Dr. Stevens' research integrates nursing science, public health and communication science to influence the individual, social and structural determinants that drive health inequity. Her current studies examine the role of new and social media on adolescent sexual risk and substance use behavior. She received her AB from Harvard College, MPH from University of Michigan School of Public Health, and PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Center for AIDS Prevention Research at the University of California San Francisco.