Jaime E. Sidani, PhD, MPH, CHES, is an Assistant Professor of Public Health and a core faculty member of the Center for Social Dynamics and Community Health in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences. Dr. Sidani is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. She joined the Center for Research on Health Care in 2011 after practicing as a university health educator for 5 years and continues to work with many faculty on projects related to youth substance use prevention. Her main research interests include adolescent health behavior and tobacco use prevention, with a specific focus on media and technology.
- BA, Health & Society, University of Rochester, 2002
- MPH, Health Education and Behavior, Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health, 2003
- PhD, Health Education, University of Toledo, 2009
Education & Training
Awards
Presentation Press Release, Society of Behavioral Medicine (2019)
2017 Article of the Year, American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2018)
Representative Publications
- Sidani JE, Colditz JB, Barrett EL, Shensa A, James AE, Primack BA. I wake up and hit the JUUL: analyzing Twitter for JUUL nicotine effects and addiction. Drug Abuse & Dependence. In press, 2019.
- Sidani JE, Shensa A, Yabes J, Fertman C, Primack BA. Waterpipe tobacco use in college and non-college young adults in the USA. Family Practice. 2018;36(2):103-109. PMID: 29741621. PMCID: PMC6425466.
- Sidani JE, Shensa A, Naidu MR, Yabes J, Primack BA. Initiation, progression, and sustained waterpipe use: a nationally-representative longitudinal study of U.S. young adults. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, & Prevention. 2017;26(5):748-755. PMID: 28082346.
- Sidani JE, Shensa A, Hoffman B, Hanmer J, Primack BA. The association between social media use and eating concerns among U.S. young adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2016;116(9):1465-1472.
Research Interests
- Adolescent health behavior
- Tobacco use prevention
- Media messaging
- Technology use