and anxiety among adolescents and their parents in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social support and wellbeing among women living with bacterial vaginosis in New York city. Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Cui, J., Ashmore, M., Pathela, P., Crawley, A., Davis, A. (2025).

Ibrahim, B., Landers, S.E., Mergenova, G., Balabekova, O., Sun, Y., Gryazev, D., Gulyaev, V., Davis, A. (2024). Examining factors associated with mental health stigma among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan.

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2026

Co-occurring stigmas and associations with HIV testing, mental health, and substance use: a latent class analysis among youth in Kazakhstan. Gardner SD., Norcini Pala A., Kane J., Mergenova G., Balabekova O., Gryazev D., Sun Y., Landers, S.E., Davis A. Sexual Health 23, SH26038.

A content analysis of digital crowdsourced messaging to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV self-testing among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan. Landers, S.E., Sun, Y., Tolegenova, A., McNabb, K., Zhao, Y., Kuskulov, A., Nyblade, L., Tucker, J.T., Balabekova, O., Gryazev, D., Mergenova, G., & Davis, A. AIDS Behav 30, 3018–3027 (2026).

“A sense of joy and responsibility”: an assessment of adolescent and young adult research partners’ engagement on a digital citizen science HIV intervention in Kazakhstan. Landers, S. E., Azamatova, A., Myrkassymova, A., Abirova, A., Izekenova, A., Sun, Y., … Davis, A. AIDS Care, 1–12.

2025

Sexual and gender minority stigma and association with perceived barriers to HIV testing and HIV testing behaviors among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan. Wen, H., Sun, Y., Landers, S.E., Mergenova, G., Balabekova, O., Gryazev, D., Davis, A. Sexual health, SH25099.

Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile mental health intervention for adolescent depression and anxiety. Davis A., Landers S.E., Sun Y., Nguyen V. Bolger N., Lewis RA., Rosenthal S.L. Clinical Pediatrics. 2025;0(0).

Examining women’s self-management strategies for recurrent bacterial vaginosis in New York City. Davis A., Sun Y., Chitnis J., Brenner R., Landers S.E., Pathela P., Crawley A., Ashmore M. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 52(7): 428-435.

A digital citizen science intervention to reduce HIV dtigma and promote HIV testing: A randomized clinical trial among adolescents and young adults in Kazakhstan. Davis A., Nyblade L., Sun Y., Balabekova O., Landers S.E., Gryazev D., Tucker J.D., Gulyaev V., Rosenthal S.L., Lunze K., Tang W., … Mergenova G.S. Sexual Health 22, SH24235.

2024

A citizen science approach to develop a digital intervention to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV self-testing among adolescents and young adults: A mixed methods analysis from Kazakhstan. Davis, A., Rosenthal, S.L., Tucker, J.T., Balabekova, O., Nyblade, L., Sun, Y., Gryazev, D., Lunze, K., Landers, S.E., Tang, W., Kuskulov, A., Gulyayev, V., Terlikbayeva, A., Primbetova, S., Mergenova, G., the JasSpark Study Team. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 27, e26314.‍ ‍

2023

Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression among homebound older adults: development and usability study. Xiang, X., Kayser J., Ash, S., Zheng, C., Sun, Y., Weaver, A., Dunkle, R., Blackburn, J., Halavanau, A., Xue, J., Himle, J. JMIR Aging 6 (1), e4769.

2022

Implementation of a dyad-based intervention to improve antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan. Davis, A., Mergenova, G., Landers, S.E., Sun, Y., Rozental, E., Gulyaev, V., Gulyaev, P., Terlikbayeva, A., Primbetova, S., Altice, F., Remien, R. Research on Social Work Practice, 33(3), 313–324.

Childhood adversity and cognitive impairment in later life. Xiang, X., Cho, J., Sun, Y., Wang, X. Frontiers in Psychology 13, 935254.

2020-2021

Modern senicide in the face of a pandemic: An examination of public discourse and sentiment about older adults and COVID-10 using machine learning. Xiang, X., Lu, X., Halavanau, A., Xue, J., Sun, Y., Lai, P., Wu, Z. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 76(4), e190-e200.

Dual trajectories of social isolation and dementia in older adults: A population-based longitudinal study. Xiang, X., Lai, P., Bao, L., Sun, Y., Chen, J., Dunkle, D., Maust, D. Journal of Aging and Health, 33(1-2), 63-74.

Internet-based psychotherapy intervention for depression among older adults receiving home care: Qualitative study of participants’ experiences. Xiang, X., Kayser, J., Sun, Y., Himle, J. JMIR aging, 4(4), e27630.

Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for depression: A feasibility study for home care older adults. Xiang, X., Sun, Y., Smith, S., Lai, P., Himle, J. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(7), 791-801.

Before 2020

Gender identity and professional women’s working experience in urban China: A qualitative study (in Chinese). Sun, Y. Journal of Chinese Sociology-Sociological Studies.

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