Jessica Jones-Smith
Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Education
PhD University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 2010 (Nutritional Epidemiology)MPH University of California (Berkeley), 2007 (Public Health Nutrition)
BS Loyola University (Chicago), 1999 (Food and Nutrition Science)
Contact Info
email: jjoness@uw.eduoffice: HRC 448
address:
University of Washington
3980 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98195-1621
campus box: 351621
voice: 206-685-4579
Social, environmental and economic causes and correlates of obesity risk; distal drivers of nutrition-related health inequities; community and individual economic resources as causal factors in obesity-related health status; obesity-related impacts of health and non-health related policies; disparities in nutrition-related diseases based on socioeconomic factors and race/ethnicity; public health nutrition; obesity epidemic; obesity epidemiology
Edmonds AT, Rhew IC, Jones-Smith J, Chan KCG, Nelson K, Williams EC. Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Jul;138:108709. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108709. Epub 2022 Feb 2. PMID: 35277305
Oddo VM, Knox MA, Pinero Walkinshaw L, Saelens BE, Chan N, Jones-Smith JC. Evaluation of Seattle's sweetened beverage tax on tax support and perceived economic and health impacts. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Apr 30;27:101809. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101809. eCollection 2022 Jun. PMID: 35656219 PMCID: PMC9152812
Hill CM, Tseng AS, Holzhauer K, Littman AJ, Jones-Smith JC. Association between health care access and food insecurity among lower-income older adults with multiple chronic conditions in Washington State, United States. Public Health Nutr. 2022 May 23:1-26. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022001240. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 35603699
Sawyer L, Oddo VM, Fretts A, Knox MA, Chan N, Saelens BE, Jones-Smith JC. Impacts of the Seattle Sweetened Beverage Tax on the Perceived Healthfulness of Sweetened Beverages. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 26;14(5). pii: 993. doi: 10.3390/nu14050993. PMID: 35267968 PMCID: PMC8912807
Neff Warner LR, Ruderman SA, Zinsli KA, Jones-Smith JC, Littman AJ. Menu Labeling Utilization and Socioeconomic Status in West Virginia and Mississippi. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 Feb;54(2):172-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.11.005. PMID: 35148871
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DOI
Oddo VM, Knox MA, Pinero Walkinshaw L, Saelens BE, Chan N, Jones-Smith JC. Evaluation of Seattle's sweetened beverage tax on tax support and perceived economic and health impacts. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Apr 30;27:101809. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101809. eCollection 2022 Jun. PMID: 35656219 PMCID: PMC9152812
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PubMed Central
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Hill CM, Tseng AS, Holzhauer K, Littman AJ, Jones-Smith JC. Association between health care access and food insecurity among lower-income older adults with multiple chronic conditions in Washington State, United States. Public Health Nutr. 2022 May 23:1-26. doi: 10.1017/S1368980022001240. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 35603699
PubMed
DOI
Sawyer L, Oddo VM, Fretts A, Knox MA, Chan N, Saelens BE, Jones-Smith JC. Impacts of the Seattle Sweetened Beverage Tax on the Perceived Healthfulness of Sweetened Beverages. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 26;14(5). pii: 993. doi: 10.3390/nu14050993. PMID: 35267968 PMCID: PMC8912807
PubMed
PubMed Central
DOI
Neff Warner LR, Ruderman SA, Zinsli KA, Jones-Smith JC, Littman AJ. Menu Labeling Utilization and Socioeconomic Status in West Virginia and Mississippi. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 Feb;54(2):172-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.11.005. PMID: 35148871
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2020
Chair, thesis committee for Erin Thayer
Perceptions of food environment for youth living in a high priority food access area in Seattle, WA
2020
Chair, thesis committee for Jenny Wool
A qualitative study of experiences of individuals residing in a healthy food access priority area
2019
Member, thesis committee for Stephanie Stover
Participation in and Perceptions of SNAP-Ed-Related Activities Among Lower-Income Families with Children: Assessments from the 2016 Washington State SNAP-Ed and Farmers Market Access Evaluation
Evaluation of Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance Human Subjects
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 8/1/2022 - 3/31/2023
The role of racialized urban planning in shaping inequitable urban food environments and obesity disparities
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)PI: Jones-Smith Dates: 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2024
Evaluation of Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance Human Subjects
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022
Impact of Universal Free Meals on Childhood Obesity Risk and Obesity Disparities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)PI: Jones-Smith Dates: 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2025
Evaluation of Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance Human Subjects
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 11/1/2020 - 4/30/2022
King County Sodium Reduction Partnership – Sodium Reduction in High Need School Districts and Emergency Food System
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 9/30/2020 - 9/29/2021
Feeding Our Children: Comparing Pandemic EBT and School Meals-to-Go
Duke UniversityPI: Harris Dates: 9/15/2020 - 6/15/2021
King County Sodium Reduction Partnership – Sodium Reduction in High Need School Districts and Emergency Food System
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 9/30/2019 - 9/29/2020
Evaluation of Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance Human Subjects
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 8/1/2019 - 7/31/2021
Evaluation of Seattle’s Sweetened Beverage Tax Ordinance Human Subjects
Public Health - Seattle and King CountyPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 8/1/2019 - 7/31/2020
Sugary drink taxes: regressive, progressive or both? Analyzing tax impacts in Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco
Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPI: Jones-Smith Dates: 3/1/2019 - 8/31/2020
Efficacy of an environmental intervention to prevent dental caries relapse among Latino children treated for early childhood caries
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)PI: Silva Dates: 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2023
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- UW to study soda tax impact on Seattle health, economics
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