Teresa DeAtley

Teresa DeAtley, PhD, MPH

Languages spoken: French, Spanish

Academic Information

Divisions: Public Health

Research Interests

  • Structural-Level Health Determinants
  • Regulatory Science
  • Mental Health
  • Health Disparities

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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Restar AJ, Ogunbajo A, Sandh S, Arrington-Sanders R, Bauermeister J, Breslow A, Swensen TR, Martin A, Lore AJ, Kershaw T, Operario D, Gamarel KE, DeAtley T (2026). HIV prevention service disruption among transgender adults in the context of 2025 federal executive orders in the United States: a cross-sectional multi-state study. Lancet Reg Health Am, 63, 101591.
  2. Adediran E, Schliep K, Deatley T, Gardner ER, Baron K, Kiraly B, Ose D (2025). Electronic health records-integrated mobile health interventions in primary care to improve hypertension management in Black/African American populations: a systematic review. Oxf Open Digit Health, 3, oqaf029.
  3. Johnson AC, Mercincavage M, Souprountchouk V, DeAtley T, Mays D, Strasser AA (2023). Assessing Attention to Tobacco Warnings With a Heatmapping Task. Am J Prev Med, 65(5), 809-817.
  4. DeAtley T, Stone MD, Johnson AC, Mercincavage M, Audrain-McGovern J, Strasser AA (2023). Differences in Biobehavioral Measures of Cigarette Smoking by Depression Symptomology. Addict Behav, 146, 107800.
  5. DeAtley T, Johnson AC, Stone MD, Audrain-McGovern J, Mercincavage M, Strasser AA (2023). Effects of Modified Tobacco Risk Products with Claims and Nicotine Features on Perceptions among Racial and Ethnic Groups. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(15).
  6. 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 D (2023). A Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Two Implementation Strategies to Promote the Treatment of Tobacco Dependence in Community Mental Healthcare. Drug Alcohol Depend, 247, 109873.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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. Tob Control.
  12. 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.
  13. DeAtley T, Harrison A, Mtukushe B, Maughan-Brown B, Muloiwa R, Hoare J, Galrraga 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Snell LM, Colby SM, DeAtley T, Cassidy R, Tidey JW (2021). Associations Between Nicotine Knowledge and Smoking Cessation Behaviors Among US Adults Who Smoke. Nicotine Tob Res, 24(6), 855-863.
  16. Reed GL, Colby SM, Sokolovsky AW, Snell LM, DeAtley T, Tidey JW (2021). Predicting Non-Adherence With Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Who Smoke. Nicotine Tob Res, 24(6), 914-918.
  17. DeAtley T, Workman L, Theron G, Blard 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.
  18. DeAtley T, Denlinger-Apte RL, Cioe PA, Colby SM, Cassidy RN, Clark MA, Donny EC, Tidey JW (2020). Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Associated with Tobacco Use in Smokers With and Without Serious Mental Illness. Prev Med, 140, 106190.
  19. Kuo C, Giovenco D, DeAtley T, Hoare J, Underhill K, Atujuna M, Mathews C, Stein DJ, Brown LK, Operario D (2020). Recreational Use of HIV Antiretroviral Medication and Implications for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Treatment. AIDS Behav, 24(9), 2650-2655.
  20. Denlinger-Apte RL, Donny EC, Lindgren BR, Rubin N, Goodwin C, DeAtley T, Colby SM, Cioe PA, Hatsukami DK, Tidey JW (2019). Smoking Topography Characteristics During a 6-Week Trial of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Smokers With Serious Mental Illness. Nicotine Tob Res, 22(8), 1414-1418.
  21. DeAtley T, Mathews C, Stein DJ, Grelotti D, Brown LK, Giovenco D, Atujuna M, Beardslee W, Kuo C (2020). Risk and Protective Factors for Whoonga Use among Adolescents in South Africa. Addict Behav Rep, 11, 100277.
  22. Smiley SL, DeAtley T, Rubin LF, Harvey E, Kierstead EC, Webb Hooper M, Niaura RS, Abrams DB, Pearson JL (2017). Early Subjective Sensory Experiences with "Cigalike" E-cigarettes Among African American Menthol Smokers: A Qualitative Study. Nicotine Tob Res, 20(9), 1069-1075.
  23. DeAtley T, Bianco E, Welding K, Cohen JE (2017). Compliance with Uruguay's Single Presentation Requirement. Tob Control, 27(2), 220-224.
  24. Pearson JL, Elmasry H, Das B, Smiley SL, Rubin LF, DeAtley T, Harvey E, Zhou Y, Niaura R, Abrams DB (2017). Comparison of Ecological Momentary Assessment Versus Direct Measurement of E-Cigarette Use With a Bluetooth-Enabled E-Cigarette: A Pilot Study. JMIR Res Protoc, 6(5), e84.
  25. Brown J, DeAtley T, Welding K, Schwartz R, Chaiton M, Lawrence Kittner D, Cohen JE (2016). Tobacco Industry Response to Menthol Cigarette Bans in Alberta and Nova Scotia, Canada. Tob Control, 26(e1), e71-e74.
  26. Pearson JL, Smiley SL, Rubin LF, Anesetti-Rothermel A, Elmasry H, Davis M, DeAtley T, Harvey E, Kirchner T, Abrams DB (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.

Review

  1. Burns A, DeAtley T, Short SE (2022). 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 J (2019). The Potential Impact of a Low Nicotine Product Standard for Cigarettes in Smokers Living With HIV. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care, 30(2), 137-141.