Teresa DeAtley

Teresa DeAtley, PhD, MPH

Languages spoken: Spanish, French

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Family & Preventive Medicine

Divisions: Public Health

Teresa (Tess) DeAtley, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Public Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah. She is a social and behavioral scientist whose work focuses on health equity, health policy, and tobacco regulatory science. Her recent work focuses on how structural and social determinants of health shape behavior and mental health outcomes in marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities as well as sexual and gender minorities.

As a mixed-methods researcher, Dr. DeAtley’s work spans the translational research spectrum, from lab-based biobehavioral studies to secondary analyses of large observational datasets such as the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, and University of Utah electronic health record (EHR) data.

She earned her PhD in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences from Brown University, her Master of Public Health and Certificate in Global Tobacco Control from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Arts, self-designed public health major, from the College of William and Mary. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and has held research positions at internationally recognized organizations, including the World Health Organization, the Truth Initiative, and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Education History

Undergraduate College of William & Mary
 BA
Graduate Training Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 MPH
Certification Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Certificate
Doctoral Training Brown University School of Public Health
 PhD
Fellowship Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
 Postdoctoral Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. DeAtley T, Harrison A, Cassidy R, Kuo C, Higgins ST, Tidey JW (2023). Subjective Experiences, Contexts, and Risk Perceptions of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes and Electronic Cigarettes among People with Depression and Anxiety Disorders who Smoke. Drug Alcohol Depend, 244, 109767.
  2. Snell LM, DeAtley T, Tidey JW, Colby SM, Cassidy RN (2023). Impact of Reduced Nicotine Content on Behavioral Economic Measures of Cigarette Reinforcement in Adolescents who Smoke Cigarettes. Drug Alcohol Depend, 246, 109786.
  3. DeAtley T, Sokolovsky AW, Snell ML, Tidey J (2022). Mediational Pathways of Tobacco Use among Adult Daily Smokers with Psychiatric Symptoms in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Survey. Addict Behav, 129, 107249.
  4. DeAtley TE, Cassidy R, Snell ML, Colby SM, Tidey JW (2022). Effects of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarette Use on Cigarette Reinforcement among Smokers with Serious Mental Illness. Addict Behav, 133, 107376.
  5. DeAtley T, Harrison A, Mtukushe B, Maughan-Brown B, Muloiwa R, Hoare J, Galárraga O, Kuo C (2022). Conditional Economic Incentives for HIV Treatment Adherence: Aligning Adolescent Developmental Hallmarks with Behavioral Economic Theory to Improve HIV Treatment Adherence. AIDS Patient Care STDS, 36(7), 272-277.
  6. DeAtley T, Hamada Y, Baddeley A, Werner P, Kanchar A, Zignol M, Rangaka MX (2022). TB Preventive Treatment among Pregnant Women with HIV. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 26(8), 727-732.
  7. Reed GL, Colby SM, Sokolovsky AW, Snell LM, DeAtley T, Tidey JW (2022). Predicting Non-Adherence With Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Smoke. Nicotine Tob Res, 24(6), 914-918.
  8. Snell LM, Colby SM, DeAtley T, Cassidy R, Tidey JW (2022). Associations Between Nicotine Knowledge and Smoking Cessation Behaviors Among US Adults Who Smoke. Nicotine Tob Res, 24(6), 855-863.
  9. Stone MD, DeAtley T, Pianin S, Strasser AA, Audrain-McGovern J (2022). Switching from Cigarettes to IQOS: A Pilot Examination of IQOS-Associated Reward, Reinforcement, and Abstinence Relief. Drug Alcohol Depend, 238, 109569.
  10. DeAtley T, Stone MD, Strasser AA, Audrain-McGovern J (2022). The Role of IQOS Risk Perceptions on Cigarette Smoking Behaviours: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study.(Epub ahead of print). Tob Control.
