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Ashli Owen-Smith

Ashli Owen-Smith

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Ashli Owen-Smith

Associate Professor and MPH Program Director    Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences

Overview

Education

Ph.D., 2009, Emory University
S.M., 2005, Harvard University
B.A, 2001, Smith College

Biography

Ashli Owen-Smith is a behavioral scientist with research interests in health disparities, mental health (specifically serious mental illness, trauma and suicide), chronic pain, and complementary and alternative approaches for complex conditions with both mental and physical causes and manifestations.

Dr. Owen-Smith’s research aims to identify questions that are relevant and important to patients, and to prioritize the translation of research findings into clinical practice. Accordingly, she is interested in conducting patient-centered research and utilizing patient-reported outcomes. She works closely with patients, caregivers, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders and is interested in employing qualitative and mixed methods.

Publications

Publications
  1. Sesay, M. XX, & Owen-Smith, A. (In Press). Transition to ICD-10 and the prevalence of autism in a cohort of healthcare systems. Autism.
  2. Llamocca EN, Yeh HH, Miller-Matero LR, Westphal J, Frank CB, Simon GE, Owen-Smith A., Rossom RC, Lynch FL, Beck AL, Waring SC, Lu CY, Daida YG, Fontanella CA, Ahmedani BK. (In Press). Association between adverse social determinants of health and suicide death. Medical Care.
  3. Ahmedani, B., Yeh, H., Penfold, R.B., Simon, G.E., Miller-Matero, L., Akinyemi, E., Fallone, M., Hooker, S., Owen-Smith, A., Knowlton, G., Bishop, L.A., Levin, A., Rossom, R.C. (In Press). Psychotherapy disruption before and after rapid transition to virtual mental health care. Psychiatric Services.
  4. Loree, A.M., Hecht, L.M., Yeh, H., Gavriolva, L., Furman, K., Westphal, J., Simon, G.E., Lynch, F.L., Beck, A., Owen-Smith, A., Rossom, R., Daida, Y.G., Lu, C.Y., Boggs, J.M., Frank, C., Waring, S. & Ahmedani, B.K.(In Press). Factors Associated with Suicide Mortality Among Reproductive Age Women: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology.
  5. Scarlett, C. A., Strosnider, C., Elahi, H., Dannenfelser, M., Owen-Smith, A, & Spears, C. A. (In Press). “I use the meditation to calm myself instead of reaching for a cigarette:” Qualitative study of mindfulness-based addiction treatment among socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse adults. Mindfulness.
  6. Miller-Matero, L.R., Yeh, H., Maffett, A., Mooney, J., Sala-Hamrick, K., Frank, C.B., Simon, G.E., Rossom, R., Owen-Smith, A., Lynch, F.L., Beck, A., Waring, S., Daida, Y.G., Lu, C.Y., & Ahmedani, B.K. (In Press). Racial and ethnic differences in receipts of past-year health care services among suicide decedents: A case-control study. Psychiatric Services.
  7. Scarlett, C. A., Strosnider, C., Elahi, H., Dannenfelser, M., Owen-Smith, A., & Spears, C. A. (In Press). “I use the meditation to calm myself instead of reaching for a cigarette:” Qualitative study of mindfulness-based addiction treatment among socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse adults. Mindfulness.
  8. Kahn G, Lockhart E, Simon G, Owen-Smith A, Rossom R, Beck A, Lynch F, Daida Y, Lu C, Waring S, Yeh H, Ahmedani B. (In Press). Recorded diagnosis of gender identity disorder is strongly associated with suicide mortality. Transgender Health.
  9. Owen-Smith, A., McDonald, B., Sesay, M., Simon, G., McCracken, C. (In Press). Depression treatment initiation among patients with versus without chronic pain. Psychosomatic Medicine.
  10. Rossom, R., Penfold, R., Owen-Smith, A., Simon, G.E. & Ahmedani, B. Suicide deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time series study. (In Press). Medical Care.
