Yong Cui, PhD

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Cinciripini, PM, Wetter, DW, Wang, J, Yu, R, Kypriotakis, G, Kumar, T, Robinson, JD, Cui, Y, Green, CE, Bergen, AW, Kosten, TR, Scherer, S, Shete, S. Deep sequencing of candidate genes identified 14 variants associated with smoking abstinence in an ethnically diverse sample. Scientific reports 14(1), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38493193.
2. Robinson, JD, Cui, Y, Engelmann, JM, Kypriotakis, G, Cinciripini, PM. Using Eye Tracking to Evaluate the Impact of Smartphone-Delivered Attentional Bias Modification Training for Smokers. Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology 32(6):728-736, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38934914.
3. Cinciripini, PM, Green, CE, Shete, S, Minnix, JA, Robinson, JD, Cui, Y, Kim, S, Kypriotakis, G, Beneventi, DM, Blalock, J, Versace, F, Karam-Hage, M. Smoking Cessation After Initial Treatment Failure With Varenicline or Nicotine Replacement. JAMA 331(20):1722-1731, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38696203.
4. Kypriotakis, G, Kim, S, Karam-Hage, M, Robinson, JD, Minnix, JA, Blalock, J, Cui, Y, Beneventi, DM, Kim, B, Pan, IE, Shih, YT, Cinciripini, PM. Examining the Association between Abstinence from Smoking and Healthcare Costs among Patients with Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research 17(5):217-225, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37940143.
5. Robinson, JD, Kypriotakis, G, Karam-Hage, M, Cui, Y, Beneventi, DM, Blalock, J, Minnix, JA, Cinciripini, PM. Brief report. American Journal on Addictions 33(3):339-342, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37807121.
6. Cui, Y, Robinson, JD, Kypriotakis, G, Minnix, JA, Green, CE, Kim, S, Karam-Hage, M, Cinciripini, PM. Comparable Cigarette Consumption Data Collected Using Timeline Follow-Back and Digital Diary Among Treatment-Seeking Smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 38(3):315-322, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37747518.
7. Cinciripini, PM, Minnix, JA, Robinson, JD, Kypriotakis, G, Cui, Y, Blalock, J, Lam, CY, Wetter, DW. The Effects of Scheduled Smoking Reduction and Precessation Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Smoking Cessation. JMIR Formative Research 7, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37338956.
8. Robinson JD, Karam-Hage M, Kypriotakis G, Beneventi D, Blalock JA, Cui Y, Gonzalez R, Tayar J, Chaftari P, Cinciripini PM. Bupropion XL and SR have similar effectiveness and adverse event profiles when used to treat smoking among patients at a comprehensive cancer center. Am J Addict 3(3):236-241, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35347796.
9. Robinson JD, Cui Y, Karam-Hage M, Kypriotakis G, Versace F, Ait-Daoud Tiouririne N, Anthenelli RM, Cinciripini PM. Topiramate decreases the salience of motivationally relevant visual cues among smokers who abuse alcohol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 46(3):384-395, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35037278.
10. Robinson JD, Cui Y, Linares Abrego P, Engelmann JM, Prokhorov AV, Vidrine DJ, Shete S, Cinciripini PM. Sustained reduction of attentional bias to smoking cues by smartphone-delivered attentional bias modification training for smokers. Psychol Addict Behav 36(7):906-919, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35025555.
11. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Rymer RE, Minnix JA, Cinciripini PM. Python Package abstcal: An Open-Source Tool for Calculating Abstinence from Timeline Followback Data. Nicotine Tob Res 24(1):146-148, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 33912971.
12. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Rymer RE, Minnix JA, Cinciripini PM. You don't need an app – Conducting mobile smoking research using a Qualtrics-based approach. Front Digit Health 3(799468), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35072.
13. Cui Y, Linares Abrego P, Yoon JH, Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PM, Ait-Daoud Tiouririne N, Anthenelli RM, Robinson JD. Behavioral Economic Assessment of Alcohol and Cigarette Demand in Smokers with Alcohol Use Disorder. Front Psychiatry 12:674607, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34248711.
14. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Rymer RE, Minnix JA, Cinciripini PM. You Don't Need an App-Conducting Mobile Smoking Research Using a Qualtrics-Based Approach. Front Digit Health 3:799468, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35072151.
15. Cui Y, Engelmann JM, Gilbert DG, Waters AJ, Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD. The impact of nicotine dose and instructed dose on smokers' implicit attitudes to smoking cues: An ERP study. Psychol Addict Behav 33(8):710-720, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31657594.
16. Versace F, Stevens EM, Robinson JD, Cui Y, Deweese MM, Engelmann JM, Green CE, Karam-Hage M, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM. Brain Responses to Cigarette-Related and Emotional Images in Smokers During Smoking Cessation: No Effect of Varenicline or Bupropion on the Late Positive Potential. Nicotine Tob Res 21(2):234-240, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 29220524.
17. Cui Y, Engelmann JM, Xian J, Minnix JA, Lam CY, Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD. Pharmacological intervention and abstinence in smokers undergoing cessation treatment: A psychophysiological study. Int J Psychophysiol 123:25-34, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29223599.
