About me
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My Locations
Qualifications and experience
- Advancing Research on Care and Outcome Measurement (ARCOM) Program, International
- Alzheimer’s Association Research Fellowship for All (AARFA), International
- Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), International
- Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), International
- Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area, International
- American Psychological Association, National
- Anna T Meadows Society for Clinician Educators at the Perelman School of Medicine, Local
- National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) New Investigator Awards Scientific Review Committee, National
- National Institute on Aging Review Committees (R36 and R61/R33), National
- Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD), International
- Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Local
- Swiss National Science Foundation, National
- The Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (JHAD-RCMAR) Pilot Program Review Committee, National
Treatments and Conditions
My research
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