  11. Mayhew, M., Balderson, B.H., Cook, A.J., Dickerson, J.F., Elder, C.R., Firemark, A.J., Haller, I.V., Justice, M., Keefe, F.J., McMullen, C.K., O'Keeffe-Rosetti, M.C., Owen-Smith, A., Rini, C., Schneider, J.L., Korff, M.V., Wandner, L.D. & DeBar, L.L. (2023). Comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of remote (telehealth and online) cognitive behavioral therapy based treatments for high impact chronic pain relative to usual care: study protocol for the RESOLVE multisite randomized control trial. Trials, 24, 196.
  12. Braciszewski, J. M., Lanier, A., Yeh, H-H., Sala-Hamrick, K., Simon, G. E., Rossom, R. C., Lynch, F. L., Waring, S. C., Lu, C. Y., Owen-Smith, A. A., Beck, A., Daida, Y. G., Maye, M., Frank, C., Hendriks, M., Fabian, N., Ahmedani, B. K. (2023). Health diagnoses and service utilization in the year prior to youth and young adult suicide. Psychiatric Services, 74(6):566-573.
  13. Kahn, G., Tam, S.H., Felton, J.W., Westphal, J., Simon, G.E., Owen-Smith, A.A., Rossom, R.C., Beck, A.L., Lynch, F.L., Daida, Y.G., Lu, C.Y., Waring, S., Frank, C., Akinyemi, E. & Ahmedani, B.K. (2022). Cancer and psychiatric diagnoses in the year preceding suicide. Cancer Medicine.
  14. Ahmedani, B., Cannella, C., Yeh, H.H., Westphal, J., Simon, G., Beck, A., Rossom, R., Lynch, F., Lu, C., Owen-Smith, A., Sala-Hamrick, K., Frank, C., Akinyemi, E., Beebani, G., Busuito, C., Boggs, J., Daida, Y., Waring, S., Gui, H., Levin, A. (2022). Detecting and Distinguishing Indicators of Risk for Suicide Using Clinical Records. Translational Psychiatry, 12(1), 280.
  15. Boggs, J.M., Simon, G.E., Beck, A., Rossom, R.C., Lynch, F.L., Lu, C.Y., Waitzfelder, B.E., Owen-Smith, A.A. & Ahmedani, B.K. (2022). Are people who die by intentional medication poisoning dispensed those medications in the year prior to death? Archives of Suicide Research, 1-8.
  16. Phillips, K.T., Pedula, K.L., Choi, N.G., Tawara, K.K., Simiola, V., Satre, D.D., Owen-Smith, A., Lynch, F. F. & Dickerson, J. (2022). Chronic health conditions, acute health events, and healthcare utilization among adults over age 50 who use cannabis in Hawai’i: A matched cohort study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 234, 109387.
  17. Smith, D.H., O’Keeffe-Rosetti, M., Leo, M.C., Mayhew, M., Benes, L., Bonifay, A., Deyo, R.A., Elder, C.R., Keefe, F.J., McMullen, C., Owen-Smith, A.A., Trinacty, C.M., Vollmer, W.M. & DeBar, L. Economic Evaluation: A Randomized Pragmatic Trial of a Primary Care-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Adults Receiving Long-Term Opioids for Chronic Pain. (2022). Medical Care, 60(6), 423-431.
  18. Rossom, R.C., Peterson, E.L., Chawa, M.S., Prabhakar, D., Hu, Y., Yeh, H., Owen-Smith, A., Simon, G.E., Williams, L.K., Hubley, S., Lynch, F., Beck, A., Daida, Y.G., Lu, C.Y., & Ahmedani, B.K. (2022). Understanding TBI as a risk factor vs. a means of suicide death using electronic health record data. Archives of suicide research, 1-14.
  19. Owen-Smith, A., Black, H., Emerson, D., Cotner, M., Smith, H., Jackson, D., ... & Hayat, M. J. (2021). A
  20. Owen-Smith, A., DiClemente, R. & Wingood, G. (2007). Complementary and alternative medicine decreases adherence to HAART in HIV-positive women. AIDS Care, 19(5), 589-593.
  21. Owen-Smith, A., Sterk, C., McCarty, F., Hankerson-Dyson, D. & DiClemente, R. (2010).  The development and evaluation of a complementary and alternative medicine use survey in African-Americans with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 16(5), 569-577.
  22. Owen-Smith, A., DePadilla, L. & DiClemente, R. (2011). The assessment of complementary and alternative medicine use among individuals with HIV: A systematic review and recommendations for future research.  Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 17(9), 789–796.