18. Robinson JD, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Gilbert DG, Waters AJ, Gritz ER, Cinciripini PM. Attentional bias to smoking and other motivationally relevant cues is affected by nicotine exposure and dose expectancy. J Psychopharmacol 30(7):627-40, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27097731.
19. Cui Y, Tang R, Lam CY, Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD. The influence of personality traits on smokers' affect, withdrawal and cessation intervention outcome. Addict Behav 54:7-11, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26656672.
20. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Engelmann JM, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Karam-Hage M, Wetter DW, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Cinciripini PM. Reinforcement sensitivity underlying treatment-seeking smokers' affect, smoking reinforcement motives, and affective responses. Psychol Addict Behav 29(2):300-11, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25621416.
21. Robinson JD, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Slapin A, Oum R, Cinciripini PM. The motivational salience of cigarette-related stimuli among former, never, and current smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 23(1):37-48, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25436840.
22. Robinson JD, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Versace F, Waters AJ, Gilbert DG, Gritz ER, Cinciripini PM. The effects of nicotine dose expectancy and motivationally relevant distracters on vigilance. Psychol Addict Behav 28(3):752-60, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24841184.
23. Minnix JA, Versace F, Robinson JD, Lam CY, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Brown VL, Cinciripini PM. The late positive potential (LPP) in response to varying types of emotional and cigarette stimuli in smokers: a content comparison. Int J Psychophysiol 89(1):18-25, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23643564.
24. Cui Y, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Minnix JA, Robinson JD, Lam CY, Karam-Hage M, Brown VL, Wetter DW, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Cinciripini PM. Alpha oscillations in response to affective and cigarette-related stimuli in smokers. Nicotine Tob Res 15(5):917-24, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23060019.
25. Robinson JD, Versace F, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Karam-Hage M, Shete SS, Tomlinson GE, Chen TT, Wetter DW, Green CE, Cinciripini PM. The CHRNA3 rs578776 Variant is Associated with an Intrinsic Reward Sensitivity Deficit in Smokers. Front Psychiatry 4:114, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24065931.
26. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Versace F, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Karam-Hage M, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Wetter DW, Brown VL, Cinciripini PM. Differential cigarette-related startle cue reactivity among light, moderate, and heavy smokers. Addict Behav 37(8):885-9, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22571920.
27. Lam CY, Robinson JD, Versace F, Minnix JA, Cui Y, Carter BL, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM. Affective reactivity during smoking cessation of never-quitters as compared with that of abstainers, relapsers, and continuing smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 20(2):139-50, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22039752.
28. Engelmann JM, Versace F, Robinson JD, Minnix JA, Lam CY, Cui Y, Brown VL, Cinciripini PM. Neural substrates of smoking cue reactivity: a meta-analysis of fMRI studies. Neuroimage 60(1):252-62, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22206965.
29. Robinson JD, Lam CY, Carter BL, Minnix JA, Cui Y, Versace F, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM. A multimodal approach to assessing the impact of nicotine dependence, nicotine abstinence, and craving on negative affect in smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 19(1):40-52, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21341922.
30. Pontiggia P, Rizzo S, Cuppone-Curto F, Sabato A, Rotella G, Silvotti MG, Martano F. Higher survival of refractory metastatizing breast cancer after thermotherapy and autologous specific antitumoral immunotherapy. Anticancer Res 16(5B):3071-4, 1996. e-Pub 1996. PMID: 8920769.
31. Ling WH, Jones PJ. Enhanced efficacy of sitostanol-containing versus sitostanol-free phytosterol mixtures in altering lipoprotein cholesterol levels and synthesis in rats. Atherosclerosis 118(2):319-31, 1995. e-Pub 1995. PMID: 8770325.
32. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Kypriotakis G, Minnix JA, Green CE, Kim S, Cinciripini PM. Comparable cigarette consumption data collected using timeline follow-back and digital diary among treatment-seeking smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
33. Kypriotakis G, Kim S, Karam-Hage M, Robinson JD, Minnix JA, Blalock JA, Cui Y, Beneventi D, Kim B, I-W P, Y-CT S, Cinciripini PM. Examining the Association between Abstinence from Smoking and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Cancer. Cancer Prevention Research.
34. Robinson JD, Kypriotakis G, Karam-Hage M, Cui Y, Beneventi D, Blalock JA, CinciripinipP. Characterization of Electronic cigarette use among patients of a comprehensive cancer center. JAMA.
35. Robinson, J D, Cui, Y, Engelmann, J M, Kypriotakis, G, Cinciripini, P M. Using eye tracking to evaluate the impact of smartphone-delivered attentional bias modification training for smokers. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. Experimental & Clinical Psychopharmacology.

