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Last published 2026
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Ashley H. Clawson

Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

Also affiliated: Oklahoma State University (2017–2023); St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (2009–2013); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2013); Harvard University (2013); University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2009–2013); Brown University (2015–2018); Rhode Island Hospital (2017–2018); Miriam Hospital (2016–2018); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2013); University of Memphis (2009–2013)

12 h-index 43 pubs 453 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • Adult
  • Adolescent
  • Parents
  • Asthma
  • Young Adult
  • Child
  • Smoking Prevention
  • COVID-19
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Tobacco Smoke Pollution
  • Black or African American
  • Depression

Biography and Research Information

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Ashley H. Clawson's research program focuses on understanding and addressing health behaviors and outcomes, particularly among youth and families. A significant portion of her funded work, including a $244,378 grant from the NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, investigates strategies to improve school-parent coordination for preventing nicotine use in rural youth. Her publications examine diverse topics such as the demand for alcohol among smokers, posttraumatic stress in parents of children with cancer, and distress trajectories for parents of children with differences in sex development.

Clawson also studies influences on college student vaping, exploring where students seek information and their beliefs about vaping. Her work extends to the impacts of COVID-19 on families, including those of color and families with children who have asthma. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 11 with 38 publications and 379 citations. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Mohammed S. Orloff, Pebbles Fagan, Dina M. Jones, and Sandilyn Bullock.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 43
  • Citations: 453

Positions

  • Assistant Professor publications 2009–2026
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Health Behavior & Health Education ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Beyond contextual smoking norms: The importance of family-level nicotine use risk factors among rural and nonrural youth living in Arkansas (2026)
    Preventive Medicine Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Capacity to address determinants of health among a social justice coalition in the United States (2025)
    Health Promotion International DOI OpenAlex
  • Evidence-based practices are effective in increasing smoke-free home rules among Black women who smoke (2025)
    JNCI Monographs 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Prevention of Nicotine use in the State of Arkansas that has Geographic Tobacco use Disparities: the Perceived Prevention Needs and Realities of School Professionals (2025)
    Journal of Community Health DOI OpenAlex
  • Caregiver restrictions on child access to tobacco in the home and home Smoking/Vaping bans among Black/African American women caregivers who smoke and live in Resource-limited, rural areas (2024)
    Preventive Medicine Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Home environment and cigarette quitting behaviors among rural Black/African American women caregivers. (2024)
    Health Psychology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Moderating Role of Health Status on the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Cannabis Vaping (2023)
    Cannabis DOI OpenAlex
  • Longitudinal Associations Between Depression and Religiosity/Spirituality Among Individuals with Asthma in the United States (2023)
    Journal of Religion and Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Depressive Symptom Trajectories Across Adolescence and Adulthood Among Individuals With Asthma (2023)
    Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $244,378 total

NIH Contact PI Sep 2026 - May 2029

Improving School-Parent Coordination to Prevent Nicotine Use among Rural Youth

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $244,378 R34

Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.

  • Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL) 2023-2024 Renewal NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute via Westat
  • FOOD AS MEDICINE: ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (FOOD INSECURITY) TO EFFECT CLINICAL OUTCOMES (CEAL) Westat via Westat

Collaboration Network

35 Collaborators 16 Institutions 1 Country

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