Julia McQuoid, PhD

Dr. McQuoid is an Assistant Professor in the TSET Health Promotion Research Center and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She is a health geographer who employs qualitative and mixed research methods to explore the interplay of people, their everyday environments, and behaviors related to health and wellbeing. Her projects have integrated ecological momentary assessment with qualitative mapping interviews to examine the everyday patterns, contexts, roles, and meanings of substance use. Her current research program focuses on understanding and addressing tobacco and other substance use disparities among priority communities, including sexual and/or gender minoritized individuals living in high stigma places and people living in rural areas. Prior to her faculty appointment, Dr. McQuoid completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco’s Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.