Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
Associate Professor
Office: HH 138
Email: ssmiley@sdsu.edu
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Education
- PhD, Sociology (Medical Sociology and Social Inequities), Howard University
- MPH, Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
- BS, Biology, Alabama A&M University
Scholarly Areas
- Health Disparities and Health Equity
- Tobacco Regulatory Science
- Addiction and HIV/AIDS
- Dissemination and Implementation Science
- Qualitative and mixed methods research
Biography
Dr. Sabrina L. Smiley is a tenured Associate Professor of Public Health in the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science. She is a social and behavioral health scientist whose research focuses on the intersection of substance use, HIV, race, and policy and examines the role of psychosocial factors, social and structural determinants of health in shaping racial/ethnic health inequities. Her research is grounded in interdisciplinary frameworks, community engagement, and employs various methodological techniques including qualitative data analysis, multilevel modeling, and ecological momentary assessment. Her empirical work has informed nicotine and commercial tobacco policies and laws prioritizing health equity and racial justice. Dr. Smiley has published in leading academic journals including Tobacco Control, the American Journal of Public Health, and Current HIV/AIDS Reports. She serves as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on multiple research projects funded from the National Institutes of Health, the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, and the California HIV/AIDS Research Program. Dr. Smiley is San Diego State University’s first recipient of a National Institute on Drug Abuse Racial Equity Visionary Award for Research on Substance Use and Racial Equity (NIDA REI) through the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award Research Program (DP1 mechanism). She has been a recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and she completed postdoctoral training at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science. Dr. Smiley enjoys teaching and mentoring students in research, including PH 700F: SEM: Data Analysis for Health Promotion.
