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Shervin Assari is affiliated with Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine, contributing a significant number of publications in various subfields including Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Education, and General Health Professions.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Shervin Assari has published in several frequently appearing venues, such as:

  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Journal of biomedical and life sciences.
  • Trends journal of sciences research
  • Open Journal of Educational Research
  • Children

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Shervin Assari are:

  • "Family Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Childhood Trauma: Racial Differences" (2020) published in Children
  • "Mathematical Performance of American Youth: Diminished Returns of Educational Attainment of Asian-American Parents" (2020) published in Education Sciences

Additional papers where Assari was involved include:

  • "Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of California Adults" (2021) published in The Annals of Family Medicine
  • "Fear, Loss, Social Isolation, and Incomplete Grief Due to COVID-19: A Recipe for a Psychiatric Pandemic" (2020) published in Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal
  • "Social epidemiology of early adolescent problematic screen use in the United States" (2022) published in Pediatric Research

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Hossein Zare
  • Mohsen Bazargan
  • Babak Najand
  • Payam Sheikhattari
  • Shanika Boyce

Best Publications

  • Health Disparities due to Diminished Return among Black Americans: Public Policy Solutions

    Shervin Assari

  • Unequal Gain of Equal Resources across Racial Groups

    Shervin Assari

  • Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of California Adults.

    Mohsen Bazargan;Sharon Cobb;Shervin Assari

  • The gut microbiome composition associates with bipolar disorder and illness severity

    Simon J. Evans;Christine M. Bassis;Robert Hein;Shervin Assari

  • Blacks' Diminished Health Return of Family Structure and Socioeconomic Status; 15 Years of Follow-up of a National Urban Sample of Youth

    Shervin Assari;Alvin Thomas;Alvin Thomas;Cleopatra H. Caldwell;Ronald B. Mincy

  • Defining polypharmacy in the elderly: a systematic review protocol

    Seyede Salehe Mortazavi;Mohsen Shati;Abasali Keshtkar;Seyed Kazem Malakouti

  • Racial Discrimination during Adolescence Predicts Mental Health Deterioration in Adulthood: Gender Differences among Blacks

    Shervin Assari;Shervin Assari;Ehsan Moazen-Zadeh;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Marc A. Zimmerman

  • Social Determinants of Depression: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status

    Shervin Assari

  • Life Expectancy Gain Due to Employment Status Depends on Race, Gender, Education, and Their Intersections.

    Shervin Assari

  • High Risk of Depression in High-Income African American Boys.

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra H. Caldwell

  • Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences

    Shervin Assari;Maryam Moghani Lankarani

  • Association Between Stressful Life Events and Depression; Intersection of Race and Gender

    Shervin Assari;Maryam Moghani Lankarani

  • The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen and anti-hepatitis B core antibody in Iran: a population-based study.

    Shahin Merat;Houri Rezvan;Mehdi Nouraie;Arsia Jamali

  • Educational Attainment and Smoking Status in a National Sample of American Adults; Evidence for the Blacks' Diminished Return

    Shervin Assari;Ritesh Mistry

  • Blacks’ Diminished Return of Education Attainment on Subjective Health; Mediating Effect of Income

    Shervin Assari

  • Family Socioeconomic Status at Birth and Youth Impulsivity at Age 15; Blacks' Diminished Return.

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Ron Mincy

  • Race and Urbanity Alter the Protective Effect of Education but not Income on Mortality.

    Shervin Assari;Maryam Moghani Lankarani

  • Does Discrimination Explain High Risk of Depression among High-Income African American Men?

    Shervin Assari;Maryam Moghani Lankarani;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell

  • Ethnic and Gender Differences in Additive Effects of Socio‑economics, Psychiatric Disorders, and Subjective Religiosity on Suicidal Ideation among Blacks

    Shervin Assari

  • Family Structure and Subsequent Anxiety Symptoms; Minorities’ Diminished Return

    Shervin Assari;Cleopatra Howard Caldwell;Marc A. Zimmerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohsen Bazargan
Mohsen Bazargan Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Cleopatra H. Caldwell
Cleopatra H. Caldwell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marc A. Zimmerman
Marc A. Zimmerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Seyed Moayed Alavian
Seyed Moayed Alavian Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences
Sarah A. Burgard
Sarah A. Burgard University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James E. Aikens
James E. Aikens University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alison L. Miller
Alison L. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University

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