Sabrina Oesterle

Director,

Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC)

Other ASU affiliations

Health Solutions Ambassador, College of Health Solutions

Center Director & Professor, Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions

Director for Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Social Work (SSW)

455 North 3rd Street Suite 290 Phoenix, AZ 85004
Mail code: 5120

Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio

Sabrina Oesterle 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.

Education

PhD in Sociology, University of Minnesota

MA in Sociology, Portland State University

Curriculum Vitae

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2qaRJTEAAAAJ&hl=en

Experts.asu.edu URL

https://asu.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/sabrina-oesterle

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-6145

Research Interests

Prevention of behavioral health problems, including drug use, delinquency, and violence; testing of preventive interventions; adolescent and young adult development; life course research; health disparities across the life span; dissemination and implementation science; research methods.

Publications

see CV

Research Activity

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Courses

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SWG 721	Statistics

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SWG 721	Statistics

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SWU 321	Statistics for Social Workers

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SWU 321	Statistics for Social Workers

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SWU 321	Statistics for Social Workers

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SWG 791	Seminar

Expertise Areas

Child and Adolescent Development