Samantha Bauer, PhD, MS
Administrative Title
Assistant ProfessorOffice Address
6135 Woodward
Office #1115
Detroit, MI 48202
Biography
Dr. Samantha Bauer serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences in Wayne State University’s School of Medicine. Dr. Bauer is a formally trained Epidemiologist, having earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Epidemiology at Michigan State University. During this time, she completed additional advanced training in research methods as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Dr. James C. Anthony’s NIDA-funded (National Institute on Drug Abuse) T-32 program. Eager to serve communities in need, Dr. Bauer accepted an Epidemiologist position at the Detroit Health Department upon defending her dissertation. There, Dr. Bauer gained practical experience in surveillance, data management, and epidemic response.
In pursuit of a greater population health impact, Dr. Bauer returned to academia as a Research Assistant (RA) at Wayne State University in 2021. As an RA, Dr. Bauer contributed to the development and maintenance of the PHOENIX (Population Health Outcomes Information Exchange) Virtual Data Warehouse and Prevalence Profiler, as well as the co-management of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) core. Now in her role as faculty, Dr. Bauer leverages her epidemiologic and biostatistics expertise within a team science environment to work towards mitigating health disparities to ultimately achieve lifespan equality.
Please see Dr. Bauer's CV.
Education Training
B.S., Psychology, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI (2014)
M.S., Epidemiology, Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI (2016)
Ph.D., Epidemiology, Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI (2019)
T-32 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, National Institute on Drug Abuse (2016-2018)
Area of Expertise
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Publications
Michael J. Twiner, Nora N. Akcasu, Bethany Foster, Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, Samantha J. Bauer, Steven J. Korzeniewski, Robert D. Brook, Phillip D. Levy. Origins of a novel mobile health unit program to prevent cardiovascular disease in vulnerable communities. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 03/2024. PubMed PMID: 38501742. doi: 10.1111/jch.14800.
Robert R. Ehrman, Adrienne N. Malik, Brian D. Haber, Seth R. Glassman, Cassidy A. Bowen, Steven J. Korzeniewski, Samantha J. Bauer, Robert L. Sherwin. The role of place-based factors and other social determinants of health on adverse post-sepsis outcomes: a review of the literature. Frontiers in Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 03/2024;2. doi: 10.3389/femer.2024.1357806.
Cannoy CN, Bauer SJ, Prakash K, Excell S, Ghosh S, Lundahl LH, Ledgerwood DM. Response to health warnings on cigarette packs as a predictor of future smoking among current tobacco smokers. Addictive behaviors. 09/01/2023;144:107717. PubMed PMID: 37060882. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107717.
Struble CA, Bauer SJ, Lundahl LH, Ghosh S, Ledgerwood DM. Electronic cigarette use among sexual minority and heterosexual young adults in a U.S. national sample: Exploring the modifying effects of advertisement exposure. Preventive medicine. 02/01/2022;155:106926. PubMed PMID: 34929222. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106926.
Bezold C, Bauer SJ, Buckley JP, Batterman S, Haroon H, Fink L. Demolition Activity and Elevated Blood Lead Levels among Children in Detroit, Michigan, 2014-2018. International journal of environmental research and public health. 08/19/2020;17(17). PubMed PMID: 32824913. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176018.