Sarah A. Stoddard

Sarah Stoddard is an associate professor of health behavior and health education at U-M's School of Public Health, director of training and education core at U-M's Injury Prevention Center, co-lead of data and design core at the Eisenberg Family Depression Center, and a research affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research as well as the Institute on Women and Gender. 

Stoddard is recognized nationally for her leadership in adolescent health and her interdisciplinary research to prevent youth violence and substance use. Her research aims to improve our understanding of youth development within adverse contexts, particularly how individual factors and environmental influences impact youth outcomes, and to guide school and community prevention efforts focused on substance use and youth violence. Through research, leadership in community-based partnerships, and linkages with schools, she has advanced the frontier of substance use prevention through interventions that enhance future expectations and school connectedness among vulnerable youth. Her research has significantly broadened the knowledge base and importance of future expectations as a key internal asset for preventing substance use and violence.