Briana Woods-Jaeger
Assoc Professor
Associate Professor
Faculty, Behavioral/Social/Health Educ
Dr. Woods-Jaeger’s research focuses on partnering with communities to reduce and eliminate health disparities associated with stress and trauma. Using a social-ecological framework and community-based participatory research approach her research has examined how social, cultural, and structural factors influence mental health and health risk behaviors among children and adolescents exposed to trauma and chronic stress; and the development and implementation of trauma-informed, strengths-based interventions to reduce health disparities. Dr. Woods-Jaeger uses mixed methods to design, implement, and evaluate culturally-relevant health care, school and community-based interventions to prevent and treat health disparities associated with stress and trauma. Please visit her research group's website by clicking here.
Dr. Woods-Jaeger received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington and completed her post-doctoral training at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health as a Kellogg Health Scholar.
Contact Information
1518 Clifton Road
Atlanta , GA 30322
1518-002-5AA
Phone: 404-727-8295
Fax: 404-727-0369
Email: bwoodsjaeger@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Health Disparities
- Injury & Violence Prevention
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental Health
Education
- BA Psychology 2002, Duke University
- MS Child Clinical Psychology 2006, University of Washington
- PhD Child Clinical Psychology 2010, University of Washington
Courses Taught
- BSHES 557: Addressing Racism as PH Issue
Publications
- Woods-Jaeger, B., Livingston, M.D., *Lemon, E.D., *Spencer, R.A., & Komro, K.A., 2021, The effect of increased minimum wage on child externalizing behaviors., Preventive Medicine Reports, 24,
- Jones, B., Staggs, V., & Woods-Jaeger, B. , 2019, Chronic stress exposure among young African American children with asthma. Racism is a factor, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 123, 507-508
- Woods-Jaeger, B., Sexton, C.C., Branch, C., Bolenbaugh, M., Roth, L., Stelson, E.A., Braaten, N., & Ramirez, M. , 2019, Engaging parent-child dyad and health care provider stakeholders in a patient-centered comparative effectiveness study, Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 8, 721-732
- Woods-Jaeger, B., Berkley-Patton, J., *Piper, K.N., O’Connor, P., Renfro, T., Christensen, K. , 2019, Mitigating the negative consequences of community violence exposure: Perspectives from African American youth., Health Affairs, 38, 1679-1686
- Woods-Jaeger, B, Briggs, E., Vivrette, R., Lee, R., Suarez, L., & Belcher, H., 2019, The association between caregiver substance abuse and mental health problems and outcomes for trauma-exposed youth, Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 12, 447-456
- Powers, A., Woods-Jaeger, B., Stevens, J.S., Bradley, B., Patel, M.B., Joyner, A., Smith, A.K., Jamieson, D.J., Kaslow, N., & Michopoulos, V., 2019, Trauma, psychiatric disorders, and treatment needs among pregnant African American women, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, ,
- Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Sexton, C.C., Gardner, B., Siedlik, E., Slagel, L., Tezza, V., & O’Malley, D. , 2018, Development, feasibility, and refinement of a toxic stress prevention research program, Journal of Child and Family Studies, ,
- Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Cho, B., Sexton, C.C., Slagel, L. & Goggin, K., 2018, Promoting resilience: Breaking the intergenerational cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Health Education and Behavior, ,
- O’Malley, D., Woods-Jaeger, B.A., & Dowd, M.D., 2017, Building a collaboration between a children’s hospital and an early childhood education and social services center, Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, ,
- Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Morris, C., Akiba, C., Lucid, L., & Dorsey, S., 2016, The art and skill of delivering culturally responsive TF-CBT in Tanzania and Kenya, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, ,
- Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Nobles, R.H., Warren, L. & Larimer, M.E, 2016, The relationship between emotion regulation, social support, and alcohol-related problems among racially diverse adolescents, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, ,
- Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Sparks, A., Turner, K., Griffith, T., Jackson, M. & Lightfoot, A. , 2013, Exploring the social and community context of African American adolescents’ HIV vulnerability, Qualitative Health Research, ,
- Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Jaeger, J.A., Donenberg, G.R., & Wilson, H.W. , 2013, The relationship between substance use and sexual health among African American female adolescents with a history of seeking mental health services, Women’s Health Issues, ,
- Dierkhising, C.B., Ko, S.J., Woods-Jaeger, B.A., Briggs, E.C., Lee, R. & Pynoos, R. , 2013, Trauma histories among justice-involved youth: Findings from the National Traumatic Stress Network, European Journal of Psychotraumatology, ,