Shana D. Stites, PsyD, MS, MA
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  • Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Stites SD, Kuz C, Harkins K, Rubright JR, Johnson R. Public Profiles in Alzheimer’s Disease Stigma: Unsupported, Discriminated, and Alone , Journal of Public Health Research, 14(4): 2025


Boyle R, Dehghani N, Emrani S, Wadhwani AR, Matyi M, Cousins KAQ, Rhodes E, Nelson B, Stites SD, Xie SX, Dratch L, Van Deerlin VM, Snyder A, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT, & Massimo L. Higher neighborhood deprivation is associated with accelerated disease progression in behavioral-variant frontotemporal degeneration , Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging , 1(4): 2025,e7005


Stites, S. D., Midgett, S., Patel, N., Halberstadter, K., Schumann, R., Streitz, M. L., Shi, Y., Morris, J. C., Flatt, J. D., Glover, C. M., & Mechanic-Hamilton, D. Recognizing Structural and Social Determinants of Health in the Diagnosis and Care of Dementia , Dementia: 2025


Stites SD, Lee BN, Kuz C, Adams M, Harkins K, Xie SX, Walke L, Sankar P, Hamilton R. An Online Vignette Study of Diagnostic Testing: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis Confidence and Stigma , Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 17(4): 2025


Stites SD, Adams M, Kuz C, Halberstadter K, Humphreys V, McMillan CT, Mechanic-Hamilton D. Parental Influence: Childhood caregiver well-being associates with epigenetic aging among older adults , Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Toronto, Canada: 2025


Stites SD & Pichet-Binette A. Neuroimaging PIA , The Dementia Researcher, ISTAART Relay Podcast, Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) : 2025


Stites SD. The many roles and influences of caregivers in Alzheimer's disease: parents, spouses, friends, and bots , Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Toronto, Canada: 2025


Stites SD, Kuz C, Halberstadter K, Humphreys V, Cousins KAQ, Mechanic-Hamilton D. Societal gender norms and their influence on Late Life Cognition , Neurodegenerative Diseases: 2025


Mozersky, Assfaw, Balls Berry, Moulder, Denny, Aranda, Asthana, Babulal, Berry, Boyd, Buchwald, Coker, Croff, Flatt, Gabel, Gleason, Gluck, Green-Harris, Hudson, Jackson, Medina, Mendez, O’Bryant, Parker, Petty, Ta Park, Stites, Streitz, Ushe, Wilkins, Zuelsdorff, Morris. Enhancing Participation of Historically Minoritizing Groups in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: National Conference Report , Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 21(5): 2025,70168


Zuelsdorff, M., Abner, E.L., Balls-Berry, J.E., Jicha, G.A., Lanata, S., Maestre, G.E., Rosselli, M., Stites, S.D., Whitmer, R.A., Wilkins, C.H., Barnes, L.L. Introducing social determinants of health to the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center network: Development and implementation in the Uniform Data Set , Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association , 21(5): 2025,e70279