Other Articles

1. Robinson JD, Cui Y, Kypriotakis G, Engelmann JM, Karam-Hage, Minnix JA, Green CE, Shete S, Hatsukami DK, Donny EC, Murphy SE, Hecht SS, Eissenberg T, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM Evaluating the abuse liability of concurrent use of electronic cigarettes and low nicotine cigarettes among adults who smoke. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol.

Abstracts

1. Cui Y, Robinson JD, Green CE, Minnix JA, Karam-Hage M, Cinciripini PM. Utilization and reliability of smartphone-enabled carbon monoxide devices in a remote smoking cessation trial. Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
2. Abrego P, Cui Y, Engelmann JM, Prokhorov AV, Vidrine DJ, Versace F, Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD. Can brain reactivity to smoking cues predict abstinence? A replication analysis. Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
3. Cui Y, Abrego P, Engelmann JM, Prokhorov AV, Vidrine DJ, Versace F, Cinciripini PM, Robinson JD. The effects of smartphone-delivered attentional bias modification training on smokers’ attention to smoking cues. Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
4. Linares Abrego P, Cui Y, Cinciripini PM, Tiouririne NA, Anthenelli R, Karam-Hage M, Yoon J, Robinson JD. Nicotine dependence, but no alcohol dependence, is associated with increased demand in the purchase task among alcohol-abusing smokers. Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
5. Sacks RL, Cui Y, Karam-Hage M. Impact of smoking cessation in locally advanced head and neck cancers undergoing radiation. Journal of Clinical Oncology, no. 15_suppl,:6068-6068, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
6. Versace F, Green CE, Deweese M, Robinson JD, Cui Y, Kypriotakis G, Karam-Hage M, Minnix JA, Blalock JA, Frank D, Cinciripini PM. Using a neuroaffective biomarker to match smokers to either varenicline or nicotine patch treatment. Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
7. Kareem S, Kypriotakis G, Beneventi DM, Blalock J, Minnix JA, Robinson JD, Cui Y, Cinciripini PM. Real-time audio-video versus in-person evaluation and treatment planning for smoking cessation treatment. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
8. Robinson JD, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Versace F, Gilbert DG, Waters AJ, Gritz ER, Cinciripini PM. The impact of nicotine dose and dose expectancy on automatic evaluations of cigarette stimuli. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco-Europe, Florence, Italy, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
9. Robinson JD, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Slapin A, Oum R, Cinciripini PM. Do former smokers still find cigarette-related stimuli to be motivationally salient?. World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
10. Cui Y, Robinson JD. Error processing in daily smokers: The influence of individual differences in behavioral inhibition and activation sensitivity and smoking abstinence. The 55th annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Seattle, Washington, 2015. e-Pub 2015.
11. Tang R, Cui Y, Robinson JD, Cinciripini PM. The Influence of Personality Traits on Nicotine Treatment Outcome. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
12. Robinson JD, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Cui Y, Gilbert DG, Waters AJ, Gritz ER, Cinciripini PM. ERP Measures of Attentional Bias to Affective and Smoking Cue Distracters are Sensitive to Smoking and Smoking Expectancy. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco-Europe, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
13. Robinson JD, Versace F, Cui Y, Engelmann JF, Gilbert DG, Waters AJ, Gritz ER, Cinciripini PM. The impact of anticipated dose and nicotine dose on attentional distraction in overnight-deprived smokers. The 53rd annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Florence, Italy, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
14. Versace F, Robinson JD, Green CE, Slapin A, Cui Y, Ng J, Engelmann JM, Karam-Hage M, Minnix JA, Lam CY, Wetter DW, Cinciripini PM. Effects of smoking cessation treatment with varenicline, bupropion, or placebo on subjective tonic craving and ERPs to cigarette-related, emotional, and neutral images. The 53rd annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Florence, Italy, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
15. Robinson JD, Engelmann JE, Cui Y, Versace F, Waters AJ, Gilbert DG, Gritz ER, Cinciripini PM. The effect of nicotine availability on performance during a vigilance task with affective and smoking cue distracters. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco-Europe, Helsinki, Finland, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
16. Cui Y, Versace F, Engelmann JM, Minnix JA, Robinson JD, Lam CY, Karam-Hage M, Brown VL, Wetter DW, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Cinciripini PM. Alpha oscillations in response to affective and cigarette-related stimuli in smokers. The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
17. Cui, Y, Robinson JD, Versace F, Lam CY, Minnix JA, Dani JA, Kosten TR, Wetter DW, Brown VL, Cinciripini PM. The impact of nicotine dependence severity and depression vulnerability on the responses to unpleasant stimuli in smokers. The 51st annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
18. Cui, Y, Robinson, JD, Versace, F, Lam, CY, Minnix, JA, Dani, JA, Cinciripini, PM. Differential startle cue reactivity in light and heavy smokers. The 50th annual meeting of the Society of Psychophysiological Research, Portland, Oregon, 2010. e-Pub 2010.