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Overview

Mir M. Ali is affiliated with the National Institute on Aging in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on public health issues within medicine, with particular expertise in opioid use disorder treatment, prenatal substance exposure effects, and substance abuse treatment and outcomes.

Their work covers several specialized areas including:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Epidemiology

Mir M. Ali has contributed to numerous publications in the following journals:

  • Psychiatric Services
  • JAMA Pediatrics
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Endocrine Practice
  • General Hospital Psychiatry

Their recent published papers include:

  • Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Perceived Need for Treatment, and Barriers to Treatment Among Parenting Women With Substance Use Disorder in US Rural Counties, 2020, The Journal of Rural Health
  • National trends in buprenorphine prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Mir M. Ali are:

  • Kristina West
  • Maria X. Sanmartin
  • Priscilla Novak
  • Ryan Mutter
  • Timothy B. Creedon

The main topics of Mir M. Ali's research address:

  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Among their notable papers are:

  • Association Between State-Level Criminal Justice-Focused Prenatal Substance Use Policies in the US and Substance Use-Related Foster Care Admissions and Family Reunification, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Perceived Need for Treatment, and Barriers to Treatment Among Parenting Women With Substance Use Disorder in US Rural Counties, 2020, The Journal of Rural Health
  • Increases in Providers With Buprenorphine Waivers in the United States From 2016 to 2019, 2020, Psychiatric Services
  • National trends in buprenorphine prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Characteristics and Prescribing Patterns of Clinicians Waivered to Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Before and After Release of New Practice Guidelines, 2023, JAMA Health Forum

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and Treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and Conduct Problems in US Children.

    Reem M. Ghandour;Laura J. Sherman;Catherine J. Vladutiu;Mir M. Ali

  • Utilization of Mental Health Services in Educational Setting by Adolescents in the United States

    Mir M Ali;Kristina West;Judith L Teich;Sean Lynch

  • Social network effects in alcohol consumption among adolescents.

    Mir M. Ali;Debra S. Dwyer

  • Estimating peer effects in sexual behavior among adolescents.

    Mir M. Ali;Debra S. Dwyer

  • Estimating peer effects in adolescent smoking behavior: a longitudinal analysis.

    Mir M. Ali;Debra S. Dwyer

  • Weight-related behavior among adolescents: the role of peer effects.

    Mir M. Ali;Mir M. Ali;Aliaksandr Amialchuk;Frank W. Heiland

  • Prescription drug monitoring programs, nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and heroin use: Evidence from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health.

    Mir M. Ali;William N. Dowd;Timothy Classen;Ryan Mutter

  • Using social media to monitor mental health discussions - evidence from Twitter.

    Chandler McClellan;Mir M Ali;Ryan Mutter;Larry Kroutil

  • Body weight, self-perception and mental health outcomes among adolescents.

    Mir M Ali;Hai Fang;John A Rizzo

  • Post-Discharge Treatment Engagement Among Patients with an Opioid-Use Disorder.

    Sarah Naeger;Ryan Mutter;Mir M. Ali;Tami Leigh Mark

  • Adolescent propensity to engage in health risky behaviors: the role of individual resilience.

    Mir M. Ali;Debra S. Dwyer;Elizabeth A. Vanner;Alexander Lopez

  • The Role of Perceived Need and Health Insurance in Substance Use Treatment: Implications for the Affordable Care Act☆

    Mir M. Ali;Judith L. Teich;Ryan Mutter

  • Behavioral health treatment utilization among individuals with co-occurring opioid use disorder and mental illness: Evidence from a national survey.

    Priscilla Novak;Kenneth A. Feder;Mir M. Ali;Jie Chen

  • The Social Contagion Effect of Marijuana Use among Adolescents

    Mir M. Ali;Mir M. Ali;Aliaksandr Amialchuk;Debra S. Dwyer

  • Reasons for Not Seeking Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Variations by Health Insurance Coverage.

    Mir M Ali;Judith L Teich;Ryan Mutter

  • Substance use disorder treatment admissions and state-level prenatal substance use policies: Evidence from a national treatment database

    Katy B. Kozhimannil;William N. Dowd;Mir M. Ali;Priscilla Novak

  • Social Network and Weight Misperception among Adolescents

    Mir M. Ali;Aliaksandr Amialchuk;Francesco Renna

  • Big and Beautiful? Evidence of Racial Differences in the Perceived Attractiveness of Obese Females.

    Mir M. Ali;John A. Rizzo;Frank W. Heiland

  • The influence of body weight on social network ties among adolescents

    Mir M. Ali;Aliaksandr Amialchuk;John A. Rizzo

  • The Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Behavioral Health Services Utilization.

    Mir M. Ali;Judith Teich;Albert Woodward;Beth Han

  • Utilization of Mental Health Services by Veterans Living in Rural Areas.

    Judith Teich;Mir M. Ali;Sean Lynch;Ryan Mutter

  • Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act: Potential Changes in Receipt of Mental Health Treatment Among Low-Income Nonelderly Adults With Serious Mental Illness

    Beth Han;Joe Gfroerer;S. Janet Kuramoto;Mir Ali

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth J. Letourneau
Elizabeth J. Letourneau Johns Hopkins University

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