Sabrina L. Smiley, PhD, MPH

Sabrina L. Smiley, PhD, MPH, MCHES is Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at San Diego State University School of Public Health. She is currently a combination prevention core scientist at CHIPTS, an inaugural CHIPTS Bridge Fellow (2021-2022), and a past scholar in the UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse and Trauma Training Program (HA-STTP). Her NIDA-funded, HA-STTP pilot study examined momentary changes in substance use, sexual risk behavior, and HIV risk perception over time among young adult sexual minority Black men in Washington, D.C. Smiley’s primary research interests are all within the area of health disparities and health equity. Currently, Smiley is leading NIH-funded projects and California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program-funded projects in addiction risk, public policy, and community engagement. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the NCI/FDA-funded Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science in the Department of Preventive Medicine at KSOM of USC before faculty appointment. Smiley received her Ph.D. in sociology from Howard University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She completed her M.P.H. in health behavior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health. Her research findings have been published in journals such as Current HIV/AIDS Reports, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, and Tobacco Control.