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Dr. Salma Shariff-Marco’s program of research focuses on understanding the role of social determinants of health and how they contribute to cancer disparities. During her tenure at NCI, Dr. Shariff-Marco developed expertise in the measurement of self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination. She continues to lead a team of multidisciplinary researchers in the development of a racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in population-based health surveys and that is valid and reliable for use with multiethnic & mutli-lingual populations. Dr. Shariff-Marco is also interested in the concept of place and health and is involved in several studies evaluating how neighborhood characteristics (e.g., residential segregation, poverty, health care resources) and geographic variation may shape cancer-related health behaviors and outcomes. Selected Research Projects: All Research Projects Selected Research Publications: Reeve BB, Willis G, Shariff-Marco S, Breen N, Williams DR, Gee GC, Alegria M, Takeuchi DT, Kudela MS, Levin KY. Comparing cognitive interviewing and psychometric methods to evaluate a racial/ethnic discrimination scale. Field Methods. (in press). Shariff-Marco S, Breen N, Landrine H, Reeve BB, Krieger N, Gee GC, Williams DR, Mays VM, Ponce NA, Alegria M, Liu B, Willis G, Johnson TP. Measuring Everyday Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Health Surveys: how best to ask the questions, in 1 or 2 stages, across multiple racial/ethnic groups? Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. 2011;8(1):159-177.Hade EM, Murray DM, Pennell ML, Rhoda D, Paskett ED, Champion VL, Crabtree BF, Dietrich A, Dignan MB, Farmer M, Fenton JJ, Flocke S, Hiatt RA, Hudson SV, Mitchell M, Monahan P, Shariff-Marco S, Slone SL, Stange K, Stewart SL, Strickland PA. Intraclass Correlation Estimates for Cancer Screening Outcomes: Estimates and Applications in the Design of Group-Randomized Cancer Screening Studies. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr.2010;(40):97-103. Shariff-Marco S, Klassen A, Bowie J. Racial/ethnic differences in self-reported racism and its association with cancer-related health behaviors. American Journal of Public Health. 2010;100(2):364-74. Shariff-Marco S, Gee GC, Breen N, Willis G, Reeve BB, Grant D, Ponce NA, Krieger N, Williams DR, Landrine H, Alegria M, Mays V, Johnson TP, Brown ER. A mixed methods approach to developing a self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination measure for use in multiethnic health surveys. Ethnicity & Disease. 2009;19:447-53. Gee GC, Ro A, Shariff-Marco S, Chae D. Racial discrimination and health among Asian Americans: evidence, assessment, and directions for future research. Epidemiologic Reviews.2009;31:130-51. Klassen A, Smith KC, Shariff-Marco S, Juon HS. A healthy mistrust: how worldview relates to attitudes about breast cancer screening in a cross-sectional survey of low-income women. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2008;7:5. Education:
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