Sabrina Oesterle

Sabrina Oesterle is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Director of the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions. 

Dr. Oesterle is a prevention scientist with a focus on life course research and the prevention of behavioral health problems among adolescents and young adults. To this end, Dr. Oesterle studies the efficacy, effectiveness, implementation, and dissemination of evidence-based interventions in communities.

She has expertise in longitudinal and experimental study designs and advanced quantitative methods of data analysis, including latent class analysis, structural equation modeling, growth and growth mixture modeling, multilevel modeling, missing data approaches, and psychometric measurement.

Dr. Oesterle has a successful track record of NIH-funded research and extensive experience directing research centers and complex scientific teams across multiple organizations.