Faculty

Jessica Jones-Smith

Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

206-685-4579
jjoness@uw.edu

Education

PhD Nutritional Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 2010
MPH Public Health Nutrition, University of California (Berkeley), 2007
BS Food and Nutrition Science, Loyola University (Chicago), 1999

Contact

206-685-4579
jjoness@uw.edu

Office HRC 448
Box 351621
University of Washington
3980 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98195

Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Jones-Smith is an obesity epidemiologist who studies social, environmental and economic causes and correlates of obesity risk. Specifically, her research focuses on investigating distal drivers of nutrition-related health inequities and follows three main lines: 1) investigating community and individual economic resources as causal factors in obesity-related health status; 2) evaluating the obesity-related impacts of health and non-health related policies; and 3) documenting disparities in nutrition-related diseases based on socioeconomic factors and race/ethnicity, across the lifespan and in numerous populations. Her current approach combines public health nutrition and epidemiologic methods with econometric techniques to study these topics.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Perceptions and Impact of a Youth-led Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention among Youth-leaders.
(2021)
J Hunger Environ Nutr 16(2): 213-234
Steeves EA, Trude ACB, Ruggiero CF, Ruiz MJM, Jones-Smith JC, Porter KP, Cheskin L, Hurley K, Hopkins L, Gittelsohn J
Association Between Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and 100% Fruit Juice With Poor Mental Health Among US Adults in 11 US States and the District of Columbia.
(2021 May 20)
Prev Chronic Dis 18(): E51
Freije SL, Senter CC, Avery AD, Hawes SE, Jones-Smith JC
Qualitative Study on Participant Perceptions of a Supermarket Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program.
(2021 Aug)
J Acad Nutr Diet 121(8): 1497-1506
Riemer S, Walkinshaw LP, Auvinen A, Marcinkevage J, Daniel M, Jones-Smith JC
Household socioeconomic status modifies the association between neighborhood SES and obesity in a nationally representative sample of first grade children in the United States.
(2020 Dec)
Prev Med Rep 20(): 101207
Miller M, Saldarriaga EM, Jones-Smith JC
Impact of a sweetened beverage tax on beverage prices in Seattle, WA.
(2020 Dec)
Econ Hum Biol 39(): 100917
Jones-Smith JC, Pinero Walkinshaw L, Oddo VM, Knox M, Neuhouser ML, Hurvitz PM, Saelens BE, Chan N
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