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Overview

Laura A. Schmidt is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and health professions, with a focus on public health, epidemiology, and pharmacology.

The main fields of study covered by Laura A. Schmidt include:

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

The subfields in which they have published extensively are:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Pharmacology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Epidemiology

The key topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Laura A. Schmidt include:

  • Changes in US Clinician Waivers to Prescribe Buprenorphine Management for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic and After Relaxation of Training Requirements, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Transferring Racial/Ethnic Marketing Strategies From Tobacco to Food Corporations: Philip Morris and Kraft General Foods, 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • Food and beverage industry interference in science and policy: efforts to block soda tax implementation in Mexico and prevent international diffusion, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Preemption in Tobacco Control: A Framework for Other Areas of Public Health, 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • Evaluation of State Cannabis Laws and Rates of Self-harm and Assault, 2021, JAMA Network Open

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Schmidt include:

  • Laurie Jacobs
  • Ellicott C. Matthay
  • Anisha I. Patel
  • Dorie E. Apollonio
  • Charles E. McCulloch

Schmidt frequently publishes in the following academic venues:

  • Public Health Nutrition
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Addiction
  • Epidemiology
  • JAMA Network Open

Best Publications

  • Public health: The toxic truth about sugar

    Robert H. Lustig;Laura A. Schmidt;Claire D. Brindis

  • Gender Disparities in Treatment for Alcohol Problems

    Constance Weisner;Laura Schmidt

  • Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents

    Cristin E. Kearns;Laura A. Schmidt;Stanton A. Glantz

  • Context Matters: The Experience of 14 Research Teams in Systematically Reporting Contextual Factors Important for Practice Change

    Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel;Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel;Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel;Debra L. Scammon;Norman J. Waitzman;Peter F. Cronholm

  • Ethnic disparities in clinical severity and services for alcohol problems: results from the National Alcohol Survey.

    Laura A. Schmidt;Yu Ye;Thomas K. Greenfield;Jason Bond

  • Who goes to alcohol and drug treatment? Understanding utilization within the context of insurance.

    Constance Weisner;Helen Matzger;Tammy Tam;Laura Schmidt

  • WHO cross-cultural applicability research on diagnosis and assessment of substance use disorders: an overview of methods and selected results.

    R. Room;A. Janca;L. A. Bennett;L. Schmidt

  • Alcohol: equity and social determinants.

    Laura Schmidt;Pia Makela;Jürgen Rehm;Robin Room

  • Stress, social support and problem drinking among women in poverty.

    Nina Mulia;Laura Schmidt;Jason Bond;Laurie Jacobs

  • Unequal treatment: racial and ethnic disparities in alcoholism treatment services.

    Laura Schmidt;Thomas Greenfield;Nina Mulia

  • Alcohol and drug problems among diverse health and social service populations.

    Constance Weisner;Laura Schmidt

  • Substance abuse and the course of welfare dependency.

    L Schmidt;C Weisner;J Wiley

  • Sugar Industry Influence on the Scientific Agenda of the National Institute of Dental Research’s 1971 National Caries Program: A Historical Analysis of Internal Documents

    Cristin E. Kearns;Stanton A. Glantz;Laura A. Schmidt

  • Evaluation of Patient Centered Medical Home Practice Transformation Initiatives

    Benjamin F. Crabtree;Sabrina M. Chase;Christopher G. Wise;Gordon D. Schiff

  • How Do Integrated Health Care Systems Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colon Cancer

    Kim F. Rhoads;Manali I. Patel;Yifei Ma;Laura A. Schmidt

  • The role of community services and informal support on five-year drinking trajectories of alcohol dependent and problem drinkers.

    Constance Weisner;Kevin Delucchi;Helen Matzger;Laura Schmidt

  • Expanding the frame of health services research in the drug abuse field.

    C Weisner;L A Schmidt

  • Immunostimulatory RNA oligonucleotides trigger an antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cell and IgG2a response.

    Carole Bourquin;Laura Schmidt;Veit Hornung;Cornelia Wurzenberger

  • Reconsidering the Effects of Poverty and Social Support on Health: A 5-Year Longitudinal Test of the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis

    David Moskowitz;Eric Vittinghoff;Laura Schmidt

  • Addiction and Welfare Dependency: Interpreting the Connection

    Laura Schmidt;Daniel Dohan;James Wiley;Denise Zabkiewicz

  • Association of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Employee Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Health.

    Elissa S. Epel;Alison Hartman;Laurie M. Jacobs;Cindy Leung

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin Room
Robin Room La Trobe University
Dennis McCarty
Dennis McCarty Oregon Health & Science University
Joanne Spetz
Joanne Spetz University of California, San Francisco
Stanton A. Glantz
Stanton A. Glantz University of California, San Francisco
Claire D. Brindis
Claire D. Brindis University of California, San Francisco
Thomas K. Greenfield
Thomas K. Greenfield Alcohol Research Group
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Jason Bond
Jason Bond Alcohol Research Group
David H. Gustafson
David H. Gustafson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anne Lingford-Hughes
Anne Lingford-Hughes Imperial College London

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