Sabrina Oesterle

Director,

Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC)

Other ASU affiliations

Health Solutions Ambassador, College of Health Solutions

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

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

400 E Van Buren St Suite 800 Phoenix, AZ 85004
Mail code: 5120

Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio

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.

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

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

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

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SWG 623	Program Evaluation

Professional Associations

Society for Prevention Research, Society for Social Work and Research, American Public Health Association

Service

Elected member, Board of Directors, Society for Prevention Research, 2017-2020.

Expertise Areas

Prevention and Intervention Science

Research Methodology

Social Determinants of Health

Substance Abuse

Youth Development