Jaime E. Sidani

Jaime E. Sidani, PhD, MPH, CHES, is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, affiliated with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and the Center for Research on Health Care. She specializes in adolescent health behavior, tobacco use prevention, and health messaging via media and technology.

• BA (Health & Society), University of Rochester (2002)
• MPH (Health Education & Behavior), Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health (2003)
• PhD (Health Education), University of Toledo (2009)

Her research examines how media and technology influence health behaviors, particularly tobacco/nicotine use and eating concerns among young adults. She has published extensively on social media's impact on hookah and JUUL usage, analyzing themes like dependence, peer norms, and misinformation.

Recent work explores television health narratives and community-academic collaborations in vaccination programs. Awards include 2019 SBM Presentation Press Release and 2018 AJPM Article of the Year.

• Scientific Awards:
  • 2019 Presentation Press Release, Society of Behavioral Medicine
  • 2018 Article of the Year, American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Dr. Sidani collaborates with multidisciplinary teams at the Center for Research on Health Care, focusing on health technology interventions and policy implications of digital media. Her methodologies integrate quantitative analysis of social platforms and longitudinal health surveys.