  23. Owen-Smith, A., McCarty, F., Hankerson-Dyson, D. & DiClemente, R. (2012).  Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use among African-Americans with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.  Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 17(1), 33-42.
  24. Ahmedani, B.K., Simon, G.E., Stewart, C., Beck, A., Waitzfelder, B.E., Rossom, R., Lynch, F. Owen-Smith, A., Hunkeler, E.M., Whiteside, U., Operskalski, B.H., Coffey, M.J., Solberg, L.I. (2014).  Health care contacts in the year before suicide death.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 29(6), 870-7.
  25. Lu, C.Y., Zhang, F., Lakoma ,M,, Madden, J., Penfold, R.B., Simon, G., Ahmedani, B.K., Clarke, G., Hunkeler, E., Waitzfelder, B., Owen-Smith, A., Raebel, M., Rossom, R., Coleman, K.J. & Copeland, L.A. & Soumerai S.B. (2014).  Changes in antidepressant use by young people and suicidal behavior after FDA warnings and media coverage: a quasi-experimental study. British Medical Journal, 348:g3596 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3596.
  26. Owen-Smith, A., Rand, C., Smith, D., Tom, J., Laws, R., Waterbury, A. & Vollmer, W. (2014).  Dietary Supplement Use among Individuals with Diabetes or Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.  Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 19(2), 55-63.
  27. Ahmedani, B.K., Simon, G.E., Stewart, C., Beck, A., Waitzfelder, B.E., Rossom, R., Lynch, F. Owen-Smith, A., Hunkeler, E.M., Whiteside, U., Operskalski, B.H., Coffey, M.J., Solberg, L.I. (2014).  Psychiatric comorbidity and 30-day readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, AMI and pneumonia.  Psychiatric Services, 66(2), 134-40.
  28. Ahmedani, B.K., Stewart, C., Simon, G.E., Lynch, F., Lu, C.Y., Waitzfelder, B.E., Solberg, L.I., Owen-Smith, A., Beck, A., Copeland, L.A., Hunkeler, E.M., Rossom, R.C. & Williams, L.K. (2015). Racial/ethnic differences in healthcare visits made prior to suicide attempt across the United States. Medical Care, 53(5), 430-435.
  29. Owen-Smith, A., Bent, S., Lynch, F.L., Coleman, K.J., Yau, V.M., Pearson, K.A., Massolo, M.L., Quinn, V. & Croen, L.A. (2015).  Prevalence and predictors of complementary and alternative medicine use in a large insured sample of children with autism spectrum disorders.  Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 17, 40-51.
  30. Owen-Smith, A., Stewart, C., Green, C., Ahmedani, B.K., Waitzfelder, B.E., Rossom, R., Copeland, L.A. & Simon, G.E. (2016).  Adherence to common cardiovascular medications in patients with schizophrenia vs. patients without psychiatric illness.  General Hospital Psychiatry, 38, 9–14. 
  31. Owen-Smith, A., Smith, D.H., Rand, C., Tom, J.O., Laws, R., Waterbury, A., Williams, A. & Vollmer, W.M. (2016).  Difference in medication adherence intervention effectiveness by health literacy level.  The Permanente Journal, 20(3), 15-200. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7812/TPP/15-200.
  32. Owen-Smith, A., Woodyatt, C., Sineath, R.C., Hunkeler, E.M., Barnwell, L., Graham, A., Stephenson, R. & Goodman, M. (2016). Perceptions of Barriers to and Facilitators of Participation in Health Research among Transgender People. Transgender Health, 1(1), 187-196. doi:10.1089/trgh.2016.0023.
  33. Owen-Smith, A., Sineath, C., Sanchez, T., Dea, R., Giammattei, S., Gillespie, T., Helms, M.F., Hunkeler, E.M., Quinn, V.P., Roblin, D., Slovis, J., Stephenson, R., Sullivan, P.S., Tangpricha, V., Woodyatt, C. & Goodman, M., (2017). Perception of community tolerance and prevalence of depression among transgender persons. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 21(1), 64-76. DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2016.1228553.
  34. Yarborough, B.H., Owen-Smith, A., Stumbo, S., Yarborough, M.T., Perrin, N.A. & Green, C.A. (2017). An Observational Study of Service Dogs for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Psychiatric Services.      http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500383