Steelesmith Lab Staff

Danielle Steelesmith, PhD
Principal Investigator
Danielle.Steelesmith@NationwideChildrens.org

Danielle L. Steelesmith, PhD, is principal investigator in the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Her research focuses on geographic differences in mental health services and health disparities, with emphasis community and societal factors that contribute to these differences.

Dr. Steelesmith is a skilled data analyst. She has extensive experience in mental health services research, using “big data,” and merging data from multiple sources. She has published on the epidemiology of suicide in rural areas, contextual-level factors associated with county-level suicide rates and how associations vary across the rural/urban continuum. She also has an interest in deaths of despair and how these deaths vary by geography.

Dr. Steelesmith is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She received her bachelor’s degree from Campbellsville University and a master’s degree and doctorate in social work from The Ohio State University.

Xueting Xia
Biostatistician
Xueting.Xia@NationwideChildrens.org

Xueting is a biostatistician in the Steelesmith Lab. She focuses on analyzing and interpreting large survey datasets as well as providing statistical analysis consultation.

Xueting received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Texas Tech University and master’s degree in statistics from The Ohio State University.