  11. DeAtley T, Workman L, Theron G, Bélard S, Prins M, Bateman L, Grobusch MP, Dheda K, Nicol MP, Sorsdahl K, Kuo C, Stein DJ, Zar HJ (2021). The Child Ecosystem and Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A South African Perspective. Pediatr Pulmonol, 56(7), 2212-2222.
  12. DeAtley T, Mathews C, Stein DJ, Grelotti D, Brown LK, Giovenco D, Atujuna M, Beardslee W, Kuo (2020). Risk and Protective Factors for Whoonga Use among Adolescents in South Africa. Addictive behaviors reports, 11, 100277.
  13. DeAtley T, Denlinger-Apte RL, Cioe PA, Colby SM, Cassidy RN, Clark MA, Donny EC, Tidey J (2020). Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Associated with Tobacco Use in Smokers With and Without Serious Mental Illness. Preventive medicine, 140, 106190.
  14. Kuo C, Giovenco D, DeAtley T, Hoare J, Underhill K, Atujuna M, Mathews C, Stein DJ, Brown LK, Operario (2020). Recreational Use of HIV Antiretroviral Medication and Implications for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Treatment. AIDS and behavior, 24(9), 2650-2655.
  15. Denlinger-Apte RL, Donny EC, Lindgren BR, Rubin N, Goodwin C, DeAtley T, Colby SM, Cioe PA, Hatsukami DK, Tidey J (2020). Smoking Topography Characteristics During a 6-Week Trial of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Smokers With Serious Mental Illness. Nicotine & tobacco research, 22(8), 1414-1418.
  16. Smiley SL, DeAtley T, Rubin LF, Harvey E, Kierstead EC, Webb Hooper M, Niaura RS, Abrams DB, Pearson J (2018). Early Subjective Sensory Experiences with "Cigalike" E-cigarettes Among African American Menthol Smokers: A Qualitative Study. Nicotine & tobacco research, 20(9), 1069-1075.
  17. DeAtley T, Bianco E, Welding K, Cohen J (2018). Compliance with Uruguay's Single Presentation Requirement. Tobacco control, 27(2), 220-224.
  18. Pearson JL, Elmasry H, Das B, Smiley SL, Rubin LF, DeAtley T, Harvey E, Zhou Y, Niaura R, Abrams D (2017). Comparison of Ecological Momentary Assessment Versus Direct Measurement of E-Cigarette Use With a Bluetooth-Enabled E-Cigarette: A Pilot Study. JMIR research protocols, 6(5), e84.
  19. Brown J, DeAtley T, Welding K, Schwartz R, Chaiton M, Lawrence Kittner D, Cohen J (2017). Tobacco Industry Response to Menthol Cigarette Bans in Alberta and Nova Scotia, Canada. Tobacco control, 26(e1), e71-e74.
  20. Pearson JL, Smiley SL, Rubin LF, Anesetti-Rothermel A, Elmasry H, Davis M, DeAtley T, Harvey E, Kirchner T, Abrams D (2016). The Moment Study: Protocol for a Mixed Method Observational Cohort Study of the Alternative Nicotine Delivery Systems (ANDS) Initiation Process among Adult Cigarette Smokers. BMJ open, 6(4), e011717.
  21. DeAtley T, Stone MD, Johnson AC, Mercincavage M, Audrain-McGovern J, Strasser A (2023). Differences in Biobehavioral Measures of Cigarette Smoking by Depression Symptomology. Addictive behaviors, 146, 107800.
  22. Johnson AC, Mercincavage M, Souprountchouk V, DeAtley T, Mays D, Strasser A (2023). Assessing Attention to Tobacco Warnings With a Heatmapping Task. American journal of preventive medicine, 65(5), 809-817.
  23. DeAtley T, Johnson AC, Stone MD, Audrain-McGovern J, Mercincavage M, Strasser A (2023). Effects of Modified Tobacco Risk Products with Claims and Nicotine Features on Perceptions among Racial and Ethnic Groups. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(15),
  24. Schnoll RA, Leone FT, Quinn MH, Stevens N, Flitter A, Wileyto P, Kimberly J, Beidas RS, Hatzell J, Siegel SD, Crawford G, Hill N, DeAtley T, Ziedonis (2023). A Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Two Implementation Strategies to Promote the Treatment of Tobacco Dependence in Community Mental Healthcare. Drug and alcohol dependence, 247, 109873.
  25. Adediran E, Schliep K, Deatley T, Gardner ER, Baron K, Kiraly B, Ose (2025). Electronic health records-integrated mobile health interventions in primary care to improve hypertension management in Black/African American populations: a systematic review. Oxford open digital health, 3, oqaf029.

Review

  1. Burns A, DeAtley T, Short SE (2023). The Maternal Health of American Indian and Alaska Native People: A Scoping Review. [Review]. Soc Sci Med, 317, 115584.

Editorial

  1. Denlinger-Apte R, Cioe P, Pacek L, DeAtley T, Tidey (2019). The Potential Impact of a Low Nicotine Product Standard for Cigarettes in Smokers Living With HIV. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30(2), 137-141.